10 Foods High In Sodium
Food #8: Spaghetti Sauce
Many people love a good pasta dish. Spaghetti sauce is often the sauce of choice in our pasta. However, canned spaghetti sauces can contain a lot of sodium. And if you are watching your sodium intake, canned sauce may need to be avoided.
In just one cup of spaghetti sauce, one can expect a sodium content of 1,000 mg per cup. If you add meat such as beef or meatballs or additional seasoning to the sauce, this will increase the sodium content tremendously. Luckily, there are some good low sodium pasta sauces. Pesto is also a good alternative sauce. Although not a low sodium source, a store-bought pesto contains a significantly less amount of sodium then spaghetti sauce. The best alternative would be to make a sauce from scratch.
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