FAQ: What is the sodium content in Balanced Bites meals & Balanced Bites spices?

Sodium in Balanced Bites meals

The reason our food tastes better than what you've had before?

Seasoning.

And that includes salt - which is not bad for anyone's health, contrary to popular / conventional nutritional education.

Sodium is a naturally occurring electrolyte that is essential to human health.

We season our food properly, so that it isn't bland, and the sodium levels fall where they may as a result.

Please note that our meals are cooked by humans, and are seasoned to-taste. The kitchens do not put an exact measurement of salt week to week, they season to appropriate taste.

So, while we can approximate, it isn’t exact as these aren’t machine-made.

Natural ingredients can vary and how flavors develop can as well, so the seasoning gets slight adjustments batch to batch as a result.

Unfortunately, the USDA has this information very backwards, much like it did with cholesterol for years.

If you have a diagnosed medical condition and have been advised by a doctor to consume low-sodium meals, our products will not be appropriate for you.

Sodium in Balanced Bites spices

All of our blends contain sea salt, in a balanced ratio for ideal flavor but they are not high salt by any means.

You can see this when pouring a blend out onto a sheet of paper, salt is typically quite easy to spot.

We've compared our blends to other blends and can see a ton more salt in all competitive brands. In fact, in reading ingredient lists, you can see salt listed first on many other brands' labels.

We are in the process of placing nutrition panels on the site for our spice blends, but keep in mind that RDA levels of sodium (as well as nutrients like saturated fat) are typically far behind the research on what is best for us. If you were to cook food at home and season it normally with salt, pepper, and other spices/herbs, that's what our blends are like.

We do not have any salt-free blends at this time and do not have salt-free blends in our plans at this time. You can always find many of our blend recipes in Diane's cookbooks available anywhere books are sold and make them at home with no salt.

If you have a diagnosed medical condition and have been advised by a doctor to consume low-sodium meals, our products will not be appropriate for you.

references:

https://chriskresser.com/shaking-up-the-salt-myth-healthy-salt-recommendations/

https://chriskresser.com/shaking-up-the-salt-myth-when-salt-reduction-may-be-warranted/