Our Staple Brands

Knowing how hard it is to find brands that don't use salt (or use low amounts) but also don't replace salt with potassium, I decided to go through my cupboards and put up a list of brands that I keep in my cupboard.

Newman's Own:  Not only are they some of the tastiest foods, they are also natural and don't use MSG which keeps their sodium levels low.  Newman's Own even makes a pizza that uses uncured pepperoni, which I allow my husband to splurge and eat when he has a pizza craving.  Of the few pre-made things we buy, I would say that 90% of them are Newman's Own.

Old London:  Just the other day I discovered that Old London makes an unsalted Melba Toast that has NO sodium!

Pepperidge Farm:  Pepperidge farm makes many "heart healthy" breads in which they have reduced the amount of sodium that they use.  We pretty much exclusively buy pepperidge farm breads now.

Campbell's soup:  I know, I know, all canned soups have loads of sodium, however, you just have to keep a few cans around.  We buy the healthy request campbell soups, mainly for Ed's Nana's Chicken casserole as well as a few cans of chicken noodle soup for the few times he gets sick (which seems to happen a lot when I don't have time to make soup from scratch).

Ritz:  Ritz now makes a "hint of salt" cracker.  We normally have 1 box on hand.

McIllenny's Tabasco:  Tabasco brand pepper sauce is the lowest sodium tabasco sauce that I've found.

Store brand:  Our local grocery store, Stop & Shop, has some good things in their store brand.  Their "no salt added" canned tomatos don't have any sodium or potassium added (they instead use calcium salt).  They also have several all natural store brands that tend to be lower in sodium than the competitors.