Comments on: 100 popular frozen meals ranked by sodium content

By: Trading Up Downtown » Blog Archive » Frozen Food Brands Ranked by Sodium

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:26:53 +0000

[...] week, I received an email from HellaWella with an interesting infographic ranking frozenmeal brands based on their sodium content. As you probably know, seemly “healthy” foods can sometimes pack large amounts of [...]

By: Melissa Valliant

Melissa Valliant — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:58:40 +0000

Skip, thanks for the feedback! This is meant to be a reference for both: what to avoid and what to choose instead. The lower-sodium options closer to the bottom of the list are what we found to be the best options. Obviously, if you’re strictly watching your sodium intake and have a condition like hypertension, fresh rather than frozen meals would be a better option. We wanted to use the brands that most people find in their local grocery, but maybe in the future we’ll do something on smaller brands that could be good alternatives if you know where to find them.

By: Skip Brenny

Skip Brenny — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:53:45 +0000

Interesting, but not new info. As a frozen food loving American (with high blood pressure), I’d prefer a list of convenient low-sodium alternates. I’ve found those to be more difficult to find than I would’ve thought. The problem with healthy diet changes is we’re too often told what to avoid, but not what to replace it with.

By: Melissa Valliant

Melissa Valliant — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:28:16 +0000

David, it’s actually very accepted in the medical community that a high-sodium diet increases a person’s risk for high blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease and stroke. If you’d like to learn more about it, here’s a link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s information on it: http://www.cdc.gov/VitalSigns/Sodium/

Our bodies do need salt to work properly. Like I mentioned in the article, humans require about 180 mg to 500 mg of sodium a day in order to maintain the right balance of fluids in the body. But we consume on average about 3,400 mg a day. It’s just another ingredient in food that we need to consume in moderation.

By: David Crane

David Crane — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:30:54 +0000

This information is of questionable value when current information is that the low salt diet may increase the risks of cardiovascular disease and questions current drives to reduce salt intake. At the very least the decades long drive to reduce salt intake to prevent hypertension has not been substantiated.

By: Melissa Valliant

Melissa Valliant — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:45:50 +0000

Funny! Wait until you see our list of sodium in soups — they’re so much worse! That one will be published on Monday morning. Thanks for reading!

By: Steve LaFond

Steve LaFond — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:42:17 +0000

Is it true that Weight Watchers is going to be putting quotation marks around the “Smart” in “Smart Ones”?