Which is the best no-salt alternative?? Full Review!
Full round up of Salt Atlernatives! No Sodium, Low Sodium, No-Salt Seasonings, Low Sodium Seasonings... I Review ten. Which is the best value? Which one tastes the best?
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George, as usual, you've picked a great topic. It seems to me that too much salt in food is just as common as too much sugar in food. When my wife and I eat at restaurants, the food is typically far too salty or far too sweet. That's in America. In Europe, the salt and sugar use is much more palatable and enjoyable. The food we make for ourselves is not nearly as salty as American restaurant food. I do like some finishing salt on some things, like salad.
Thanks for sharing Rudy! All the best!!
I'm so glad I found this video, I had NO idea you could buy salt that has less sodium in it! So, thank you!
My pleasure! All the best!
wonderful
Thank you! Cheers!
Just got your channel on my feed. Great content. You look and sound very familiar to me. Can’t place it but I’ve been on Long Island north shore Suffolk county for a few decades.
Welcome aboard! My family owns Hellenic Snack Bar in Greenport. Maybe there?
@@AwareHouseChef my wife’s family and now mine are very active in Southold and her church is meeting in Greenport since theirs burned down a few years ago. Maybe we crossed paths. In any case next time we’re out there I know where we will be eating. 😀
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Those are some really fancy salts. We don't have anything like that in Greece. I would chose Messolonghi salt every single day 😊 Hi George! It's been awhile but I wouldn't miss your videos for anything.
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I was given Green Salt by my daughter. It has half the sodium of regular salt. I use it sparingly, but it really does provide some of the flavor I miss, even in very small amounts. The flavor is very nice. I am on a low-sodium diet. My maximum is 1500mg/day, similar to other people I know who also have heart disease. Many foods contain naturally occurring sodium as well which is harder to track. Green Salt's nutritional label shows that it contains 280mg per 1/2 tsp, so to compare with your comments on others, 140mg per 1/4 tsp. Based on your reviews here, I will also try the Benson's. I do have a question about replacing sodium. Salt is often used not only for flavor but for its chemical effect on other ingredients, such as salting eggplant to draw out moisture, to tenderize meats, etc. Do any of the substitutes mentioned here replace salt for those purposes? Thanks!
Placing eggplant in warm water alone will draw out some of the bitterness as well. It will make it a bit more water-logged, but that can be easily remedied by letting it air dry on the counter for a while. Hope that helps. Thank you for reaching out
Great topic. My sister who is on a low sodium diet says the Benson’s is the best.
It's so good!
A 50% reduced sodium salt is a very important staple in my pantry. Although, I'm personally more concerned about upping my potassium intake vs reducing my sodium intake. My most common use for this is making an electrolyte drink as it is, by a huge margin, the most inexpensive way to get an electrolyte drink with decent ingredients (especially if you are water fasting and need to get a day's worth of electrolytes.) Of course, you have to add some flavoring in. For cooking, I think it is best used during the cooking process. I've found that the potassium has that flat metallic aftertaste that is hard to get around if it isn't covered up by other flavors. For people looking to reduce salt, I think the combination of using a sodium/potassium salt during cooking and then using a finishing salt at the end will give them a nice "salt experience" while reducing the amount of sodium. Maldon salt is a great finishing salt for the home cook - it's not an expensive as those really high end finishing salts, but it still has that large pyramid crystal shape that really makes a finishing salt special. Oh, and of course, trying to avoid processed foods since they try to shove as much sodium in there as possible to cover up for their cardboard-like ingredients.
Thank you! Brilliant! All the best
Redmond's and Celtic! Nothing else will do. If the Dr. says cut down, don't go back to him!
Not familiar with Redmond's, but love celtic. Nothing can ever replace salt.
It’s all sodium chloride….
This is very hard to sort, because taste is so much a personal experience. For example he liked Mrs. Dash, which doesn't taste good at all to me. But it's a good video, because you still get a point of reference. I'm going to give Benson's and McCormicks a try.
You are absolutely right. Especially when it comes to seasonings. Thank you for reaching out!
We really like the Mrs Dash table Blend .
Not bad, right?
After your original salt video 3 years ago, you were going to follow up on Redmond’s but I can’t find it if you did a review of Redmonds~ I live in Idaho, so practically next door to the Redmonds. If I ever get over to Utah it would be fun to go there & see if they do tours of their operation.
I did a follow up a few weeks later: kzhead.info/sun/ithsirl7aX-bqKc/bejne.htmlsi=grumy92B5gwUfwx6
I did hear you say Redmonds happens to be your favorite or Celtic- so happy to hear as I had been using the Redmonds for a few years & see it has been discovered & caught on now. So, I’m thinking somewhere you must have gone over the Redmond’s
Thank you !!
So interesting & wonderful the Creator placed sources of salt all over the earth.
For others who may have just discovered this channel 3yrs later, the follow up on the Redmonds is in a program about Microplastics- so you wouldn’t find it by searching for anything about salt- so thank you for the link & the title if that program us is: “Microplastics are destroying our lives & planet” & the part about Redmonds is near the end around 12:12 time mark .
My nu salt says potassium chloride nothing else so im confused why theres additives? I wonder if they changed their ingredients ?
I am not sure.
Dr murray has a salt called ideal sea salt on iherb
Thanks for the tip!
Can you cook with the bensons
You could but it might require a little experimenting. The flavor will most likely change. It behaves better as a finish. Cheers!
Try Maine's Dulse, I don't care for the Kelp. We've been using the Dulse flakes for a couple of decades and buy it by the pound. Before that, I used Spike, but back then I found it had msg; I don't know if it still does. We love the whole Dulse; but, don't buy it often because it's so expensive and gone in five minutes.
Thanks Kathleen! Good to hear from you! All the best!
@@AwareHouseChef Likewise!
I've been using Knorr bullion powders for a lot of my salt flavoring instead of regular salt. Beef, tomato chicken, regular chicken and shrimp flavors. Regular salt is 40% sodium and 60% chloride. So a teaspoon of salt is only 40% sodium. This is something to keep in mind when looking at ingredients on a label.
Please check the other ingredients as well. I am not so sure of Knorr products. Also a 1/4 tsp of plain salt is 590mg of sodium. Use that as a reference as well. All the best.
@@AwareHouseChef I have and I don't really care about them one way or another. Like MSG I keep it on hand as well.
@@AwareHouseChef I just want to add. I make almost everything I eat. The list is really long. But it ranges from my own fermented mushroom ketchup to my own sauerkraut.. Not new to me I'm 64 and was raised on a farm doing this stuff. My own spice mixes and bake my own bread. Many times my own tortillas corn and flour. The Knorr product is literally the only thing I buy that is anything close to a spice blend. No junk food at all except for corn chips for Frito pie from my own homemade Texas chili. No processed food at all. Since doing this I got off indigestion pills and don't take anything. I agree with you, processed food is a nightmare in this country and killing people.
What about the Green Salt?
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i want to try the Mr Dash so bad but i have celiac disease
Is it not GF?
Did the green salt never arrive??
It sure did kzhead.info/sun/gs-eeKaCfHSJYK8/bejne.html
I was told by my kidney doc that I have to cut back on all salts, and potassium chloride. So none of these will work for me. I did find a great NO SALT alternative in Benson’s Tasty Table
Is that different than the one I reviewed? All the best!
Benson’s Tasty Table has no Potassium Chloride (I can’t have Potassium Chloride because of my kidney issue.)
I am not on a salt restricted diet…hallelujah! Love my salt. But, I do use “No Salt”…1/4 teaspoon in water daily…for the potassium. It has more potassium than any supplement I’ve ever tried. 🤷🏼♀️
Glad this could help! Cheers!
Lime is an excellent salt replacement on many dishes. I can't eat out much anymore because of the high amounts of salt they put in and on everything. I simply can't stand that much salt and never have.
Tanginess helps keep those taste buds happy! Cheers!
Potassium chloride tastes nothing like salt to me it tastes super sour
i just gave up on salt just have redmond real salt and put 1/16th tsp on my meals probably use zero salt soon
Glad we agree! Cheers!
Because of your original salt video I tried Celtic salt and love it in my stews, beans and chilies because it has such a mild taste. For everything else I kept my fine ground Redmon real salt. Our only salt is small amounts while I cook and we don’t have a shaker on the table. I’m going to try Bensons because I did buy the Kelp one and that was a waste for salt flavor. I do use it for iodine though blended in so I don’t know it’s there. Once again such a wonderful taste test! You’re the best! Hope you are doing well!
Foe those 20% - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍 - 👍
Benson's - $12.99!! WOW! Kind of crazy expensive.
Really?? It wasn’t that much when I bought it. That’s a lot.
and Dash Chicken and Southwest Chipotle are the best in my opinion. The Table blend on food is tasteless.
Yes! So many great seasoning blends out there !
Ppl if you eat a proper giman diet, minimal carbs, than just aalt your food to taste and you will be fine. Your body regulates your sodium in your bodywithout question there wont be a problem with sodium just by salting food you taste too much salt tham stop need more add more if its a quality salt like redmonda or celtic than it has all the minerals ad well. Lastly, thefact that sodium causes high blood pressure or hrart and kidney disease has been debinked over and over again, unless you eat the standard american diet of junk and carbs if u eat animal food and normal diet for us as a species rhan no salt or aodium will not cause heart or kidney disease ever. High carb low fat diets is what is causing the heart and kidney disease not the aalt or red meat.
The narrative about salt is completely wrong. Salt is not an issue for the body if your kidneys work properly. Kidneys filter around 180 liters of blood per day and unless you lack electrolytes or have impaired kidney function, then salt is perfectly fine to consume, even in larger quantities, like 10 g. Salt levels in the blood are regulated, and the connection between heart disease and salt is pseudoscientific. If they truly did a comprehensive and scientifically sound analysis and found proof of the link, I would accept it. This is another example of truth being distorted by the narrative. Happens to be the same people every time. What gives? Anyway, I do like your content; it's useful and practical.
Thanks! I have no problem with salt. But just in case people have an issue I figured I would offer alternatives. All the best
Salt increases water retention, which increases the volume of blood. The heart has to pump a larger amount of blood - which makes it work harder. It's pretty simple.
@@CadaverQT True, but your response is reductionistic. You conveniently left out a major organ (kidney) from the equation.
@@hugoanderkivi Yeah.... Kidneys aren't as magical as you think. They can't stop your heart from overworking. Blood vessels restrict within 30 seconds of too much salt.
why do people keep say to consult their doctor, are they living in outer space?, all Drs have a 6 month waiting period to see them.
Pretty much so we don’t get sued for giving logical advice…
These companies are basically charging the consumer MORE for LESS salt (and some horrid metallic potassium additive)! So basically a person could just USE LESS SALT in their food using regular salt for the same desired outcome Also a person could waste money on these and use MORE of it and essentially end up using the same amount of salt as the regular stuff