No Sodium Seasoning Taste Test & Review
Has anyone ever told you to cut down on salt in your diet, but you are desperate to have something on your table to sprinkle on your food? Or maybe you want something to add to your cooking that adds a similar brightness that salt does.
Today I am going to test out five different kinds of salt substitutes that could replace the salt on your table, but do they taste good and are they better than salt? That is what I am going to find out by taste testing:
- Mrs. Dash Table Blend
- Morton's Salt Substitute
- No Salt Sodium Free Salt Alternative
- Benson's Table Tasty
- Spiceology Everything Bagel
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If you are watching this video, then you really want to reduce your sodium intake. I've loved salt most of my life. I prefer salty over sweet. Here is my take on the Morton's Salt Substitute and the No Salt products. Think of your palette as a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. When you first begin to use these two products, you will taste the difference between them and salt. However....after you have used these products exclusively for say 3 weeks, kept sodium out of your diet completely, you will no longer be able to tell the difference between them and real salt. You simply need to stick with them for a period of time exclusively in the total absence of salt. Think of it like exercising your taste buds. As to the difference, the Morton's is more powdery and the No Salt is closer to the consistency of table salt. I prefer the No Salt on just about everything over the Morton's, with the exception of food where you need a more powdery "salt" like popcorn. I hope this has helped you.
Nice analogy👍
What benefits have you felt from using potassium chloride?
Great video! Been trying to find salt substitute for ages that has no salt and no potassium. I’m kidney patient. Thank you again for doing this video! Sounds as if I should try the Bensons!
I love that Dash table seasoning - especially in my eggs. Thanks for the review!
Thank You for this enlightening video. I really appreciated the explanation about each one. Taste or no taste but especially about caution b/c of Kidney Disease.
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Great personality. 👍 thank you for the information
Thanks for the taste testing. I’ll try the Bensons and EB.
Thanks. Good info. I’ve been using the benson salt replacement for awhile. It does a pretty good job. Depending on what I’m cooking, I will use that along with just a pinch of salt so it allows me to cut back on the salt in a huge way. Most of the time I just use it by itself. My taste buds have definitely changed as far as salt is concerned. If I pick up a corn chip the heavy salt taste is just nasty and bitter. Can’t even eat it. Thank you for what you do. You’ve been my biggest source of information and encouragement. I have your book and am ready to read more about allowing more real plant food into my diet. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for this information, I really appreciate this God bless you and your family!!!😇🥰🤩🙏
Very helpful! Thank you so much. We are new to virtually sodium-free cooking and looking for help. NuSalt isn't the greatest, as you say. Vinegar helps a lot in cooking to add that brightness at the back of the tongue.
Thanks 🙏🏽 Doc need more videos like this
I quit using salt quite a while ago, years. At first I missed the salt in food but now many foods taste salty to me as they are, some foods actually taste too salty especially cottage cheese because it actually has a lot of salt in it so I eat it rarely. I love V8 juice and when I first switch to low sodium it tasted funny but now it actually tastes salty, and I could actually go for something that has even less salt. So it's true that the longer you go without using salt the easier it gets to not need salt.
We stopped using salt in our cooking its 11 months now. At first it was terrible and i had to add to everything 😅 but now im at the point your discribing! If i go to mcdonalds everything just tastes like salt🤢
The man in this video gives smart advice on healthy and delicious salt substitutes.
Thank you so much for doing this video. I just got the Benson salt replacement and it’s wonderful. I am tracking my sodium intake to keep it under 2300 mg & my blood pressure is no longer high. Thank you so much‼️🙏
That's wonderful,I will try the Benson's. Where did you get it from.
@@loveinautumn3978 Amazon
I wonder if you can get at the store .
You just gave me hope! Thanks for sharing.
What about the 50:50 (Na/K) salt substitute? I have used that for decades, and I have low blood pressure.
Just stumbled across this channel because I’m looking for anything that will help me on an extremely low sodium diet that I was put on. i’m not only on a 1500 mg sodium diet, but also on a low fat, low cholesterol, diabetic diet, so all of that combined doesn’t leave me very much food choices and I’m ready to pull my hair out! At times I’m so hungry I could eat my shoe! Low sodium diet was difficult enough but with all these other lifestyles I have to follow now I really need some help!😩🤦♀️😊. I found low sodium products on Amazon which have helped, so for anybody out there herb ox put out no sodium beef and chicken bullion powder which really helps out if you put it in your ground chicken breast or ground lean beef, but I haven’t found a salt substitute yet that doesn’t leave a metallic taste. Also Amazon carries Haines sodium free baking powder which has been a lifesaver for biscuits, pancakes, and other baking goods, also EN ER GE sodium free baking soda is available on Amazon. Just some tips for my fellow low sodium travelers!
Thank you
I wish there was a way to mix something with nosalt to make it not taste so metallic. I like Ms. Dash the best.
Wow! I never heard of Bensons! I’m about to order it now ❤❤❤
I have found that learning to eat what tastes good to me without salt is the best I can do, long-term for consistency. That really restricts my options for food (seafood, baked sweet or red potatoes, fresh fruits/veg, unsalted nuts, hint of salt wheat thins). But I don’t know what else to do.
THANK YOU, Doctor! I was so bad with salt, and my pulse was flakey. I took it all and dumped it down the sink. I am 70 and want to make it to 80. LOL I tried No Salt, and the potassium is such that I don't use it on everything. (LOL!) So Tuesday I will try MySalt. It has potassium and one other ingredient. It is expensive! 10 bucks for three ounces. I'll let you all know!❤
Great information!
WHAT ABOUT PINK HIMALAYAN SALT
Yeah, I wondered why he used cucumber. However, I really appreciate the suggestions. My blood pressure has been kinda good, and I even have a lower dose😊 really not a need salt person, and I was very surprised when I began to show signs, I do recognize it is in almost everything (chips) my favorite, also hereditary so this video was great resource for me ❤
Cucumber is basically neutral in flavor.
I think the no salt stuff is great.
Hi, Doc. Could you do something on replacing the flavor of "aromatics" such as garlic and onion when cooking. I don't season at the table, but I really can't eat onions or chili. Every vegetarian recipe starts with "fry garlic and onions. add a bunch of chili." Thanks.
I just discovered "sour salt" in the Kosher section of my grocery store...it is Citric Acid - good used sparingly on cooked items - like potatoes, etc...I liked it.
The Potassium/ Chloride salt substitute is something you get used to as my husband has high blood pressure. At least the Morton’s LITE Salt does include being iodized. On a cucumber is a bad test, try it on a corn cob boiled, and the Morton’s Salt is quite nice. For popcorn, I put Bragg’s Liquid Aminos which is great in an atomizer spray bottle in making fat-free popcorn quite enjoyable popped in the microwave. We use an Or Ollie Reddenbacher’s popcorn bowl designed to use in the microwave is perfect using just 1/3 Cup of popcorn seeds in their bowl is perfect every time. 1/3 Cup of unpopped popcorn kernels works perfectly even if a microwave in our RV,
My dietician had recommended Bensons but I’ve kinda got used to no salt now and depending on what I am eating will just use something with low sodium like salsa or seasonings mixed together without salt.
I'm going to order the Benson's Table Tasty. I stopped eating salt about four days ago. My back went out, and I am overweight. I was reading some articles on experiments with salt and obesity with people and also with rats. The conclusion is that salt, beyond the edema, causes hunger, overeating and obesity. It's not food that makes us fat, it's what's IN the foods. I've noticed that my appetite is definitely lower, but it took my body about three days to get rid of the sodium in my digestive tract. The third day I noticed a big change in less hunger. I have used a couple of TBSP of all-fruit (no sugar) jelly for potatoes, meats, etc. I also use ghee (no salt), which helps a ton. For lunch I just had two boiled chicken thighs with carrots, and allowed for one TBSP of mayo (95 gm sodium). Delicious. I've been able to keep my sodium below 400-500mg. I hope I can eat less and lose weight but without being hungry.
I am on a no salt diet and I’ve lost a lot of weight from doing it and to this day I’m still trying to lose weight. And I have kidney disease.
This is why I’m trying. I think I retain so much due to a high sodium diet!
Dash original,best❤
How often can we use it in a day? I like using it for breakfast, lunch and dinner with each serving size.. I get confused sometimes, because is this sodium-free serving size determined as a daily recommendation?
Have you tried green salt? Also try lemon pepper mrs dash on cucumber yum
How's green salt?
Thanks for sharing! Potassium chloride is great for baking bread . Someone has a video on how to use it in baking.
Thanks for the tip!
@@thecookingdoc the video says to only replace 50% of salt with potassium chloride.
Yep salt has diminishing returns the more we use it , the less we taste it over time. Mrs dash needs to rehydrate in my opinion to get more taste of it
I am a salt lover but have had to cut out salt due to kidney disease. I agree Mrs. Dash is not a good replacement, the only one I like is the Southwestern flavor. Not being able to add salt sucks. There are very few seasonings that are good replacements for salt if you are one that likes flavor.
I like the Benson's very bright for me. However, My husband, who actually needs it, found it to taste sour. PC is a no-no. Just looked at his chloride levels, and they are very high. Does anyone else have any suggestions?
Try Local Spicery Sel-acious. You have to order it, but it has no citric acid which I think some people find sour
What about HIMALAYAN PINK SALT
The No salt and the Norton salt are nasty taste like chemicals your right and they are to expensive. I love salt but, my husband can’t have salt. So to help him I bought the Dash brand and we really like it in our food. The lemon and herbs is good on chicken and fish. The original one is good on anything.
I am using no sodium in my food . My daughter bought dash and benson.
It's because the nutritional yeast has MSG in it. Thus explaining why it's "brighter"
I buy the Bensons table tasty in the 2 lb bags, it’s wonderful in cooked food especially soups or just sprinkled on top. I don’t tolerate pepper well, makes me cough and Bensons has no pepper in it. Love it, the garlic flavor is good too, check out Chef AJ for more salt free cooking, she’s amazing
My taste buds must be different. I _really_ like the Morton Salt Substitute. I think it tastes great. Directly on apples, vegetables or anything else.
I'm sure he's marketing for one to 😉
Benson's - $12.99!! WOW! Kind of crazy expensive.
Many of those substitutes have too much potassium in them for a heart patient that requires low sodium and low potassium.
Use pepper instead
Try black salt a little goes a long way
I highly recommend bensons. 👌 so good
Does the salt subtitles have msg?
You ever figure it out?????
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FADH SALT FREE , ORIGINAL SEASONING,LOVE THAT ONE , ORIGINAL ❤
Potassium chloride tastes nothing like salt to me it tastes super sour
Canned foods have salt
Not for kidney disease
I read that if a person is using a cholesterol medicine no salt products are not recommended in fact could be dangerous.
poor audio quality for some reason on this one...
All Stores Please Lower the price of all Military and Local for all Brands of Salt Products and Accessories and Production Cost Now That's too much $$ The Whole World Now 🙏🙏🙏
Cook a roast beef with that everything bagel seasoning all over it and you'll have some of the best roast beefs you'll ever eat.
I tried the No Salt, and it tasted like boiled eggs. 🤢I was so disappointed.
This was when I added it to grits (cooked food).
I bought the expensive Bensons. Really doesn’t look like salt. Really doesn’t taste like salt. It’s different. Not a good different. Just my opinion.
As a doctor. I think you have a vested interest to mislead so tat you keep you patients
I love how people are like yuck this tastes nothing like salt. 🤣 Duh it's not salt. A turkey don't taste like a pig. However if you want to add meat to a dish we'll both will do.
I find the lemon in Mrs Dash too prominent. It overpowers the other spices.
I think with the Mrs Dash seasoning they just aren’t blended well or they are missing something. The Southwest one and the chicken one are the only two I can stand.
Looks to me like you are eating pickled cucumber because the slices look awfully green on the inside. Fresh cucumber slices, on the other hand would look much more pale on the inside and have less bend to them (although the "cucumber" spears you were eating did sound quite crunchy...kind of like refrigerated deli style pickle spears). So all of those sodium free "salt" alternatives were not given a fair shake realistically if you were adding them to pickle slices which are already quite salty. I am in congestive heart failure and I am currently using No Salt and I really enjoy it. However, I will be giving some of the other ones you featured a try. Thank you for your video.
Depends on the kind of cucumber.
Does Bensons have Potassium?
No
Where can I buy the Benson's salt alternative?
@@woome143 Just found it on Amazon!
Fun fact: Potassium chloride is one of the cocktails used in the lethal injection.
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It how that works. Table salt (sodium chloride) is lethal at a certain dose. Anything is lethal at a high enough dose.
That's celery 😂
Fumlly amgree
I dislike Dash seasonings, too me they all taste like onions and I hate onions
Your body needs salt is good for you not bad for you.
great material, but the loud chewing is like nail on a chalkboard... eek 🤮
That Benson sucks makes everything taste like crap... Just do salt but just not that much.. Trust me you'll be better off
That no salt is not good. I wasted my money.
Your assessment of parochial products is irrelevant to most.
Please be careful in recommending some of these for kidney patients. Some of them use potassium carbonate as a salt replacement, which is very bad for kidney patients as they don't have the ability to filter out phosphorus or potassium. I'm desperate to find a good blend that doesn't use either of these. I really need to cut down on my salt intake but damn its so delicious.
Ehh unless I have a hearing problem did not he say that in the video? or is it you that have the hearing problem strange comment it seems
Only the ones with potassium chloride, table tasty is just herbs, citrus and spices, try that one
Would you - "The Cooking Doc" - *PLEASE* give me your thoughts on using the product "No Salt" / *STRICTLY* as a "cheat" for increasing potassium levels. I recently went to the ER for a seizure. (50 yrs old - never had a seizure in my life) - The bloodwork they did, they came back stumped with the only explanation being "Your potassium was a little low." Soooo..... I started researching. 4700mg of Potassium is daily recommended value. Great. Awesome. Started looking online for vitamin supplements only to find another Dr. saying I'd have to take 42 tablets *EVERY DAY* to reach 4700mg.... That's a lot of pills. / Scratch that idea. Found a weight lifting guy that straight up said he uses "No Salt" *strictly* for roughly 1/3rd to 1/2 of the daily dose - he gets the rest by eating the correct foods. Sounded promising. I bought some. Now the weight lifting guy / (health nut) / said he straight up "ate" 1 whole teaspoon a day. He'd pour 1 teaspoon of the No Salt onto the teaspoon, put it in his mouth and wash it down with water. It was like medicine to him. That's really close to 1/2 the daily recommended value and in my mind I'm thinking > I can do that. But at what cost?????? ...... there is no miracle pill but the No Salt strictly as a semi-quasi supplement for potassium seems to make sense to me...... but again, at what cost???? 1tsp per day seems reasonable to me. It's better than eating 7 bananas every day. (That's absurd) - Seems like a pretty decent "head start" on getting my daily potassium value but there's gotta be a gotcha in there somewhere. Forget about taste on foods. My question has nothing to do with taste on foods. It's about getting the correct amount of potassium every day and NO SALT seems like a logical alternative for at least 1/2 ...... not all. *PLEASE ADVISE* - Thank you. - Everyone......
You really HAVE TO ASK YOUR DOCTOR about this. That is very radical what you are doing.
Have you looked into adding dried fruit to your diet? Dried fruit is quite high in potassium.
You realize if u eat no salt...you be dead.
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