What foods have sodium?

Sodium often comes from processed or prepared foods. These include:

• Bread.
• Pizza.
• Cold cuts and bacon.
• Cheese.
• Soups.
• Fast food.
• Prepared dinners, such as pasta, meat and egg dishes.

Many recipes call for salt, and many people also salt their food at the table. Condiments also may contain sodium. One tablespoon of soy sauce, for example, has about 1,000 mg of sodium.

Some foods naturally contain sodium. These include all vegetables and dairy products, meat, and shellfish. These foods don't have a lot of sodium. But eating them does add to the overall amount of sodium in your body. For example, 1 cup of low-fat milk has about 100 mg of sodium.