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Different companies use different processing methods, many of them established before salt was thought to be potentially dangerous. Amazing differences from brand to brand of the same kind of product often result. A 6-oz. can of Del Monte tomato paste has a mere 112 mg of sodium; Hunt's has 610. A Kellogg blueberry waffle has 260 mg, while the same size serving of Aunt Jemima hits 352 mg. Canned fruit is salty when it is peeled with lye. Because peas are sorted in brine for canning, a tablespoonful of canned peas has as much sodium (30.8 mg...
...million bushels of fries, has completed a study on the sodium content of Chicken McNuggets, Big Macs and French fries. Customers who request it may now have the information in the form of a booklet with sample menus. Example: Big Mac, French fries and milk (1,240 mg...
...needed, he believes, is a bill to require labeling under law. Along with Iowa Representative Neal Smith, he has written legislation requiring that the sodium and potassium content be marked on all processed and canned foods governed by the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, if the total exceeds 35 mg. The bill is now before a House health subcommittee chaired by California's Henry Waxman. It has 79 co-sponsors in the House, but Gore is worried about its future. Says he: "Salt is the cheapest flavor enhancer. There is an enormous competitive advantage to loading food with salt...
...names still strike a nostalgic chord in the hearts of automotive enthusiasts: the MG and Triumph sports cars, the four-wheel drive Land Rover and the sleek Jaguar. But these days BL Ltd. (formerly British Leyland), Britain's one remaining large-scale auto producer, is only a pale shadow of its former self. MG production ceased a year ago, and the last Triumph was built in October. And now, the very existence of BL is in doubt...
...Experts estimate that at puberty, when there is a spurt in bone growth, people require 1,200 mg of calcium daily (the equivalent of four glasses of milk or about 6 oz. of hard cheese). Postmenopausal women require 1,500 mg to offset the resorption process...