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Check Your Labels There are usually two ways to preserve food – fat and salt. You should try to avoid too much of either! If it says "Low-Fat", don’t be fooled. Be sure to read the label carefully to make sure it doesn’t have a lot of sodium. Canned goods can be really deceptive. And you may find that so-called "Healthy" products are loaded with sodium. Your best bet is to look for "No-Salt" or "Low-Salt" products. These can be hard to find for some food products, but the Rice Diet Store has what you can’t find in a regular grocery store. To illustrate the differences in sodium amounts in similar foods, take a look at the comparisons below: Food Serving Size Sodium (milligrams)   Pretzels Bachman Stix Pretzels Harry's Honeys 28 grams 1 pretzel = 24 grams 1,460 20   Vegetable Soup Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable Soup Health Valley Organic Vegetable Soups, No Salt Added 8 ounces 8 ounces 790 65   Minestrone Soup Progresso Chicken Minestrone Health Valley Minestrone Soup 9.5 ounces 7.5 ounces 1,220 110   Refried Beans Canned refried beans Bearitos Vegetarian Refried Beans, No Salt Added 1 cup 1 cup 1,068 32   Corn Chips Corn Chips Smart Temptations, No Fat, No Salt 1 ounce 1 ounce 218 0   Crispy Rice Cereal Kellogg's Rice Krispies Grainfield's Crispy Rice, No Salt, Fat or Sugar 1 ounce 1 ounce 340 35   Oat Flakes Health Valley Oat Bran Flakes 1 ounce 1 ounce 247 10   Spaghetti Sauce Prego Spaghetti Sauce Prego Spaghetti Sauce, No Salt Added 4 ounces 4 ounces 623 41   Tomato Sauce Canned Tomato Sauce Heinz Tomato Sauce, No Salt Added (_ cup) 1/2 cup 738 20   Chili Chili with Beans Health Valley Mild Vegetarian Chili 1 cup 1 cup 1,330 54   Black Beans Canned Black Beans Eden's Organic Black Beans 1 cup 1 cup 922 30   Cottage Cheese Cottage Cheese, 1% and 2%, creamed Cottage Cheese, _% dry curd, no salt added 1 cup 1 cup 918 20   Rice Rice-A-Roni, Chicken Flavor Brown or enriched white rice 1/2 cup cooked 1/2 cup cooked 500 3   Potatoes Potatoes, au gratin Baked Potato 1/6 of 5.5 ounce package 1 medium 601 16   Back to top