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The following outline provides an alphabetical listing of the foods to avoid because of their high salt content.
The second chart provides a listing of the most common foods that can be valid alternatives during the days in which salt should be excluded from the diet.
Remember that it's always a good idea to start every meal with raw fruit and/or vegetables.
Foods to avoid or needing ingredients label check
Aperitif snacks
Bread (even unleavened or Tuscan style)
Breadsticks
Broth cubes (meat or vegetable)
Canned fish (even if plain)
Canned foods
Caviar
Cheese (all kinds)
Cold cuts and salami (including Bresaola)
Cookies
Crackers
Croissants
Croutons
Extracts for broth (meat or vegetable)
Fast food
Flatbread
Focaccia
Gomasio
Ketchup |
Mayonnaise (manufactured)
Miso
Nuts and dried fruit toasted and salted
Olive
Pickling brine foods
Pizza
Potato chips
Pre-packaged fresh or frozen foods
Ready-made sauces
Rusks
Salt preserved fish
Sandwich bread
Sauces, various (tuna, aurora, tartar...)
Smoked, dried or preserved meat
Smoked fish (salmon, herring, tuna...)
Snack pastries
Soy sauce
Tamari |
Suggested alternatives
Almond toffee
Cereal flakes (unsalted)
Chocolate
Cous cous
Crepes
Eggs
Fresh fish
Fresh fruit
Fresh meat
Hardpan, extruded, puff pastry (unsalted)
Homemade, unsalted sweets |
Legumes, dried or frozen
Mayonnaise (homemade, unsalted)
Meringue
Muesli (unsalted)
Natural, unsalted dried fruit and nuts
Pasta
Polenta
Potatoes
Puffed cereals (unsalted)
Rice |
Other useful resources
» For a more detailed description of foods containing salt, refer to the SMA Food profile on Salt.
» The Intolerances section provides an in-depth discussion on the themes related to intolerance, rotation diet, tolerance recovery and vaccines.
» If you encounter any difficulty finding tasty alternatives for your intolerance, take a look at the page on Suggested products: you can purchase these foods directly on line and have them delivered at your home in just a few days.
Suggested diets
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