Why do Can foods and Health dinners contain so much salt?

Question:

I would just like to say that so many people choose to eat healthy. In doing so many select healthy foods such as can good foods, Health dinners as Lean Cuisine etc. But if you take a look on the back of the package the sodium level is very high. I was told companies put so much salt in the food to preserve the food is that true?

Answers:
While salt is helpful for preservation in canned foods, it's not for preservation in pre-packed, processed food; they've already got preservatives.

The American palette has become so used to salted foods that when they aren't salted we consider them to be "tasteless." The salt is only added as a flavoring.

Just about everything has too much salt! No wonder we are all dying!

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