Reply To This Post         Return to Posts Index           VegSource Home

From:	Jeff Novick, MS, RD, LD, LN (novick.vegsource.com)
Subject:	Re: Utopia?
Date:	December 11, 2007 at 10:03 am PST

In Reply to: Utopia? posted by Brittany xvx on December 11, 2007 at 9:44 am:

I have never heard of Utopia nor could I find them online.

My only concern from what you posted, on this item, as it is on many packaged products, is the sodium. You gave the sodium number as the % of the DV. If you tell me what it is in mgs, I will give you my answer. The sugars, are minimal, so while none is optimal, 2 grams for 200 calories is relatively small.

However, based on the %DV, I am assuming it has around 432 mgs of sodium, which is over 2x the calories and far exceeds the amount of sodium I would recommend.

I am also curious as to how much the serving weighs (in grams). My guess is this is not a large serving.

Personally, I would avoid it. For more info on the impact of salt and mortality, there is some recent data you can read about in a blog I wrote recently.

http://www.jeffnovick.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Shake-The-Salt-Habit-Save-Lives.html/Itemid,261/

Regards
Jeff

Reply To This Post         Return to Posts Index           VegSource Home