"<RJ>" > wrote in message
>
> I wish I could say it was great....
> One of the ingredients was a packet of KNORR Veg. Soup Mix.
> salty....Salty....SALTY !!!
>
> Why in Gods name do they add so much salt to the prepared mixes ?

snips here and there
>
> Who are their product tasters ?
> Do they have a distorted sense of "salty" ?
> Do they know how many customers they lose ?

Salt is cheap. Many of us are addicted to salt and think it really enhances
flavors. It does in moderation, but most prepared foods are so heavily
salted that the real flavor is overpowered.

I recently bough a bag of Kettle Chips salt and black pepper flavored. They
were very good. Saw a bag of Herr's salt and pepper chips. My, they were
inedible. The Kettle brand had 170 mg of salt per serving. Herr's had 420
mg.

About 10 years ago I decided to reduce the amount of salt I used. After a
week or so of bland eating, my taste bud recovered and I better enjoy the
real flavor of the food I eat. I still salt a baked potato and corn on the
cob, but very little else.
Ed

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