You're right. Garlic powder does not have any salt. Garlic salt does.
Two different animals.

l, not -l wrote:

> On 22-Mar-2007, "Viviane" > wrote:
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>>Try using real garlic instead of garlic powder. That stuff is probably
>>loaded with salt (lucky you rarely use salt!) and yet is likely to contain
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>>little if any garlic. The real stuff is so cheap and good.
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> Obviously, I can't speak for the garlic powder you find; but, around here,
> garlic powder does not contain ANY salt. It is simply powdered, dried
> garlic, with a small amount of anti-clumping agent added. Perhaps you were
> thinking of garlic salt, which is mostly salt.
>
> Though I disagree about the sodium content of garlic powder, I
> whole-heartedly agree that fresh (real) garlic is much better for most uses.
> I do keep garlic powder on hand for occasional use; but, I almost always
> use fresh garlic. The rare occasions I use garlic powder, it is usually in
> cooked foods that just don't quite have enough garlic kick.