The No-Salt Pantry List
Half the battle on a no-salt diet is just knowing things exist. A pickle spear with zero sodium. A relish that doesn't eat your whole day. These are the no-salt and low-sodium products I actually buy, with the sodium off the real label and where I found them. I add to this list every time I find something new — check your own label too, because brands change recipes.
SEASONINGS
Dash salt-free seasoning blends — the whole line — 0mg sodium: Original, Garlic & Herb, Lemon Pepper, Taco, Everything But the Salt, Southwest Chipotle, and the rest. Regular grocery stores.
Dash Salt-Free Lemon Pepper Seasoning Blend — 0mg sodium. 2.5 oz bottle, grocery stores (about $4; Healthy Heart Market too).
Dash Salt-Free Taco Seasoning Mix — 0mg sodium. Caution: "less sodium" packets are not the same — McCormick's 30% Less Sodium taco packet still runs about 330mg a serving.
Tony Chachere's No Salt Seasoning Blend — 0mg sodium AND 0mg potassium per ¼ tsp. 5 oz canister, $4.97 at Walmart; also Amazon and other grocery stores. Not potassium-chloride based, so it works for readers who restrict potassium too. First ingredient is brown sugar; no MSG. Twin-canister warning: the regular Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning is a salt-first blend — the canister has to say NO SALT.
Goodman's Low Sodium Onion Soup & Dip Mix — 95mg sodium per serving (¼ bag; Lipton's runs ~610mg+). Cautions: Goodman's also sells a FULL-sodium version — the box has to say Low Sodium; and this one's salt substitute is potassium chloride — potassium 877mg a serving, a hard stop for readers who restrict potassium. Contains MSG. Grocery stores and Amazon (3-pack).
Marshall's Creek Spices — the no-salt line. No-salt blends in 11 oz jars and refill pouches: steak rubs (Aussie/Outback style, Canadian), Ranch Dressing blend, Bay seasoning, Blackening, Pizza, Pot Roast, Spaghetti, Sazón with annatto, Soul seasoning, fish seasoning. Amazon, direct from Marshall's Creek, some stores. Reader caution: the brand sells salted versions too — the jar has to say "No Salt."
MySALT salt substitutes & sodium-free mixes (mysaltsub.com and Amazon). Shakers $10.95: Original, Butter, Garlic, Herb Garden, Onion, Pizza, plus sodium-free Seasoned Salt, Cajun, Caesar. Sodium-free packet mixes $3.49: Ranch Dressing, Garden Italian, Green Goddess, Taco, Chili, Sloppy Joe, Spaghetti Sauce. The original line is potassium-chloride based. They also run a Low Potassium set for readers who can't do KCl. Avoid their "My SUPER SALT" line entirely — it still contains real salt; warning only, never a recommendation.
NoSalt Original Sodium-Free Salt Alternative — 0mg sodium per ¼ tsp; potassium 640mg per serving (KCl-based). Walmart, grocery stores, Amazon.
Knorr Zero Salt Bouillon — Beef, Chicken, and Roasted Garlic — 0mg sodium per tsp, all three flavors. Potassium 240–300mg per tsp (KCl-based). Grocery stores (Kroger family, H-E-B) and Amazon; not reliably at Walmart.
McCormick Salt-Free Seasoning Blends — 0mg sodium per ¼ tsp. The current line is exactly four: Garlic and Herb, Onion and Herb, Roasted Garlic and Bell Pepper, Vegetable. Walmart, Target, grocery stores, Amazon.
BROTHS
Swanson Unsalted Chicken Broth — 35mg sodium per cup (32 oz carton; also only 30mg potassium per cup). Regular canned broth runs about 860mg a cup.
Swanson Unsalted Beef Stock — 35mg sodium per cup (32 oz carton, 70mg potassium per cup). Watch the word: Swanson's Unsalted Beef Broth is a different carton at 75mg a cup — grab the one that says Stock. Regular beef broth runs 800mg+ a cup.
Herb-Ox Sodium Free Granulated Bouillon (Beef and Chicken) — 0mg sodium per packet; potassium 380mg per packet (KCl-based). 8-packet boxes; grocery stores, Amazon, Walmart Marketplace.
CANNED SOUPS
Campbell's Unsalted Cream of Mushroom Soup — 50mg sodium per 1/2 cup condensed (potassium only 60mg). The regular can runs about 870mg a serving. Unsalted, not sodium-free.
Campbell's Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup — 60mg sodium per 1/2 cup condensed (potassium 60mg). Regular is ~870mg a serving.
CONDIMENTS
Organicville No Salt Added Stone Ground Mustard — 0mg sodium per tsp. 12 oz squeeze bottle. Found on Amazon (Healthy Heart Market carries it too, $8.69). Buy the exact one: Organicville's regular Yellow mustard is 60mg a tsp and their Dijon is 115mg — only the No Salt Added Stone Ground is zero.
Mendocino Hot & Sweet Mustard — 0mg sodium per tsp. 9 oz jar. The sweet-heat one — sugar is the first ingredient, so it tastes like a sweet mustard with a little kick, and it has wheat flour in it, so it isn't gluten-free. I get mine at Safeway (Whole Foods and Amazon carry it too). My friend Michelle found this one for me.
Boar's Head 54% Lower Sodium Yellow Mustard — 25mg sodium per tsp (their regular yellow is 55mg). 9 oz squeeze bottle. Found on Amazon.
Silver Spring Dijon Mustard — 40mg sodium per tsp (Shauna's low-sodium Dijon swap; regular Dijon is about 115mg per tsp).
Lea & Perrins Reduced Sodium Worcestershire Sauce — 45mg sodium per tsp (original runs 65mg per tsp; Walmart carries it).
CHEESE & DAIRY
Great Value Original Ricotta Cheese — 55mg sodium per 1/4 cup. Walmart only.
BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella Log — 85mg sodium per ounce. Grocery stores and Walmart.
Tillamook Sour Cream — 10mg sodium per 2 Tbsp. Trap: the Reduced Fat version is HIGHER — 15mg. Regular wins. Grocery stores everywhere.
Chobani Zero Sugar Greek Yogurt (5.3 oz cups) — 65mg sodium per cup for most flavors (flavors run 60–70mg). 12g protein. Grocery stores, Target, Walmart.
Unsalted butter — 0mg sodium by definition. Any brand, any store — the box must say Unsalted.
Sartori Creamy Shredded Parmesan — 40mg sodium per Tbsp (from my own package label). Walmart.
BelGioioso Freshly Shredded Parmesan — 45mg sodium per Tbsp. Walmart.
GRAINS, NOODLES & RICE
Thai Kitchen Stir-Fry Rice Noodles — 0mg sodium per 2 oz. Walmart, Target, grocery stores.
Lotus Foods Millet & Brown Rice Ramen — PLAIN cakes only — 0mg sodium. Twin-package warning: the flavored soup-pack versions run 460–920mg — the zero belongs to the plain noodle cakes only. Target, natural grocery stores, Amazon.
Miracle Noodle Ready-to-Eat Fettuccine — 0mg sodium per 3 oz. Walmart, Sprouts, Whole Foods, Amazon.
Ben's Original Coconut Jasmine Rice (pouch) — 5mg sodium per pouch. Walmart, Target, grocery stores.
Kikkoman Panko Bread Crumbs (plain) — 35mg sodium per 1/2 cup. Everywhere.
WRAPPERS & BREADS
Twin Dragon Egg Roll Wrappers (JSL Foods) — 65mg sodium per wrapper. Local grocery stores. Their won ton wrappers are 55mg per 3 wrappers.
Bread is where sodium hides — ordinary sliced bread runs 120–200mg PER SLICE.
Food For Life Ezekiel 4:9 LOW SODIUM Sprouted Grain Bread — 0mg sodium per slice (sold frozen). Twin-bag warning: the REGULAR Ezekiel loaf is 75mg a slice — the bag must say Low Sodium. Grocery freezer aisles and Amazon. Shauna's honest verdict: she personally didn't care for the Ezekiel — the zero is real, but sprouted-grain dense is an acquired taste; her own bread machine still wins her kitchen.
King's Hawaiian Original Sweet Rolls — 75mg per roll. Also: King's Hawaiian Original Sweet Hamburger Buns — 120mg per bun.
Nature's Own small/thin slices — the Life 40-calorie line runs ~65mg per slice vs regular slices at 110–120mg.
Corn tortillas — ~10mg each vs flour tortillas — 150–330mg each. Three corn ≈ 30mg total; three flour ≈ 500mg+.
Taco Bell Crunchy Taco Shells (the PLAIN box) — 0mg sodium per 3 shells. Twin-box warning: the "Seasoned Flavor" boxes carry salt — Hot reads 110mg per 3 shells, Mild reads 210mg. The box must say Crunchy Taco Shells, plain.
Standing answer: homemade / bread-machine bread with the salt in your control beats everything on this list — store sourdough is NOT a safe default (it tends to run salty).
BAKING
Micro Ingredients Golden Monk Fruit Sweetener (with erythritol) — 0mg sodium, 0mg potassium per scoop. A 1:1 brown-sugar substitute for diabetic readers. 4 lb bag on Amazon.
Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels — 0mg sodium per tablespoon.
Sadaf Tahini — 0mg sodium per oz.
4C Salt Free Seasoned Bread Crumbs — 0mg sodium per 1/4 cup (potassium 270mg per 1/4 cup; contains potassium chloride).
BAKING
For canned goods, start with Hunt's and the store brand — Hunt's carries more no-salt-added items in stores than any other national brand, and Great Value quietly stocks plenty of NSA items too.
Eden Organic Navy Beans, No Salt Added — 15mg sodium per 1/2 cup. Eden's whole NSA bean line follows the same pattern. 12-pack on Amazon. Beans are naturally potassium-rich (~300mg a serving here).
Del Monte No Salt Added canned vegetables — cut green beans, French-style green beans, whole kernel corn, sweet peas (8 oz cut green beans read 10mg sodium per can). Target is the reliable find.
Hunt's No Salt Added Tomato Sauce — 15mg sodium per 1/4 cup. Regular tomato sauce runs 300mg+ a serving. Walmart and grocery stores everywhere.
Rotel Original No Salt Added Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilies — 15mg sodium per 1/2 cup. Walmart, grocery stores, Target.
Westbrae Natural Organic No-Salt-Added Black Beans — 0mg sodium per 1/2 cup. Grocery stores and Amazon.
Water chestnuts — two good cans: Dynasty Sliced — 0mg sodium per serving; Reese Sliced — 20mg per 1/3 cup drained. Grocery stores, Walmart, Amazon.
California Sun Dry Sun-Dried Tomatoes — the DRY bagged kind — 20mg sodium per 2 Tbsp. Specifically dry, no oil: the oil-packed jar runs about 90mg per 2 Tbsp.
Trader Joe's Fire Roasted Red Peppers — 90mg sodium per ounce, drained. Trader Joe's only.
Great Value Deluxe Stir Fry Frozen Vegetables — about 20mg sodium per cup. Walmart only.
Dromedary Diced Pimientos (2 oz jar) — 0mg sodium (ingredients: pimientos, water, trace of citric acid).
Muir Glen No Salt Added Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes — Shauna's find; she orders it by the case on Amazon.
Micro Ingredients Organic Tomato Powder — 0mg sodium per 1g scoop; Shauna's tomato-paste replacement ~1 Tbsp powder + 2 Tbsp water (potassium ~250mg/Tbsp).
Walmart frozen mushrooms — 0mg sodium.
CANNED GOODS
SAUCES & DRESSINGS
Heinz No Salt Added Tomato Ketchup — 5mg sodium per Tbsp (regular Heinz runs 180mg). Potassium flag: made with potassium chloride.
Mrs Taste sauces (mrstaste.com and Amazon) — a dedicated sodium-free range: Ketchup, Barbecue (+ Spicy), Mustard, Honey Mustard, Steak Sauce, Buffalo Wing, American Burger, Top Taste, Curry Ketchup — $7.99 a bottle.
The Ginger People Sweet Ginger Chili Sauce — 5mg sodium per 2 Tbsp. Grocery stores, Amazon, Healthy Heart Market.
Bragg Vinaigrettes — two different bottles: the Organic Vinaigrette (olive oil) is 20mg per 2 Tbsp; the Organic Oil-Free Vinaigrette is 0mg. Grocery stores, Walmart, Amazon.
Coconut aminos — a caution, not a shortcut: Coconut Secret runs 270mg per Tbsp and Bragg's coconut aminos run about 420mg per Tbsp. Lower than regular soy sauce, yes — low sodium, no.
Mr. Spice sauces (mrspice.com, Amazon, Healthy Heart Market) — 9 organic salt-free sauces: Barbecue, Honey BBQ, Honey Mustard, Hot Wing, Tangy Bang, Ginger among them. Shauna's honest verdict: okay — a little vinegary for me, but they work fine.
PROTEINS & FREEZER
Wild Planet No Salt Added Albacore Tuna — 85mg sodium per 3 oz (current 5 oz can labels the whole can at 90mg). Regular canned tuna runs 300mg+. Grocery stores, Walmart, Costco, Amazon.
Butterball Lower Sodium Turkey Bacon — 75mg sodium per slice (regular turkey bacon is 140mg). It has to say Lower Sodium. Grocery stores and Walmart.
Great Value Seasoned Sirloin Philly Steak (frozen) — 150mg sodium per piece. Walmart only.
Dried shiitake mushrooms and mushroom powder — nearly no sodium; no per-serving figure, since labels vary.
DELI COUNTER
Boar's Head No Salt Added Turkey Breast — 55mg sodium per 2 oz. Regular deli turkey runs 400–600mg. Sliced fresh at the counter — Safeway is the only place around Shauna that stocks Boar's Head's no/low-sodium line. Small print: potassium 190mg and a phosphate ingredient.
Careful with the chicken: Boar's Head's roasted chicken breast is their Golden Classic "42% Lower Sodium" — 350mg per 2 oz. Lower than their regular chicken (440mg), but NOT a no-salt product — only the turkey wears the No Salt Added name.
SNACKS
365 by Whole Foods Organic Unsalted Tortilla Chips (Restaurant Style, White Corn) — 0mg sodium per ounce. 14 oz bag, $3.49 on Amazon. Caution: the salted 365 bags look near-identical — the bag has to say Unsalted.
Unsalted pretzels — read the bag: 365 Organic Unsalted Pretzel Twists — 40mg per ounce; Snyder's of Hanover Unsalted Mini Pretzels — 90mg per ounce; Unique Unsalted Splits — ~165mg per ounce. Regular salted minis run ~380mg an ounce as a generic figure (plain Snyder's Mini specifically 250mg per ounce).
Nabisco "Hint of Salt / Low Sodium" crackers: Triscuit Low Sodium — 50mg per 6 crackers; Wheat Thins Hint of Salt — 55mg per 16 crackers; Ritz Hint of Salt — 30mg per 5 crackers (per ounce all three land around 50mg). Originals: Triscuit ~160mg, Wheat Thins ~200mg, Ritz ~130mg per serving.
Potato chips: Kettle Brand Unsalted — 2mg sodium per ounce; Lay's Classic Lightly Salted — 55mg per ounce (Wavy lightly salted 60mg); Pringles Lightly Salted Original — 70mg per ounce (regular ~150mg). Shauna's note: in hot weather she deliberately eats lightly salted snacks — a little sodium on a hot day keeps her from getting lightheaded and nauseous. Potato note: potatoes bring natural potassium (~340mg per ounce in real potato chips; Pringles ~120mg).
365 by Whole Foods Organic No Oil or Salt Added Microwave Popcorn — 0mg sodium. Whole Foods / Amazon.
Fresh Gourmet Crispy Red Peppers — 15mg sodium per Tbsp. Walmart, Sprouts, grocery stores.
Fresh Gourmet Santa Fe Style Tortilla Strips — 30mg sodium per 2 Tbsp. Grocery stores.
Great Value Omega-3 Trail Mix (unsalted) — 0mg sodium per ¼ cup (potassium 150mg). Walmart only.
Clear American Sparkling Water — 0mg sodium across the sweetened flavors. Walmart only. (Two unsweetened flavors read 5mg a bottle.)
Winona Pure Popcorn Spray (Theatre Style) — 0mg sodium per spray. Grocery stores, Walmart, Amazon.
Premium Unsalted Tops Saltine Crackers (Nabisco) — 60mg sodium per 5 crackers vs original Premium saltines at ~140mg per 5.
PICKLES & RELISH
Healthy Heart Market Sodium Free Spicy Dill Pickle Spears — 0mg sodium per serving. Healthy Heart Market, 16 oz jar, $8.49.
Preserved Harvest Sweet Pickle Relish — 40mg sodium per Tbsp (store relish usually runs 90–120mg). Healthy Heart Market, 15 oz jar, $6.99.
Healthy Heart Market No Sodium Dill Pickles (whole dills) — 0mg sodium per pickle. 16 oz jar, $8.99, 7 pickles to a jar. Two honest notes: crushed red pepper in the brine, so they run warm for a dill, and 1g of added sugar per pickle. Healthy Heart Market only.
Homemade: Salt-Free Dill Pickles (Hacking Salt recipe) — about 8.5mg per spear, make-your-own option.
GONE — BUT YOU'LL STILL SEE THEM TALKED ABOUT.
Products get discontinued, and old lists never get the memo. Save yourself the trip.
Tabitha Brown (Miss Tab) Salt-Free Seasoning Blends by McCormick — discontinued; production ended at the end of 2025. Six blends at their peak, all genuinely salt-free. Use instead: the McCormick Salt-Free line or the Dash salt-free blends.
Hain Pure Foods Featherweight Baking Powder — discontinued; the last commercial fully sodium-free baking powder. Use instead: the homemade sodium-free baking powder on this page. Rumford Reduced Sodium (about 280mg a tsp) is the closest store-bought partial step.
Kinder's No Salt Seasonings — discontinued (confirmed by Kinder's directly, September 2025). Five blends, all 0mg, KCl-based. Kinder's makes nothing salt-free now. Use instead: the Dash and McCormick salt-free lines.
McCormick Perfect Pinch Salt Free "Original" — discontinued back in 2018. Use instead: the current McCormick Salt-Free line (four blends, above).