Sonnentor Adios Salt
Did you eat more than a teaspoon of salt today? If you sum up the overall salt-intake of all your meals during one day, the results might surprise you. Poured out on a scale it'll make a stately pile. The German Nutrition Society (DEG) recommends a maximum of 6 grams of salt per day. This value corresponds to about one level teaspoon. In the Western world, this amount is often exceeded way too far. And when it comes to the salt intake, Germany is right up there. Here a lot of men eat more than 15 grams per day! But this is not because they put too much salt on their breakfast eggs or always have to add some extra salt to their soup. Fast food and instant meals are to blame for the high salt intake. Just one frozen pizza is often enough to exceed the recommended daily salt intake. But fries, schnitzel, sausages and also bread contain more salt then you might think. And let's not forget the salty snacks we have while watching TV. And finally, there is food in which no one would even expect salt. Butter cookies, for example, contain almost as much salt as potato chips.
For the palate, there are five flavours: Sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (Japanese for hearty, savory). How we experience a certain taste is primarily linked to the chemical composition of the food. Salty is the only flavour that focuses on a single chemical compound, namely NaCl - better known as table salt. When our ancestors were still hunter-gatherers, they had no salt shaker. So they only consumed the small amounts that were included naturally in berries, fruit and game. Our body, however, dependens on salt. The contained sodium and chloride ions help to regulate the fluid balance. In addition, our nerve cells need sodium to produce electrical impulses. These transmit information and make us feel, think and act. In order to always have enough salt available, our body has developed a dual strategy. Firstly, our sense of taste reacts particularly strongly to salty food. Secondly, the kidneys ensure that the organism has it continuously available. For this purpose, they act as a kind of lock that determines how much salt is excreted.
However, the body is not prepared for the enormous amounts of salt that many people nowadays consume on a daily basis. The World Health Organization (WHO) therefore specifically warns of a salt intake that is too high. The best way to avoid this is simple: Cook for yourself. This way you can decide what is added to the dishes. And how much sure instinct a cook has always shows itself when it comes to the famous pinch of salt. For all those who want to reduce their salt intake, there are some interesting alternatives: Herbs for example. With the three herbal mixtures ”Adios Salt“ by Sonnentor your dishes get the right spicy taste. And all that without salt!
Sonnentor Adios Salt! Garden Vegetables is perfect for all classics of the local cuisine. Parsley, carrot pieces, parsnip pieces, pumpkin, diced tomatoes, dried onion pieces and peppers provide a wonderful vegetable flavour. Even without salt vegetable soups, stews or casseroles will become really hearty. Adios Salt! Mediterranean is the icing on the cake for the Mediterranean cuisine. The blend of diced carrots and tomatoes, basil, oregano, thyme, zucchini and garlic is just right for delicious pasta dishes. Lasagne, casseroles and salads can also be refined with this spirited blend of spices. Dolce Vita does not need a salt shaker.
Those who like it hot will fall in love with the vegetable-herbal blend Sonnentor Adios Salt! Hot. Tomatoes, onions, parsnips and pumpkin team up with paprika, chili, thyme, garlic and pepper for a hot aroma. This blend gives salads, pasta sauces, stews but also steaks and diced meat a wonderfully spicy note. Give your salt shaker a break and your taste buds wonderful moments of pleasure. Adios salt!
