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Quiz: Which food has more sodium?

Last reviewed: January 2009

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Cottage cheese vs. Potato chips
Cottage cheese
Correct!
Saltier: ½ cup Friendship 1% low-fat cottage cheese, 360 mg
Lay's potato chips
Wrong!
1 oz. Lay's potato chips, 180 mg


Vegetable juice vs. Dill pickle
Vegetable juice
Correct!
Saltier: 1 cup Heart Healthy V8, 480 mg
Pickle
Wrong!
1 Vlasic kosher pickle spear, 280 mg


Omelette vs. Bagel
Omelet
Wrong!
Two-egg omelette with 1 oz. Swiss cheese, 1 tsp. butter, 295 mg
Bagel
Correct!
Saltier: 1 Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain White Bagel, 440 mg

Posted: December 2008 — Consumer Reports Magazine issue: January 2009
 
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