Too Much Salt in Canned Beans

Manufactured Food

Too Much Salt

The following charts below compare the amount of salt in commonly available baked beans and chili beans sold in California. Take note of the high amount of salt in these products. Just one can of these beans can make your blood pressure skyrocket within 2 hours, as much as 30 points. Limit your consumption of prepared, canned beans. READ THE LABELS.

Millions of Americans are killing themselves, by eating too many manufactured foods which contain far too much salt.

Salt in Baked Beans - Salt in Chili Beans -

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Brand	Bush's Best		Bush's Best		Bush's Best		B & M		Van Camp's
Product	Country Style Baked Beans		Grillin' Beans Smokehouse Tradition		Grillin' Beans Bourbon and Brown Sugar		Original Baked Beans		Pork and Beans
Weight	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can
Serving Size	4 ounces	16 ounces	4 ounces	22 ounces	4 ounces	22 ounces	4 ounces	16 ounces	4 ounces	15 ounces
Servings per Can	"About 3.5"	Actual 4	"About 5"	Actual 5.5	"About 5"	Actual 5.5	"About 3.5"	Actual 4	"About 3.5"	Actual 3.75
Sodium	680 mg	2,720 mg	570 mg	3,135 mg	490 mg	2,450 mg	390 mg	1,560 mg	390 mg	1,462 mg
Web Site	www.bushbeans.com		www.bushbeans.com		www.bushbeans.com		www.bmbeans.com		www.conagrafoods.com
Ingredients	Prepared white beans, water, brown sugar, sugar, modified corn starch, salt, etc., etc.		Prepared white beans, water, brown sugar, onion, bell bepper, sugar, tomato puree (tomato paste, water), salt, etc., etc.		Prepared white beans, water, brown sugar, onion, tomato puree (tomato paste, water), salt, etc., etc.		Baked small pea beans with pork in sauce containing, water, sugar, molasses, high fructose corn syrup, salt, etc., etc.		Prepared white beans, water, tomato puree (tomato paste, water), sugar, salt, etc., etc.
Ingredients	Notes: 1. For baked beans, the serving size is arbitrarily set at 4 ounces. Why? 2. 16 divided by 4 is 4. So why do they lie, and say "3.5 grams"? This is a 12.5% falsification. Right on the label. Bush's labels are the most deceptive. 3. 22 divided by 4 is 5.5. So why do they lie, and say "5 grams"? This is a 9% falsification. Right in your face. 4. Why can't they state EXACT amounts? "About" is pure BULL! 5. Bush's Best are the worst, in terms of excess sodium content. 6. Van Camps purposely obscures their ingredient label, by printing black text on a VERY dark brown background.
180-980	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80

. Individual American Daily Salt Consumption
Average Daily Consumption	3,500 mg
Old Guideline Maximum	2,300 mg
New Guideline Maximum	1,500 mg
JUST ONE CAN of prepared beans a day will give you more salt than is recommended by the Federal Government. The new guideline is especially recommended for those with hypertension, are over 40, or are African-American.

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Brand	Stagg Chili		Dennison's		Raley's		Trader Joe's		XYZ
Product	Classic Chili with Beans		Original Chili Con Carne with Beans		Chili with Beans		Beef Chili with Beans		Chili Beans
Weight	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can	Serving	Per Can
Serving Size	8 ounces	15 ounces	8 ounces	15 ounces	8 ounces	15 ounces	8 ounces	15 ounces	8 ounces	15 ounces
Servings per Can	"About 2"	Actual 1.87	"About 2"	Actual 1.87	"About 2"	Actual 1.87	"About 2"	Actual 1.87	"About 2"	Actual 1.87
Sodium	810 mg	1,519 mg	1,030 mg	1,931 mg	1,030 mg	1,931 mg	880 mg	1,645 mg	xxx mg	1,xxx mg
Web Site	www.staggchili.com		www.conagrafoods.com (not on label)		www.raleys.com (not on label)		www.traderjoes.com (not on label)		www.example.com
Ingredients	Water, beef, tomatos, beans, kidney beans, tomato paste, dehydrated onions, chili seasoning (spices, paprika, sugar, salt, flavoring), modified corn starch, jalapeno peppers (contains vinegar), flavoring, salt, dehydrated bell peppers, spices		Cooked pink beans, meat ingredients (beef, pork), water, tomatos (water, tomato puree), contains less than 2% of: soy flour, spices, salt, etc., etc.		Water, beans, beef, tomatoes (water, tomato paste), modified corn starch, corn flour, chili powder (chili peppers, flavoring), salt, etc., etc.		Tomatos (water, tomatos, tomato paste, beef, water, beans, dehydrated onions, natural flavorings, modified food starch, paprika, jalapeno peppers, salt, etc., etc.,		-
Ingredients	Notes: 1. For chili beans, the serving size is arbitrarily set at 8 ounces. Why? 2. 15 divided by 4 is 1.875. So why do they lie, and say "2 grams"? This is a 6% falsification. Right in your face. 3. Why can't they state EXACT amounts? "About" is pure BULL! It is there for obfuscation only. 4. Dennison's and Raley's are the worst, in terms of excess sodium.
180-980	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80

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Tags: salt content, summary, baked beans, chili beans

DISCLAIMER
The author has no medical training. No advice is intended.
Although the author has tried to be as accurate as possible, errors and misstatements are possible.
Consult your doctor for personal nutrition advice.

I could not find a chart like the above. So, I assembled this list of salty beans, to help myself understand excess salt in several prepared foods. I hope that it helps you.

This Vaughns Too-Much-Salt Comparison Guide web page was updated on 2012-02-16.