The other day I wrote a post about my dinner, which was red cabbage, yams, and vegan sausages. I included the nutrition facts label. Looking at that, I thought, “I should start a new feature here at Veganish Dot World.” Retort posts! This one is a retort in response to: I hate vegan meat substitutes! They are all high in sodium!
The nutrition label shows that the sausages are very good nutrition, except that if you eat two of them, it is 50% of the recommended daily maximum for sodium.
I am blessed with low blood pressure so the sodium in food is not a problem for me. However, since the time I was 14 years old and learned about the importance of a low sodium diet for most people (because many people do struggle with high blood pressure, especially as they get older), I have been avoiding sodium, as a matter of habit.
Since I have a generally low sodium diet, even if I did struggle with high blood pressure, it would probably be zero issue if I consumed 50% of my recommended sodium intake with two vegan sausages. Because the rest of my diet is already low in sodium. Therefore, I imagine I don’t get anywhere near 100% of the recommended sodium intake, on a typical day.
I imagine that the meat versions of sausages, like this, would have a similar amount of sodium. That being said, of course, if sodium is an issue for somebody, they can just as well eat broiled chicken breasts or baked tofu for a zero or very low sodium protein dish.
No matter what your diet is like, there is NO REQUIREMENT that you eat high-sodium sausages … be they the meaty variety or vegetarian / vegan sausages.
Above explanation was for the people who say, “Oh, that’s why I hate these vegan meat substitutes! They are all high in sodium!” Actually, meat and meatless products can be low sodium, medium sodium, high sodium, or zero sodium. It depends on which product you pick.
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