48 minutes ago, rotuts said:
id be interested in the sodium content of those various packs.
if theynhelpyounget a tasty dinner on your plates
terrific.
@rotuts, you ask a very good (and rather inconvenient) question. It's only inconvenient because I hadn't though of it, mind you. 🙂
I don't have any more packages of the Uncle Ben's Cilantro and Lime Ready Rice (at least, if I bought more I can't find it) and They Aren't Telling on their web site. Here's a photo of the nutritional info for the Ben's Original Ready Rice Whole Grain Medley, which may or may not be comparable.
Yikes...pretty high on the sodium: 470 mg per 1 cup serving; 810 mg per pouch.
The Passage to Asia Thai Basil & Sweet Chili stir-fry sauce is even higher:
640mg per 1/4 cup serving; 1920 mg in the pouch.
I used both full pouches to make the dinner above; however, I used a lot more vegetables than the stir fry pouch called for and stretched it with water. We got at least 3 meals each out of it -- maybe 4 -- so the total sodium count from these pouches but not including the contribution of the tube steaks would be on the order of 340 - 455 mg per meal. I noticed that another simmer sauce in our cooler has a lower sodium count. I'll start paying attention to that aspect, and report on it.
Thanks for the question!
Edited to add: I just looked at the earlier picture of the Cilantro Rice package. It says on the front that it has 240 mg/cup.
About half of the Whole Grain Medley.
