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How can there possibly be this much salt in my fast food salad?
- ohiovr 8y agoSalt and sugar are very effective flavor enhancers that cost pennies compared to higher quality food preparation. It is good to think of restaurants more in terms of entertainment than nutrition because they want customers to come back for portion size and taste. With salt there is a kind of bliss point that you want to get to without stepping over. At that stepover point the food is revolting. But near that point is where the food is the most appetizing. I am not suprised to find a lot of salt in the meat. Chicken breast meat doesnt have a lot of flavor. A ballenced seasoning approach with spices is trickier on mass appeal than just the cheapest route, salt. And sugar is really the only macronuetrient or psuedomacronuetrient that tastes good alone. Salt is revolting by itself.