Holy Sodium Batman!

[goingpostal]

Thought I was going to get a good deal on a turkey, but they are all enhanced, enhanced, shot full of salt. What is the deal with that? 660mg per 4 oz! I ended up skipping on the .79 a pound deal and buying the 1.99 a pound with only 75mg instead. What's a safe level of "added" crap, anything? There was a brand on sale that was 190mg per 4oz but I wasn't sure so went for the lowest one, usually I buy the already chopped up stuff and that doesn't have nutritional info so I'm wondering how salted up those birds are.

[Deleted]

I think its 60 mg

[Sherry]

Three reasons it's added. One is to "improve" the flavour. Another is to make it stay good longer, and finally the bottom line- when you inject anything with liquid, it weighs more so the company gets more money for less food

[goingpostal]

Thanks for the number, I couldn't find any info online about what a "normal" salt level should be. It sucks too because apparently James' mom bought us a turkey as well, I guess we will eat that one because I'm sure it's chock full of salty goodness. I am so glad someone on the dog food forum brought this up because I had never looked at the levels before, never buy whole turkeys.

[Sherry]

Obviously zero added would be best. But try to keep it as low as possible.

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We soak our turkeys in water, drain, rinse, repeat. It helps get rid of some of the sodium. Plus I think they take seasoning better if your herbs aren't competing with all the crap they fill them full of. Tastes more like a turkey imho.

My brother keeps wild turkeys with the chickens on my moms farm, I can't wait for next year when they start having chicks and I can have a REAL turkey again!

~Kelli

[Sherry]

That's a good idea, thanks Kelli It does work! When I was much younger, we used to eat a lot of wild meat, and that's how we got the stronger flavour out- by soaking overnight.