What the label says
Our Lumbre Fuego jar lists a serving as one gram and about 148 servings in a 5.25 oz jar. One serving carries 0 calories, 0 grams of fat and sugar, and 122 mg of sodium.
You may notice the panel prints 7% next to that 122 mg. Against the 2,300 mg Daily Value, 122 mg works out to about 5%, so the milligrams are the figure to trust, and you can check them yourself.
One gram is less than you think. It is a light, even dusting over a cup of fruit or a small bowl of popcorn. Most people use two or three of those on a real snack.
Do the math by weight and you get the honest picture: 122 mg in a gram means about 12 percent of the powder is sodium. That is a salted seasoning, and we label and describe it as one.
Low, high and the daily limit
The FDA puts the Daily Value for sodium at less than 2,300 mg a day, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans give the same limit for people 14 and older. FDA's rule of thumb for the percentages on a label: 5% DV or less per serving is low, 20% or more is high.
The FDA also points out that the serving size on a label is what people typically eat, not a recommendation. If you eat three servings, you get three times the sodium printed on the panel.
One thing Tizon is not: a low-sodium food. FDA reserves "low sodium" for foods with 140 mg or less per serving, and for small servings like seasonings it also counts the sodium by weight. A powder that is 12 percent sodium does not qualify, and we do not use the phrase.
| How much you shake | Sodium | Share of 2,300 mg |
|---|---|---|
| 1 g (one light shake) | 122 mg | about 5% |
| 2 g (a fruit cup) | 244 mg | about 11% |
| 3 g (a bowl of popcorn) | 366 mg | about 16% |
| 4 g (a batch of oven wings) | 488 mg | about 21% |
Where the rest of the sodium hides
The FDA notes that more than 70 percent of the sodium Americans eat comes from packaged and prepared foods, not from the shaker on the table. Chips, cheese and salted nuts already carry their own salt, so the same shake of Tizon adds up faster on them than on fresh fruit.
That is the practical rule: season fresh, unsalted food more, salted snacks less. A cucumber or a mango has almost no sodium of its own. A bag of chips has plenty.
Getting more flavor from less powder
Most of what you taste in Tizon is on the surface, so where the powder lands matters more than how much you use. Toss while you shake, so it spreads instead of piling up in one spot. Squeeze fresh lime first: the sour lift makes a lighter shake taste stronger.
If a doctor has set you a sodium limit, count Tizon like table salt and keep the jar out of the cooking. Use it only as the last shake at the table, where you can see how much goes on.
Sodium in a shake is one of three notes by the Tizon studio.
