A common drink during sweltering Japanese summers, I was about to tear into a new packet of ume konbu powder. Ume = Japanese plum, and konbu = a type of kelp.
But then, I flipped the package over.
Heart.org tells us that no more than 1500mg of sodium daily should be consumed.
Along comes this ume konbu tisane packet with 27300mg of sodium.
Yeesh.
Any chance it could be a misprint?
Doesn’t make much sense - on the top it says that the content of the package is 2 g and then there are 27g of salt in it.
And 113 calories & 22g carbohydrate. Maybe the nutrition info applies to the whole multi-packet container, not each individual packet. 
I’m not sure how Japanese people can eat as much salt as they apparently do. Another ume product, which I purchased a while back, are these “candies” which taste to me like pure salt. 3200mg of sodium per serving! I love umeboshi, which is also packed with a shocking amount of sodium, and I am partial to pretty salty stuff in general, but for these I couldn’t even finish a single pellet. (You can scroll down to read my review if you like. It looks like it’s amassed more negative than positive votes…perhaps my palate is not sophisticated enough.)
Edit: If anyone wants 9 bags of these candies send me your mailing address! They’re still in my basement somewhere 
i like a little umeboshi paste in my maki rolls when i make them, but not sure a hard candy that fills your mouth with the flavor would be something that appeals to me.
I ran out of Penzey’s chicken base. I was reluctant to get Better Than Bouillon, because I thought it contained a lot of salt. The “Reduced Sodium” variety had about 25% less sodium than the regular one at 510mg/tsp, so I got it. I got home and looked at the empty Penzey’s jar–600mg in 3/4 tsp. Sigh.
That’s the amount of salt it would be if the ratios held and the packet was 100g.
I need that in my life.
I need to increase the salt intake in my diet.
That’s true – I read Japanese, and completely missed the line mentioning 100g.
Thanks!
(nevertheless, that’s still a lot of salt for a 2g packet).
‘Thats a Lot of Salt’ is what I say when I see some of the cooking show hosts LIBERALLY toss salt on a dish they are preparing. 
Yes… I used to watch Brian Lagerstrom on youtube, but he used way too much salt in everything.
His “generous pinch of salt” looked like a 1/4 cup – No thanks!
On umeboshi …
https://www.instagram.com/p/DOVsI_UjBrP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
I love umeboshi, and want to make my own (you basically pack ume in salt and wait a long time), but yeah, they can be quite a surprise the first time.
That was hilarious. Pretty sure my first reaction must have been like that too. First bite, horror, second bite, addiction. Next video, natto?
