NYC salt reduction initiative

Bloomberg just passed a salt reduction initiative that would look to better manage the use of sodium in restaurants. Here’s how some of the most popular venues fared against the daily recommended value of sodium:

At Shake Shack, a Double ShackBurger, fries and a peanut butter shake pack 1,980 milligrams — a lot of sodium, yes, but goodness, a lot of food.

That’s a lot of sodium—but not so bad considering it’s a burger, fries, and shake. The real kicker is Katz’s Deli:

Katz’s justifiably famous corned beef sandwich, with mustard but only two of the six pickles the counter guy gave me (along with his number), came to a truly remarkable 4,490 milligrams of sodium. That’s about two whole days’ worth in one sandwich, nearly the equivalent of 10 McDonald’s hamburgers.

I feel guilty for slamming down so many of those sandwiches while I was in college.