Originally Posted by
lin821
When I was in the States, I could hardly find a chip that's not too salty for me. What's acceptable is 2% to 3% sodium. Even for fries from fast food joints, I often see too much salt on them and my taste buds agreed. As for restaurants, it depends. I am always in shock when seeing Americans adding more salt to the food that I think had been properly seasoned.
I'm wondering if you are Korean? The lack of salt in the food there was extremely noticeable and hard for me to handle, and never a shaker on the table. The only place I've had the opposite problem as you.
Back to ramen, a few years ago Nissan and Maruchan cut back slightly on the sodium levels of their ramen, and since then I actually add a pinch of salt to bring it back up to par.