Kidney-Friendly Sauces

When living with CKD, looking for kidney-friendly sauces and condiments at the grocery store may seem daunting due to high levels of sodium and phosphorus additives. Although these are factors to look out for, let’s take a look at some kidney-friendly sauces or condiments, that you can use in cooking, and a guide for CKD friendly grocery store products to make grocery shopping easy!

Reading The Label For Kidney-Friendly Sauces

When buying any pre-prepared store product there are a few simple guidelines you can follow on the food label to assess if a food is CKD friendly.

• First off, note the serving size on the nutrition facts panel and how much you would use for a recipe or as a topping.
• When trying to assess if a product is suitable, check the % daily value of sodium per serving. Ideally you should try to limit sodium intake to less than 2300 mg/day. To achieve this goal, it is best to look for products that contain less than 5% of the daily value per serving on the nutrition facts table.
• If potassium is a nutrient of concern for you, look for products with less than 5% of the daily value per serving, and if potassium is not found on the label, check the ingredient list for any potassium additives.
• Lastly, phosphorus additives are very commonly used in shelf stable and pre prepared products, and is commonly not included in the nutrition facts table, so it is very important to check the ingredient list for anything that says phosphorus or has something with “phos” in it (i.e. phosphate, phosphoric). 

Elevate Your Cooking with Flavour

Sometimes simple ingredients can pack tons of flavour and elevate our cooking with these kidney-friendly sauces. Check out some examples below!

A Guide to Kidney-Friendly Sauces

Sometimes we want a quick pre-made sauce, condiment, or dressing we can throw on our food for dinner in a hurry or after a long day of work. Although CKD friendly pre-made sauces can sometimes be tricky to find, to make this easier are my dietitian approved ready to go sauces! If you’re looking for some recipes, check out these options for kidney-friendly sauces.

Kidney-Friendly Foods Can Be Flavourful

Although making flavourful meals can sometimes seem difficult when cooking with CKD restrictions in mind, with this guide shows you it can be made easy! Our food can be flavoured without the need for store bought sauces in the first place, and if an easy store bought option is what you’re looking for there are plenty of CKD friendly options that can be found at your local grocery store!

This article was written by Rachel Rosenberg, Nutrition Student Volunteer.
This article was reviewed by Emily Campbell, RD CDE MScFN.