etes ▁ins ip id us . ▁ ▁Food ▁and ▁drink ▁contents ▁ ▁S od ium ▁occurs ▁naturally ▁in ▁most ▁food s . ▁The ▁most ▁common ▁form ▁of ▁sod ium ▁is ▁sod ium ▁ch lor ide , ▁which ▁is ▁table ▁salt . ▁Mil k , ▁be ets , ▁and ▁cel ery ▁also ▁naturally ▁contain ▁sod ium , ▁as ▁does ▁drink ing ▁water , ▁although ▁the ▁amount ▁var ies ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁source . ▁S od ium ▁is ▁also ▁added ▁to ▁various ▁food ▁products . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁added ▁forms ▁are ▁mon os od ium ▁gl ut am ate , ▁sod ium ▁nit rite , ▁sod ium ▁sac char in , ▁b aking ▁s oda ▁( s od ium ▁b ic ar bon ate ), ▁and ▁sod ium ▁ben zo ate . ▁ ▁Because ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁sal ts ▁are ▁given ▁out ▁by ▁reg ener ative ▁water ▁soft en ers , ▁over ▁ 6 0 ▁cities ▁in ▁Southern ▁California ▁have ▁b anned ▁them ▁because ▁of ▁elev ated ▁salt ▁levels ▁in ▁ground ▁water ▁re clam ation ▁projects . ▁Water ▁l abeled ▁as ▁" dr inking ▁water " ▁in ▁super mark ets ▁contains ▁natural ▁sod ium ▁since ▁it ▁is ▁usually ▁only ▁filtered ▁with ▁a ▁carbon ▁filter ▁and ▁will ▁contain ▁any ▁sod ium ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁source ▁water . ▁ ▁High ▁sod ium ▁content ▁Cond iments ▁and ▁season ings ▁such ▁as ▁Wor c esters hire ▁sau ce , ▁so y ▁sau ce , ▁on ion ▁salt , ▁gar lic ▁salt , ▁and ▁bou illon ▁cub es ▁contain ▁sod