I purchased this product with anticipation of a great seafood base for soup and stews. It was late and after 2 weeks of waiting I contacted seller. Janet the rep asked if my address was correct and to check it first. I have used the same address for 3 years and it was not the problem but Fed Ex was! I let her know they simply had not delivered my package and that wasn't the first time. I wish the vendors let you know at time of purchase who delivers for them. I would not use Fed Ex, they used to have such terrific service but now there are News reports on how bad the service is lol! Anyway she stated that she would send out another one 2 day air, about a week later the original finally showed and no confirmation asked he simply handed it to me and dashed off. The directions say dissolve 1 teaspoon lobster base in 8oz of boiling water. For each quart of stock needed use 1 1/2 tablespoon. They claim they use 1/3 less sodium, now mind you it contains 680mg per serving size!! Thats an unbelievable amount of salt. It had my head swimming from dizziness. The ingredients don't list tomato but when you get past all the salt you taste tomato and not lobster in my opinion. I would probably have to use much more base to get any seafood flavor but am very concerned about that much salt in my familys food. I would not purchase this again considering all the trouble I went through and I could have bought it locally for half the price but the seafood bases are a little harder to find in my neighborhood. One more thought and I am done. Food vendors should automatically be required to list all nutrition facts. This was an all around wasted holiday effort for me and I'm sorry to say I was disappointed.