In the U.S., five common foods—pizza, bread, deli meats, soup, and tacos/burritos—add up to more than one-fifth of all the salt people eat, and each one alone adds about 4-5% of that salt. That’s why health experts think cutting salt in these foods could help everyone eat less sodium.

Just 15 types of foods are responsible for more than half the salt Americans eat, and this is true no matter how old you are, what gender or race you are, or how much money you make — so cutting salt from these foods could help everyone.

Bread and veggies make up most of the salt we eat because we eat so much of them, but cold cuts and soup have way more salt in each bite — so to cut down on salt, we need to fix both how much we eat and how salty the food is.

People of different races, ethnicities, and income levels all get most of their salt from the same top 15 foods, so one simple rule to cut salt can work for everyone without needing different recipes for different groups.

In rich countries, most salt in our food comes from packaged snacks and restaurant meals, but in poorer countries, people usually add salt themselves while cooking or use salty sauces like soy sauce.

After Mexico put warning labels on unhealthy foods, companies started making bread, snacks, and instant meals with less salt—so much less that in some cases, over 60% fewer products were labeled as too salty.