Eli5: Why does it take so little salt to season eggs vs something like potatoes where you need to add way more?

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Eli5: Why does it take so little salt to season eggs vs something like potatoes where you need to add way more?

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Answer 1

Eggs already come with all the nutrients a newborn baby chicken needs, including a certain amount of salt necessary for all animals to function. Potatoes as tubers have a much lower amount of salt in them naturally.