I doubt it is any saltier than before--I think it is me. I quit salting my food at the table close to 20 years ago (except for a few things) and within two weeks started noticing how salty the food already was. I have been cooking with it for years, as I said, and it surprised me how salty it seemed the other night. I have been hearing stories on the news lately that they (government? can't remember) are going to actually start rewarding stores (not sure how) for selling healthier foods, and that a lot of food manufacturers are starting to lower the sodium, sugar, etc. levels in foods.
Another food that really surprised me was cottage cheese. I had the same experience a couple weeks ago, with it tasting extra salty. I checked the nutrition information and a serving had 20% of the daily value of sodium. And to think that I used to add salt to my cottage cheese!
Barbara