Yes, it's always been way too salty. This was the first time it was also way too sweet.

(Actually, I've had this odd hankering for electrolytes since I've gone low-carb—everything seems to want salt. That seems to be a common experience—word on the street is that people on low-carb diets need higher levels of potassium and magnesium. Calcium too, although it's kind of a different category. If you eat any processed food at all, it's pretty hard to come up short of sodium—but if you eat no processed food and don't salt things, it would certainly be possible.)

But, yes, growing your own is best, and cooking for yourself—out of ingredients, rather than out of things with an ingredient list.