Scenario 4:
Adult diet including 'healthy range' convenience food
|
Portion Size |
Calories per portion (Kcals) |
Salt per 100g |
Salt per portion |
Breakfast |
|
|
|
|
Branflakes cereal with semi-skimmed milk |
1 x 30g bowl with 125mls milk |
158 |
1.6g |
0.6g |
Snack: Apple |
1 medium |
47 |
trace |
trace |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
0.6g |
Lunch |
|
|
|
|
Healthy range tinned soup |
1 x whole tin (400g) |
182 |
0.7g |
2.6g |
Wholemeal bread roll |
1 roll |
158 |
0.92g |
0.61g |
Olive oil based spread |
10g |
54 |
1.1g |
0.1g |
Fruit Yoghurt |
125g pot |
104 |
0.2g |
0.2g |
Banana |
1 x medium |
76 |
trace |
trace |
Snack: Oatcakes with reduced fat soft cheese |
4 oatcakes and 60g cheese |
265 |
2.5g |
1.2g |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
4.71g |
Evening Meal |
|
|
|
|
'Healthy range' Lasagne ready-meal (frozen) |
1 x 450g portion |
405 |
0.27g |
1.3g |
Mixed salad and 'Light' French dressing |
50g serving with 15mls dressing |
18 |
2.06g |
0.32g |
Garlic baguette 'reduced fat' |
½ baguette (95g) |
262 |
0.9g |
0.9g |
'Healthy range' dessert (e.g. sponge pudding) |
128g serving |
166 |
0.2g |
0.3g |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
2.82g |
|
DAILY TOTAL |
1895 kcals |
|
8.13g |
This diet is 2.13g above the upper limit of 6g salt per day for an adult (one third more than the recommended maximum intake).
The salt in this diet could be reduced by:
- Having a 'no added salt' wholegrain breakfast cereal (- approx 0.3g).
- Choosing tinned soup with a lower salt content or having homemade soup with no added salt (- approx 1g).
- Replacing oatcakes with rice cakes (- approx 0.7g).
- Omitting French dressing on salad (- approx 0.3g).
Click here for Low Salt Recipes - including soup and alternative salad dressings
September 2007