Salt content of 5 common diets
Click here for: Adult diet, healthy eating, including home-made meals
Demonstrates how it is possible to consume less than 6g salt a day. Highlights that meals made from scratch, using fresh ingredients are naturally low in salt.
Click here for: Adult diet, unhealthy eating, including takeaways
Demonstrates how high in salt typical takeaway meals are. Highlights how easy it is to consume more than 6g of salt a day if all meals are takeaways eaten 'on the go' or food bought outside the home.
Click here for: Adult diet, healthier eating, including foods eaten 'on the go'.
Demonstrates that even when choosing relatively healthier options, it is easy to consume more than 6g of salt a day if most meals are bought outside the home & eaten 'on the go'.
Click here for: Adult diet, including 'healthy range' convenience food.
Demonstrates how certain manufactured and convenience foods can be high in salt. Highlights how easy it is to consume more than 6g salt per day if all meals are based on manufactured or convenience foods.
Click here for: Typical childs diet (age 7 - 10yrs).
Demonstrates how a typical child's diet can easily exceed 5g of salt per day. Highlights again, that certain manufactured and convenience foods can be high in salt and that intake can build up throughout the day.
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Spetember 2007