'Healthy' lunchtime salads and pasta bowls with more salt than a burger and fries
31 July 2007 (Archived)
Public need to boycott high-salt salads and pasta bowls
New research published today (July 31st 2007) by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) shows that many seemingly healthy lunchtime salads and pasta bowls can contain more than one and a half times as much salt as a Big Mac and small French fries (2.5g), while some contain hardly any salt at all.
The new study looked at 156 ready-made salads and pasta bowls from nine high-street retailers, three coffee shops and two fast-food outlets. Whilst the average salad and pasta bowl contained 1.4g salt, nearly one fifth (19%, 30 products) of all products surveyed contained more salt than the acceptable amount for one meal (i.e. contained more than one third of our recommended maximum daily intake of 6g).
Click here for the full press release
Click here for the media coverage of this survey
Click here for all the products surveyed
Click here for all the products surveyed organised by brand
Click here for all the products surveyed organised by variety
Click here for a list of highest and lowest salt products surveyed
Click here for equivalent lunchtime salads and pasta bowls with a lower salt content
Please note that the survery was carried out in July 2007. Products are constantly reforumlated therefore please contact the companies direct for up-to-date salt content.