Case Study 1 - Healthy Eating day
1) Healthy eating day which provides less than the recommended 6grams a day of salt
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Average Portion Size |
Sodium per 100g |
Sodium per portion |
Salt per portion |
Breakfast |
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Muesli, swiss style |
60g |
0.38g |
0.22g |
0.57g |
Orange juice |
160g |
0.01g |
0.02g |
0.06g |
Semi skimmed milk |
100g |
0.05g |
0.05g |
0.13g |
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Lunch |
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Baked potato with Tuna mayonnaise |
240g |
0.75g |
0.21g |
0.54g |
Salad (lettuce cucumber and tomato) |
87g |
Trace |
Trace |
0.01g |
Apple |
100g |
Trace |
Trace |
0.01g |
Fruit yoghurt |
125g |
0.08g |
0.10g |
0.25g |
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Evening Meal |
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Spaghetti |
220g |
trace |
trace |
trace |
Bolognaise (homemade) |
360g |
0.36g |
0.50g |
1.27g |
Carrots |
60g |
0.02g |
0.01g |
0.03g |
Peas |
70g |
Trace |
Trace |
0.01g |
Fruit crumble (retail) |
170g |
0.06g |
0.11g |
0.28g |
Low fat custard |
100g |
0.08g |
0.08g |
0.20g |
Total |
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3.39g |
This amounts to over 3grams of salt a day (56% of the recommended intake for salt). Note that most foods are labelled with grams of sodium per 100g or per portion. You need to multiply the amount of sodium by 2.5 to convert to salt.
