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Action on Salt

Case Study 2 - Foods eaten on the go

2) Typical day's intake for foods eaten on the go

 

Average Portion Size

Sodium per 100g

Sodium per portion

Salt per portion

Breakfast

 

 

 

 

Semi skimmed milk

100g

0.05g

0.05g

0.13g

Cornflakes

35g

1.1g

0.38g

0.96g

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch

 

 

 

 

salt and vinegar crisps

30g

1.07g

0.32g

0.80g

Ham, and cheese sandwich

473g

0.32g

1.54g

3.85g

2 Chocolate digestive biscuits

36g

0.45g

0.16g

0.40g

 

 

 

 

 

Evening Meal

 

 

 

 

Cheese burger

118g

2.2g

1.30g

3.25g

Chips

130g

0.31g

0.40g

1.00g

Jam filled doughnut

75g

0.18g

0.13g

0.33g

Total

 

 

 

10.75g

This amounts to almost 11grams of salt a day, 179% of the recommended amount for salt

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