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Case Study 3 - So called healthy food day

3) So called healthy food day

 

Average Portion Size

Sodium per 100g

Sodium per portion

Salt per portion

Breakfast

 

 

 

 

Orange juice

128ml

0

0

0

Branflakes

45g

0.8g

0.36g

0.9g

Semi skimmed milk

125ml

0.05g

0.06g

0.16g

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch

 

 

 

 

vegetable soup, tinned

300g

0.43g

1.29g

3.22g

Wholemeal bread

82g

0.50g

0.41g

1.03g

Polyunsaturated margarine

14g

0.8g

0.1g

0.25g

Cheddar cheese

40g

0.67g

0.27g

0.67g

Apple

100g

Trace

Trace

0.01g

 

 

 

 

 

Evening Meal

 

 

 

 

Vegetable Lasagne (bought)

400g

0.39g

1.56g

3.9g

Greek salad

150g

0.36g

0.54g

1.35g

Small Baguette

75g

0.60g

0.45g

1.13g

Orange

160g

Trace

Trace

0.02g

Flapjack

65g

0.28g

0.18g

0.46g

Total

 

 

 

13.1g

This amounts to just over 13grams of salt a day, over twice the recommended amount (210% of the recommended intake).

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