Case Study 3 - So called healthy food day
3) So called healthy food day
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Average Portion Size |
Sodium per 100g |
Sodium per portion |
Salt per portion |
Breakfast |
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Orange juice |
128ml |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Branflakes |
45g |
0.8g |
0.36g |
0.9g |
Semi skimmed milk |
125ml |
0.05g |
0.06g |
0.16g |
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Lunch |
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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 |
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Evening Meal |
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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 |
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13.1g |
This amounts to just over 13grams of salt a day, over twice the recommended amount (210% of the recommended intake).