ARE these seemingly healthy foods worth their salt?
We told yesterday how soluble paracetamol can contain more sodium, at 0.44g per pill than a pack of Walkers Ready Salted, at 0.34g – putting over 60s at risk of heart attacks.
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Your 'healthy foods', such as tomato soup, may contain just as much salt as fast foodCredit: Getty - Contributor
A daily limit of 6g is recommended – but many items that are supposedly good for us contain a surprising amount of salt.
From cornflakes to tomato soup, Katy Docherty shows the fast food equivalents of these salty snacks.
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Kellogg’s cornflakes (30g) has 0.34g salt whereas Burger King's small fries has 0.3g salt
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Two slices Kingsmill 50/50 medium bread has 0.76g salt but Nine McDonalds McNuggets has 0.77g salt
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30g serving of Crespo Pitted Green Olives contains 0.66g salt but a Subway classic tuna sandwich has 0.67g salt
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Creamfields Greek Feta cheese 33g serving has 0.7g salt but 14 Dominos Spicy BBQ wings has LESS salt at 0.62g
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One 47.5g serving of pesto cause contains 1.4g salt - the same amount as a Greggs steak bake
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Dolmio stir-in sun-dried tomato sauce, 75g, has 1g salt - but KFC's creamy mash contains 0.94g salt
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400g can Heinz cream of tomato soup: 2.2g salt and Nando’s grilled chicken burger: 2.2g salt
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100g Napolina five bean salad: 0.72g salt and one slice of Pizza Hut's stuffed crust Pepperoni Feast: 0.7g salt
