Ive noticed that on some nutritional information you see the word salt & on others it says sodium. Whats the difference between the two?
Salt is made up of two components – sodium and chloride. It’s the sodium in salt that can lead to health problems. The recommendation for adults is to have no more than about 6g of salt a day; this means about 2.5g of sodium. And children should be having even less than this. On average, people are actually having about 9–10g of salt a day. This means we are eating nearly twice as much salt as we should. It’s a good idea to try to cut down on the salt you are eating, and checking food labels is a very good way of doing this. The Choices stamp helps make this job easier.
