Generally, the less salt you eat, the healthier you will be.

A high salt diet is strongly linked to high blood pressure which

increases the risk of stroke and heart attack.

Even if you don’t add salt to your cooking or food, most Australians

eat far too much salt. On food labels, salt is listed as sodium.

Do you know how much salt (sodium) is in these foods?

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Keep in mind that the recommended sodium intake for adults

is less than 2300mg per day

Eat less salt

* Nutrition information is derived from FoodWorks 2007 software (version 5)

For more information go to

www.healthyoptions.health.wa.gov.au

1 piece of pizza with meat= 1500mg sodium

Instant noodle cup= 2000mg sodium

Potato crisps (50g)= 450mg sodium

Meat pie= 900mg sodium

Around 75 per cent of the salt we eat is hidden in processed foods

like breads, snack foods, lunch meats, sauces and takeaway

foods. On food labels, salt is listed as sodium.

The recommended amount of sodium for adults is less than

2300mg per day.

These simple tips will help you reduce your salt levels:

– avoid adding salt to your cooking and meals – use herbs

and spices to add flavour

– choose ‘no added salt’ or ‘low salt’ varieties of food

– eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables – these are rich in

potassium and may help decrease high blood pressure.

Reduce your salt levels

Contains less

than 120mg

sodium per 100g

so this is low in salt

Nutrition Information panel on a can of ‘no added salt’ tomatoes

Servings per package: 1

Average serving size: 400g

QUANTITY

PER

SERVING

QUANTITY

PER

100G

ENERGY 368kJ 92kJ

PROTEIN

FAT

- Total

- Saturated 0.4g 0.1g

CARBOHYDRATE

- Sugars

SODIUM

FIBRE 4.0g 1.0g

3.6g 0.9g

0.4g 0.1g

17.2g 4.3g

12.8g 3.2g

20mg 5mg

For more information go to

www.healthyoptions.health.wa.gov.au