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Lidl Low Salt options

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  • 01-03-2018 9:41pm
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    KOR101
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    I'm a regular cottage cheese eater. I got quite a shock when I checked the salt level on the Milbona Low Fat 300g cottage cheese.

    It says .16g per 30 gram serving and that this is 3% of the "Reference Intake" of an average adult who eats 2,000 kcal/day.

    I thought the 'recommended' salt intake is less than somewhere between 1,500 and 2,300mg.

    I tend to eat the whole tub. Does that mean I'm already at 1,600mg and not even finished breakfast.

    Shocking.......truly. :eek:

    So, my question is what are low salt options sold in Lidl? Oatilicious Porridge Oats is the first one I've found at 10mg per 100g.


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    Adini
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    Salt and sodium are not the same thing! (Salt is about 40% sodium)

    The recommended sodium intake is between 1500 and 2300mg per day - but nutritional labels in Ireland list salt, not sodium.

    Multiply the above recommendations by 2.5 for the recommended salt intake. So somewhere around 3.75g to 6g grams of salt

    https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sodium-per-day


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    Dizzyblonde
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    Mod note:I've moved this into the Nutrition & Diet forum, I think it's better suited to here than Food & Drink.


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    Tenigate
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    Salts not that harmful.

    You've more to worry about from sugar and excess calories.


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    Mellor
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    KOR101 wrote: »
    It says .16g per 30 gram serving and that this is 3% of the "Reference Intake" of an average adult who eats 2,000 kcal/day.
    That sounds about right. 3% per serve. If you are eating 10 serves, that would be 30%. Which is about what you'd expect if you're having 3 meals a day.
    I thought the 'recommended' salt intake is less than somewhere between 1,500 and 2,300mg.

    Sodium, not salt. Not the same.


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    KOR101
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    Adini wrote: »
    Salt and sodium are not the same thing! (Salt is about 40% sodium)

    The recommended sodium intake is between 1500 and 2300mg per day - but nutritional labels in Ireland list salt, not sodium.

    Multiply the above recommendations by 2.5 for the recommended salt intake. So somewhere around 3.75g to 6g grams of salt

    https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sodium-per-day
    Thanks. That really does put a better perspective on things. Reading up on this, cottage cheese is often listed as a high salt/sodium food, so not really surprising. I would often have it with toast, so it's still probably not a good idea.....at least every day. Will give the porridge a go.


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