Lidl Low Salt options

KOR101 · 01-03-2018 09:41PM #1

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.

Adini · 01-03-2018 10:20PM

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

Dizzyblonde · 02-03-2018 12:17AM

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

Tenigate · 02-03-2018 12:50AM

Salts not that harmful.

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

Mellor · 02-03-2018 02:55AM

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.

KOR101 · 02-03-2018 10:52AM

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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