Calculate salt into sodium

callumwalker1995

How does one go about calculating this? The UK deals in salt yet MFP deals in sodium and I would like to track my sodium intake please

rankinsect

Consult your periodic table. Sodium has a molecular weight of 23, Chlorine a molecular weight of 35, so the fraction of salt that is sodium (by weight) is 23 / (23 + 35) or roughly 40%.

So 1 gram of salt is about 400 mg sodium (and 600 mg chloride).

callumwalker1995

rankinsect wrote: »

Consult your periodic table. Sodium has a molecular weight of 23, Chlorine a molecular weight of 35, so the fraction of salt that is sodium (by weight) is 23 / (23 + 35) or roughly 40%.

So 1 gram of salt is about 400 mg sodium (and 600 mg chloride).

Brilliant thanks a lot!

zyxst

I use this site: http://foodwatch.com.au/blog/measures-and-conversions/item/how-to-convert-sodium-to-salt-and-salt-to-sodium.html