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UK packaging and sodium values

lucygoesrawr
lucygoesrawr Posts: 184 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Just a note to people who add foods to the database in the UK. Our food packaging typically lists the amount of salt in grams per 100g/whatever rather than sodium in milligrams. To convert to sodium, you need to take this value and divide by 2.5 then multiply by 1000. So 0.11g salt is 44mg of sodium (not, say, 1200-odd...), for example.

I have noticed a lot of incorrect database entries so suspect a lot of people are unaware of this.

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  • dkabambe
    dkabambe Posts: 544 Member
    :) I used to be forever correcting these entries, (though now I'm running lots I'm not so worried about my sodium intake so have given up)
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