1000mg equals 1g of sodium !

sarahcuddle

Can people (especially UK people) please take note when they enter a new food on the database. Am I the only one who gets annoyed by having to correct sodium levels all the time?

littlebluej

Yes, 1000mg = 1g. But sodium in food isn't measured in grams. So I'm failing to see your point?

yarwell

Tesco web site uses grams :-

Sodium 0.5g -
Salt equivalent 1.2g

melaniecheeks

Yes, sodim and salt aren't exactly the same thing. Recommended daily limit is 1500mg sodium, but that's about 6g salt.

Schnuddelbuddel

No, you're not the only one. I frequently change sodium levels to what they're supposed to be. for example 0.2g is 200mg. Not 2000 or 20 or 2!

And sodium levels are given as mg/g on food labels, so yes here it is measured in that way. Why else would the database give it in mg also?

sel254

I'm the UK and I'm always changing the sodium levels in the database. If someone can't do the math, there's always google which can find a good converter!

sarahcuddle

They do the salt to sodium conversion right (some of the time) then forget where the decimal place goes! I really worry about the standard of maths in the UK

jess3012

I was guilty of this until about a month ago, i didn't realise mfp is in mg, most of the food products i buy have the sodium in grams. so i just copied exactly what it said on the packaging!
I think its a honest mistake with some people!

Faye_Anderson

OMG! I thought I was the only person who noticed this, it seems like I have to change the sodium levels on nearly everything I eat!! :flowerforyou: