I thought that the important thing was the sodium content and this was not the same as the salt content? Did they list sodium content separately? For what it's worth [broken link removed] launched a campaign back in May to highlight the salt/sodium content of foods.Murt10 said:I read the label which confirmed that the meal contained 4.5 grams of salt and also stated that this was 75% of your guideline daily salt intake.
I guess they just cater to customer preferences. Caveat emptor.I knew that ready made meals had a high salt content but this is ridiculous. A major supermarket is trying to poison its customers.
Doesn't the relevant Irish/EU food labelling legislation oblige food manufacturers to put such information on the package?Having said that at least they put the content on the front of the packet. One wonders as to the content of some other prepared food.
ubiquitous said:Does anyone know whether the extra sodium content in the Lidl water is significant in the context of a person's average daily sodium intake? If the other water brands have very insigificant sodium levels, the proportionately higher levels of sodium in the Beckerich water may be still so small as to be irrelevant. I wonder if this is indeed the case?
Janet said:I couldn't find the thread I remember (- think it was on the old boards - maybe someone else might have more luck?) but this issue was discussed there too.
ClubMan said:I thought that the important thing was the sodium content and this was not the same as the salt content? Did they list sodium content separately? For what it's worth [broken link removed] launched a campaign back in May to highlight the salt/sodium content of foods.
ClubMan said:Doesn't the relevant Irish/EU food labelling legislation oblige food manufacturers to put such information on the package?
I don't recall this discussion on AAM, but I did post a question on this very topic on VHI's site some years back. Here's [broken link removed].Janet said:Nope, that's not it. I think it grew out of a thread on weightwatchers and/or diets and healthy lifestyles although I couldn't be certain. The post with the link to the article may have been by Elderdog but again I'm really not certain and don't know why I think that may have been. I've searched the ezboard forums for water, sodium, weightwatchers and posts by me - I never was very successful with that search engine though!
I'm pretty sure that this would be in breach of the relevant in force in Ireland.podgerodge said:But a readymeal I recently purchased in a local Spar (wife was away - immediately fell into bachelor tendencies!) had no ingredients other than "Beef, Carrots, Potato, Gravy" - it was lovely though - much better than those microwave dinners in cardboard packaging where each bit of food is in a separate compartment. Like a real home cooked meal. Well, better than I would have cooked it anyway!
Labels on pre-packaged food must display the:
- Name of the food
- Net quantity in metric units
- A "best before"' date or, for highly perishable foodstuffs, a "use by"' date
- List of ingredients
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