Pre packed salads have more salt than a burger
Posted by Alan | Under Healthy Eating Saturday Aug 28, 2010
Many office workers that are trying to diet will quickly snatch up readymade pasta bowls or salads under the impression that they are healthy purchases. However, analysis performed by the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) shows that most actually have a high salt level that can be dangerous if consumed on a regular basis.
Even though the items may look innocent, about six out of the 270 readymade choices had less salt than one normal packet of Salted crisps. Another one out of ten had over the amount of salt in a Big Mac from McDonald’s offering over a third of the daily recommended salt allowance.
This is not the first survey that has showed that salads can be an unhealthy choice as well, as last year a survey showed that some salads can actually be worse than consuming a Big Mac.
Most of the saltiest items come from upmarket high street cafes, even though the establishments often market the salad items as healthy and fresh meal choices.
Eat is the worst café of them all, offering a Spicy Crayfish Noodles salad that offers about 3.51g of salts which is approximately 17x more salty than a No Bread Tricolor from Pret A Manger which contains .2g of salt.
Other extremely salty salads from cafes and fast food restaurants include KFC’s Zinger Salad with 3.1g of salt, KFC’s Original Recipe Chicken salad with 2.9g, Pret’s Super Humous salad with 3.2g, and McDonald’s Crispy Chicken and Bacon Salad with 2.6g of salt.
Supermarket salads can be just as bad with Marks & Spencer salads topping the top ten list seven times.
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