Salt Addition
Literature
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High intakes of salt (about half of which is sodium) can cause heart disease
and stroke.
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The Ministry of Health recommends we eat about 460-920mg sodium (that is ¼ - ½
teaspoon of salt each day).
2007 Survey
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83% of independent operators added salt to chips automatically.
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Chips contained an average 188 mg sodium/100g chips (the range was 4 – 790 mg
sodium/100g of chips).
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For an average portion of chips (437g), this is equivalent to 820mg
sodium and is near the total upper amount we are recommended to eat from
all food eaten each day.
Workshop Discussion
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Operators could make salt sachets available to the customer, instead of
automatically shaking salt on the chips. This was seen as being economically
possible. It was felt that it would be simpler and more effective to offer
sachets rather than offering shaking salt as an option.
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The Chip Group could provide point of sale material to promote the use of
optional sachets.
Standard
Rather than salt the chips, provide salt sachets.
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