What did you feed your child yesterday? Cornflakes for breakfast, perhaps? Marmite sandwiches for lunch? For Supper, beans on toast, with a packet of crisps as a snack somewhere in between? The menu will vary from household to household, but the chances are that you will have fed your child, and yourself, at least twice as much as salt as the recommended maximum level. Despite growing awareness of the health risks involved with high salt intake, the Food Commission reports this week that many products, especially those aimed at children, are saltier than they were 25 years ago.
1. What the producers of snack food say about the amount of salt in their products?