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Chinese takeaway can bust your salt allowance
Unsurprisingly, soy sauce, which tastes salty, contains more salt than some other dipping sauces,
but sweet ones, such as chilli sauce or plum sauce, may also contain lots.
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Chinese takeaway meals from restaurants and supermarkets should carry health warnings because they are often high in salt, a campaign group says.
While adding side dishes and dipping sauces to your meal could provide nearly another 4g salt per person, the findings reveal.
Public Health England has been encouraging the food industry to cut salt levels in food.
Of the 141 ready meals analysed, 43% were high in salt, meaning they would typically carry a red notification label on the pack.
“We’ve been very clear with the food industry on the importance of meeting the 2017 salt targets.
Main courses, such as beef in black bean sauce, topped the salty list.
Spare ribs and crispy aromatic duck were towards the bottom of the list, while saucy rice or noodle-based dishes were higher up.
Supermarket-bought Chinese meals varied widely in salt content.
“However, some products are still too high in salt and we know this can be reduced further.

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