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[Turkey Machine]

Originally Posted by Scrubbs

so how much sugar and salt is in shredded wheat?

if the adverts are to be believed, none?

No added sugar or added salt. Just what's in the refined dried wheat they package.

[Taf]

I shudder when I see Dutch people having sugar/ chocolate /sprinkles sandwiches for breakfast

[LondonRoad]

This is a typical no sh*t Sherlock piece of journalism. The shock horror follow up may suggest that cider contains alcohol.

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by homealone

'real' salt - i.e sodium chloride, or 'salt equivalent' - i.e. sodium x 2.5 ?

either really - least they're more honest about the sodium these days and actually say you multiply it by 2.5 to get the real figure

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

either really - least they're more honest about the sodium these days and actually say you multiply it by 2.5 to get the real figure

strictly speaking the salt equivalent of 'sodium x 2.5' only applies to 'real' salt, i.e. sodium chloride.

There are several other potential sources of sodium in food, such as monosodium glutamate, sodium benzoate & sodium saccharin, which don't exactly correlate with the standard conversion factor of 2.5.

For that reason, in my opinion, it is better to compare the actual sodium levels, rather than the 'salt equivalent' when looking at labels.