Salt equivalent

Template:Full citations needed Salt equivalent is usually quoted on food nutrition information tables on food labels, and is a different way of defining sodium intake, noting that salt is chemically sodium chloride.

To convert from sodium to the approximate salt equivalent, multiply sodium content by 2.5:

mNaClmNa=mNa+mClmNa≈23u+35.5u23u=58.523≈2.5

(see: atomic mass and molecular mass).

## Sources

* British Nutrition Foundation article on salt
* InnerBuddies Personalised Insights

## Further reading

* Food and Health Manifesto, London: Food and Drink Federation, 2005, https://www.fdf.org.uk/showdoc/opendoc2.aspx?id=587, retrieved 2007-10-12

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