Sodium in popular fastfood joints vary worldwide
THINK your favourite fast food is the same all over the world? An international team of researchers has found that salt levels vary significantly in the foods sold by six major fast-food companies in various developed countries.
Fastfood in Canada and the USA, for instance, contains much higher levels of sodium than in Britain and France. In Canada, McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets had 2 1/2 times the amount of sodium – 600mg (1.5g salt) – per 100 gram serving compared with 240mg (0.6 grams salt) in Britain.
More than 2,100 food items from Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC, McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Subway were evaluated.
The researchers – from Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Britain and the US – say this finding suggests that technical processing issues, often cited by food companies as barriers to salt-reduction initiatives, are not the issue.
The study is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Category: Features, Wellness and Complementary Therapies
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