I love bread!
I love bread. I always think bread is really tasty, not only in the UK but also in Europe. Something is different from Japanese breads, a kind of flour maybe? Several days ago, "warning over bread salt content" became the news in the UK. Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) said more than a third of the 138 wrapped loaves it checked had salt content above the recommended levels.
The other day, I saw a woman in a pub, who was salting on a grilled chicken and chips for about 10 seconds. It was an unusual scene for me. It was too much! I wouldn't say Japanese food is low in salt, because we have soy sauce, miso, Japanese pickles, they are very salty. Also cuisine culture is westernized and diversified. Now high intake of salt is a problem worldwide.
You know, eating too much salt causes high blood pressure, and increases the risk of developing heart disease. Members of my family are concerned about salt intake, because my mother has high blood pressure, and her father also died due to heart disease.
In the UK, salt levels in bread have fallen by about a third over the past decade, but they are still too high. CASH recommends consumers look at nutrition labels, and how much salt bread contains, but it's difficult to know when you buy fresh breads in bakeries. Recommended dietary salt levels vary with age, and adults should have no more than 6g of salt per day, and toddlers should have no more than 2g.
High salt packaged breads - salt per 100g
Low salt packaged breads - salt per 100g
The other day, I saw a woman in a pub, who was salting on a grilled chicken and chips for about 10 seconds. It was an unusual scene for me. It was too much! I wouldn't say Japanese food is low in salt, because we have soy sauce, miso, Japanese pickles, they are very salty. Also cuisine culture is westernized and diversified. Now high intake of salt is a problem worldwide.
You know, eating too much salt causes high blood pressure, and increases the risk of developing heart disease. Members of my family are concerned about salt intake, because my mother has high blood pressure, and her father also died due to heart disease.
In the UK, salt levels in bread have fallen by about a third over the past decade, but they are still too high. CASH recommends consumers look at nutrition labels, and how much salt bread contains, but it's difficult to know when you buy fresh breads in bakeries. Recommended dietary salt levels vary with age, and adults should have no more than 6g of salt per day, and toddlers should have no more than 2g.
High salt packaged breads - salt per 100g
- Cranks Seeded Farmhouse - 2.03g
- Vogel's Original Mixed Grain - 1.38g
- Asda Chosen by You Bakers Gold White Farmhouse (400g) - 1.2g
- M&S Eat Well Multigrain Bloomer made with 30% grains - 1.15g
- Morrisons Thick Sunflower & Pumpkin Loaf (400g) - 1.1g
- M&S Simply More Eatwell Healthiest White Bread - 0.58g
- Tesco Stayfresh White Sliced Bread Medium - 0.6g
- M&S Eatwell Oaty Bloomer Made With 30% Oats - 0.65g
- M&S Toasting White - 0.73g
- Sainsbury's Medium Wholemeal - 0.74g
Source: BBC news
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