Cooking With Hulk - Salt Intake

Hee.. I must admit i am obsessed with the nutritional labels on all the food package(especially food for the little one). It has gone to the extend whereby there will be sense of achievement when a super healthy food(less sodium and less sugar) is detected hahaha...

Here are some useful tips for mothers with toddlers.

Recommended maximum daily salt intake for children
Age                        Salt in grams           Sodium in grams
0-6 months              less than 1               less than 0.4
7-12 months             1                             0.4
1-3 years                 2                             0.8
4-6 years                 3                             1.2
7-10 years               5                             2.0
11 years +               6                             2.4

How to Calculate the Salt Content of Food:
Most labels on foods give the amount of sodium in grams per 100g of food.
     High-sodium foods contain around 0.5g per 100g
     Low-sodium foods contain 0.1mg or less sodium per 100g

If you want to calculate the salt content of a product, you need to multiply the amount
of sodium by 2.5 e.g.
0.1 gram of sodium per 100g = 0.25 grams salt
You then need to know the weight of the serving portion in grams, multiply this to work
out the amount of salt in the serving.