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Sodium Levels in Packaged Foods Sold in 14 Latin American and Caribbean Countries: A Food Label Analysis
- Source :
- Nutrients, Volume 11, Issue 2, Nutrients, Vol 11, Iss 2, p 369 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2019.
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Abstract
- Population-wide sodium reduction is a cost-effective approach to address the adverse health effects associated with excess sodium consumption. Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries consume excess dietary sodium. Packaged foods are a major contributor to sodium intake and a target for sodium reduction interventions. This study examined sodium levels in 12 categories of packaged foods sold in 14 LAC (n = 16,357). Mean sodium levels and percentiles were examined. Sodium levels were compared to regional sodium reduction targets. In this baseline analysis, 82% of foods met the regional target and 47% met the lower target. The greatest proportion of products meeting the regional target were uncooked pasta and noodles (98%), flavored cookies/crackers (97%), seasonings for sides/main dishes (96%), mayonnaise (94%), and cured/preserved meats (91%). A large proportion of foods met the lower target among uncooked pasta and noodles (88%), cooked pasta and noodles (88%), and meat/fish seasonings (88%). The highest the highest median sodium levels were among condiments (7778 mg/100 g), processed meats (870 mg/100 g), mayonnaise (755 mg/100 g), bread products (458 mg/100 g), cheese (643 mg/100 g), and snack foods (625 mg/100 g). These baseline data suggest that sodium reduction targets may need to be more stringent to enable effective lowering of sodium intake.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Sodium
chemistry.chemical_element
global health
lcsh:TX341-641
Article
food policy
Food Supply
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Dietary Sodium
Adverse health effect
Food Labeling
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Food science
Sodium reduction
Excess sodium
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
public health
food and beverages
Sodium, Dietary
Baseline data
Sodium intake
Cross-Sectional Studies
Latin America
chemistry
Caribbean Region
Fast Foods
sodium targets
Food label
sodium reduction
business
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Food Analysis
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7912da60fac609e5cda5f5e658f441b1