INTEGRIS Health: Test Your "Salt Smarts"

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Test Your "Salt Smarts"

1. Sea salt has less sodium than table salt.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

2. Most of the salt in food is from salt added at the table.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE

3. How much sodium is in one teaspoon of salt?
a. 500 mg
b. 1020 mg
c. 2300 mg
d. 4400 mg

4. How “light” is “lite” salt?
a. The same as regular salt.
b. Lite salt is sodium-free.
c. Lite salt is half as salty as regular salt.
d. Lite salt has more salt than regular salt.

5. Which one is higher in salt:
a. 11 baked Lays potato chips
b. 1 oz Planters mixed nuts

6. Which one is higher in salt:
a. 1 lg (4-inch) dill pickle
b. 1 ctn. “Soup at Hand” 25% less sodium chicken noodle

Answers:
1. False. Salt is salt. Sea salt has approx. the same amount of sodium.
2. False. Most (70%) of the sodium in foods was added by the industry.
3. c. 1 teaspoon table salt = 2,300 mg sodium.
4. c. Lite salt has half.
5. b. Baked Lays = 150 mg. (the nuts have 110 mg)
6. a. Dill pickle = 1181 mg (the soup has 730)

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