Assessing the average sodium content of prepacked foods with nutrition declarations: The importance of sales data

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3501-3515

  Korošec, ŽIva ^a   Pravst, Igor ^a  

^a Nutrition Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Food composition; Food labelling; Food supply; Health claims; Nutrition claims; Processed foods; Salt; Sodium

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM INTAKE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATERING SERVICE; CHEESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MARKETING; MEAL; MEAT; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET; EVALUATION STUDY; FAST FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; SLOVENIA; SODIUM INTAKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; FAST FOODS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; SLOVENIA; SODIUM; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84907190502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6093501     Document Type: Article

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