Table 1.

Sodium concentration (mg/100 g or mg/100 ml) of pre-packaged foods in the Hong Kong food supply in 2017

Food group	n	Na concentration*			Low Na † (%)	High Na ‡ (%)
		Median	IQR	Range
All products	11 518	135	13–607	0–39 000	46·7	26·2
Sauces, dressings, spreads and dips	1244	1180	446–3520	0–34 130	12·0	68·1
Meat and meat products	501	800	632–1068	0–5300	6·4	79·0
Snack foods	550	650	453–926	0–4074	1·8	55·8
Fish and fish products	359	531	364–791	8–6400	5·6	42·6
Convenience foods	593	406	242–600	0–10 956	15·2	24·5
Bread and bakery products	1120	322	189–476	0–2000	11·7	11·8
Eggs	76	140	138–158	92–2561	1·3	9·2
Cereal and grain products	1649	127	4–1001	0–27 000	48·6	33·4
Fruit and vegetables	1301	120	10–620	0–39 000	50·0	25·1
Dairy	1088	52	36–96	0–3500	77·2	11·8
Confectionery	919	38	6–80	0–3875	85·7	0·9
Non-alcoholic beverages	1666	10	1–34	0–19 900	88·6	0·9
Sugars, honey and related products	256	6	0–14	0–330	92·2	0·0
Edible oils and oil emulsions	196	0	0–4	0–1300	80·1	5·6

IQR, interquartile range.

Table rows sorted in descending order by median Na concentration, by food category.

^*Units for Na concentration include both mg/100 g for foods and mg/100 ml for beverages.

^†Threshold value for low Na: Na concentration <120 mg/100 g or mg/100 ml of food/beverage.

^‡Threshold value for high Na: Na concentration >600 mg/100 g or mg/100 ml of food/beverage.