Table 3.

Comparison of the mean salt content of food products for which sodium was labelled between 2010 and 2014

	Na content (mg/100 g)
	2010 Mean	Range	2014 Mean	Range	Difference	95 % CI
Bread and bakery products	338	1–11 420	445	2–4000	+108	−54, +270
Biscuits	276	1–1770	262	6–764	−14	−75, +47
Cereal and grain products	327	0–7000	477	0–7250	+149*	+22, +277
Indian breakfast products	857	1–2100	847	0–2110	−10	−311, +291
Breakfast cereal	355	0–7000	265	2–2100	−90	−302, +121
Noodles	517	1–2142	670	21–7250	+150	−202, +503
Confectionery	249	0–2200	98	0–347	−151	−513, +212
Convenience foods	1881	1–9970	1344	0–5378	−537	−1092, +18
Ready meals	1148	0–9970	479	0–1400	−669*	−1272, −66
Soup	2911	0–7520	2117	180–5378	−794	−1670, +82
Dairy and dairy alternatives	257	0–1521	513	0–2000	+256*	+133, +380
Processed cheese	1073	12–1521	1074	840–1730	+1	−220, +222
Edible oils and oil emulsions	202	0–1048	217	0–1048	+15	−182, +213
Fish and fish products	348	50–600	451	38–887	+104	−11, +218
Canned fish	395	50–600	457	48–870	+63	−64, +189
Fruit and vegetables	555	0–17 690	769	0–8000	+212	−22, 448
Canned vegetables	229	37–630	84	0–384	−145*	−232, −58
Pickled vegetables	1397	10–3790	1759	1–8000	+362	−475, +1200
Herbs and spices	1026	0–17 690	1468	0–8000	+442	−130, +1014
Meat and meat products	373	0–2381	414	2–1000	+40	−274, +355
Non-alcoholic beverages	59	0–1210	119	0–957	+61*	+23, +99
Sauces and spreads	1473	0–11 200	2217	0–21 218	+744*	+268, +1221
Meal-based sauces	1525	0–11 200	3240	179–21 218	+1714*	+638, +2790
Table sauces	771	10–7720	1020	1–2400	+249	−190, +687
Snack foods	573	0–2500	666	0–2300	+93	−13, +199
Extruded snacks	359	125–650	491	105–1179	+132	−361, +624
Indian snack food	646	0–2500	627	0–2000	+20	−167, +128
Sugars, honey and related products	321	0–7400	44	0–400	−278	−777, +222
Special foods	219	39–565	239	57–788	+20	−36, +76

^* P<0·05.