Table 1.
Salt content per 100 g edible portion and per serving of thirty-two European ready meals and of seven newly developed ready meals
| Salt | Salt | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (g/100 g) | Portion size* | (g/portion) | ||||
| Food name | n | Mean | Min | Max | (g) | Mean |
| Currently available ready meals | ||||||
| Chicken with rice and curry sauce | 5 | 1·30 | 1·27 | 1·38 | 300 | 3·91 |
| Chicken risotto with mango sauce | 5 | 0·97 | 0·93 | 1·02 | 410 | 3·95 |
| Chicken with carrots, peas, potatoes | 5 | 0·74 | 0·71 | 0·77 | 500 | 3·72 |
| Chicken risotto | 5 | 1·52 | 1·47 | 1·57 | 310† | 4·72 |
| Chicken curry with rice | 2 | 1·19 | 1·19 | 1·19 | 400 | 4·76 |
| Asian rice dish with chicken | 2 | 1·84 | 1·80 | 1·87 | 350 | 6·44 |
| Chinese chicken with rice | 2 | 2·06 | 2·00 | 2·11 | 330 | 6·78 |
| Chicken with mushrooms and rice | 2 | 1·02 | 1·01 | 1·02 | 330 | 3·36 |
| Brun lapskaus | 5 | 1·31 | 1·28 | 1·35 | 400† | 5·25 |
| Pork in spicy tomato sauce with rice | 5 | 1·32 | 1·30 | 1·35 | 500 | 6·61 |
| Roast pork with dumplings | 2 | 2·03 | 1·99 | 2·07 | 380 | 7·72 |
| Minced meat with mashed potatoes | 2 | 1·43 | 1·36 | 1·50 | 330 | 4·72 |
| Fillet of pork with rice | 2 | 1·51 | 1·35 | 1·67 | 350 | 5·30 |
| Pork with cabbage and potatoes | 2 | 1·40 | 1·33 | 1·46 | 330 | 4·59 |
| Kebab meat with rice and sauce | 5 | 1·35 | 1·21 | 1·46 | 400 | 5·40 |
| Beef stroganoff with rice | 5 | 1·12 | 1·09 | 1·15 | 455 | 5·10 |
| Beef goulash with spaetzle | 2 | 1·48 | 1·47 | 1·48 | 400 | 5·90 |
| Pasta with sauce Bolognese | 2 | 1·07 | 0·99 | 1·15 | 350 | 3·74 |
| Beef roulade with pasta | 2 | 1·53 | 1·52 | 1·54 | 375 | 5·75 |
| Venison ragout with dumplings | 2 | 1·86 | 1·81 | 1·91 | 330 | 6·13 |
| Aelpler Makkaronen | 5 | 1·40 | 1·38 | 1·43 | 350 | 4·90 |
| Mashed potatoes, kale and sausage | 5 | 1·37 | 1·32 | 1·42 | 500 | 6·84 |
| Lentil stew with dumplings | 2 | 1·57 | 1·55 | 1·59 | 350 | 5·50 |
| Filled dumplings with sauerkraut | 2 | 1·53 | 1·52 | 1·54 | 350 | 5·37 |
| Goulash with sausages and potatoes | 2 | 1·53 | 1·52 | 1·53 | 350 | 5·34 |
| Salmon with potatoes and sauce | 5 | 0·85 | 0·83 | 0·88 | 490 | 4·18 |
| Salmon with pasta and vegetables | 5 | 0·71 | 0·67 | 0·74 | 500 | 3·54 |
| Salmon with pasta and spinach | 2 | 1·41 | 1·18 | 1·64 | 350 | 4·93 |
| Catfish with ratatouille and rice | 2 | 1·20 | 1·17 | 1·22 | 350 | 4·19 |
| Pollack with rice | 2 | 1·56 | 1·52 | 1·60 | 380 | 5·93 |
| Pasta with spicy tomato sauce | 2 | 1·47 | 1·40 | 1·54 | 330 | 4·85 |
| Pasta with tomato-mozzarella sauce | 2 | 1·46 | 1·45 | 1·46 | 400 | 5·82 |
| Newly developed ready meals | ||||||
| Chicken with rice and vegetables | 5 | 0·78 | 0·74 | 0·81 | 470 | 3·65 |
| Pork with mashed potatoes, carrots | 5 | 1·21 | 1·15 | 1·27 | 360 | 4·34 |
| Pork with mashed potatoes, broccoli | 5 | 1·26 | 1·21 | 1·28 | 360 | 4·52 |
| Lamb with sauce, rice and vegetables | 5 | 0·64 | 0·61 | 0·70 | 470 | 3·00 |
| Salmon with pasta and cauliflower | 5 | 0·58 | 0·55 | 0·60 | 470 | 2·73 |
| Salmon with potatoes and broccoli | 5 | 0·56 | 0·54 | 0·58 | 440 | 2.47 |
| Pasta with spinach–ricotta filling | 5 | 1·27 | 1·24 | 1·32 | 380 | 4·83 |
*
One serving is equivalent to the package size.
†
The package sizes of two meals were larger than one serving and therefore their portion sizes were estimated.