Table 1.
Sodium content in vegetable soups (mg sodium/100 g soup)a
Before adding salt | After adding salt | Salt added during the cooking process | |||||||||||
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Mean±SD | Med | Min | Max | Mean±SD | Med | Min | Max | Mean±SD | Med | Min | Max | ||
NH1 | Soup day 1 | 4.5±0.1 | 212.4±4.6 | 207.9±4.5 | |||||||||
Soup day 2 | 5.5±1.6 | 315.2±23.7 | 309.7±22.1 | ||||||||||
Soup day 3 | 1.3±1.2 | 290.8±12.2 | 289.5±11 | ||||||||||
Soup day 4 | 5.5±1.5 | 308.3±11.4 | 302.8±9.9 | ||||||||||
Soup day 5 | 17.2±2.6 | 334.4±1.9 | 317.2±0.7 | ||||||||||
Soup day 6 | 7.4±4.2 | 267.8±12.3 | 260.4±8.1 | ||||||||||
Soup day 7 | 2.7±0.8 | 420.0±12.3 | 417.3±11.5 | ||||||||||
Mean of the 7 days soups | 6.3±4.6 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 307.0±11.2 | 308.3 | 212.4 | 420.0 | 300.7±6.6b | 302.8 | 207.9 | 417.3 | |
NH2 | Soup day 1 | 2.4±0.6 | 358.1±10.2 | 355.7±9.6 | |||||||||
Soup day 2 | 13.5±2.9 | 185.4±4.1 | 171.9±1.2 | ||||||||||
Soup day 3 | 33.9±2.0 | 166.4±10.2 | 132.5±8.2 | ||||||||||
Soup day 4 | 18.9±0.2 | 175.3±14.2 | 156.4±14.0 | ||||||||||
Soup day 5 | 21.4±1.3 | 204.9±5.0 | 183.5±3.7 | ||||||||||
Soup day 6 | 130.1±1.0 | 300.9±6.5 | 170.9±5.5 | ||||||||||
Soup day 7 | 0.6±0.4 | 226.9±9.1 | 226.3±8.7 | ||||||||||
Mean of the 7 days soup | 31.5±6.2 | 15.7 | 0.6 | 130.1 | 231.1±13.5 | 212.5 | 166.4 | 300.9 | 206.7±7.3b | 196.8 | 132.5 | 355.7 | |
PS | Soup day 1 | 3.0±1.1 | 164.6±3.5 | 161.6±2.4 | |||||||||
Soup day 2 | 3.0±0.5 | 107.6±2.9 | 104.6±2.5 | ||||||||||
Soup day 3 | 3.0±0.5 | 110.2±8.4 | 107.2±8.0 | ||||||||||
Soup day 4 | 18.5±0.9 | 67.2±5.9 | 48.7±5.0 | ||||||||||
Soup day 5 | 18.5±0.9 | 318.0±19.5 | 299.5±18.6 | ||||||||||
Mean of the 5 days soup | 9.2±0.7 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 18.5 | 153.5±8.0 | 131.9 | 67.2 | 318.0 | 144.3±7.3b | 125.8 | 48.7 | 299.5 |
Sodium obtained using flame photometry methodology; vegetable soups included four vegetables and potatoes.
Values used to perform a 30% salt reduction.
SD=standard deviation; Med=median; Min=minimum; Max=maximum; NH1= Nursing Home 1; NH2= Nursing Home 2; and PS= preschool.