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. 2017 Jun 16;9(6):612. doi: 10.3390/nu9060612

Table 1.

Proportion of instant noodles collected per country and average pack/serving size (g).

Date of Data Collection Data Source Country Total No. of Products Collected Products with Sodium Data Products with Sodium Data “as Sold” Products with Sodium Data “as Prepared” Average Pack Size (g) Average Serving Size (g) as Prepared
n % n % n %
2016 FCD UK 137 132 96 11 8 121 92 84 282
2015 FCD New Zealand 85 83 98 42 51 41 49 87 343
2014 FCD Australia 58 58 100 9 16 49 84 86 308
2015 FCD China 283 283 100 283 100 0 0 98 -
2012 FCD India 47 15 32 15 100 0 0 - -
2013 Shop survey Samoa 44 43 98 28 65 15 35 69 -
2015 FCD South Africa 37 37 100 28 76 9 24 72 300
2013 Shop survey Fiji 28 28 100 23 82 5 18 69 143
2015 Shop survey Indonesia 28 28 100 28 100 0 0 76 -
2013 FCD Costa Rica 18 18 100 18 100 0 0 57 -
Totals 765 725 * 95 485 67 240 33 78 275

- data not available.* Products that listed sodium or salt information, but did not state if as sold or as prepared were excluded from further analysis (n = 5).