1. A jam sandwich has only 30% less salt than a vegemite sandwich because most of the salt comes from the bread. 2. Onion/Celery/Garlic salts are not low sodium substitutes. 3. If you get rid of the salt shaker from your table and stop adding salt to cooking, this will only cut salt intake by about 15% for most people because the bulk of our salt intake comes from processed foods. 4. A bowl of cornflakes has about the same salt as a small packet of plain chips. 5. Some sweet biscuits contain as much or more salt than savoury biscuits. 6. Of the fatty spreads, mayonnaise has the most salt (240mg/100g), followed by margarine (140mg), butter (130mg), dairy blends (110mg) and cream cheese (85mg/100g). 7. Ricotta, cottage, mozzarella and swiss cheeses are lower in salt than most other cheeses; processed cheeses contain much more salt than regular cheeses.

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