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What is the difference between sodium and salt?

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What is the difference between sodium and salt?

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Sodium is a component of salt. Salt is made up of both sodium and chloride and it is the sodium in salt which makes it bad for our health. This means that sodium is the item on food labels that we need to look out for when trying to choose low salt products.

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Sodium is part of the component of salt, whereas salt is made up of sodium and chloride.

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Salt is sodium chloride (sodium plus chlorine). The sodium in the salt is what you have to look out for. 40% of salt is sodium. If sodium is listed on the label’s nutritional information instead of salt you have to multiply the amount by 2.5 to get the equivalent salt content. For example, if a portion of food contains 1g of sodium per 100g, you will know it contains 2.5g of salt per 100g.

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“Salt” usually refers to table salt, technically known as sodium chloride. Salt contains about 40% sodium and 60% chloride. “Sodium” refers to a specific mineral, which happens to be part of common table salt. It is sodium, not salt, which is usually studied in relation to health issues.

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