Netherlands

Methods

Data on salt content was collected from chemical analyses done by the Dutch Food Safety Authority sampled from several major supermarkets, including private and national supermarket brands, as well as chemical analytical data on bread from the Dutch Bakery Association. Additional new data came from food label information found in the Food Label Database.

Products were categorized into eight food groups and 27 categories, for which mean and standard deviation of salt content (mg/100g of product) were calculated and compared between 2011 and 2016.

For more information on the study methodology, please see the data source below.

Data Source

Salt Reductions in Some Foods in The Netherlands: Monitoring of Food Composition and Salt Intake

Citation: Temme EHM, Hendriksen MAH, Milder IEJ, et al. Salt Reductions in Some Foods in The Netherlands: Monitoring of Food Composition and Salt Intake.\_Nutrients. 2017;9(7):791. Published 2017 Jul 22. doi:10.3390/nu9070791

Contact

Elisabeth H M Temme
Researcher of Public Health Nutrition, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
[email protected].

Institutions leading data collection

Dutch Food Safety Authority,; Food Label Database, Dutch Bakery Association