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Salt equivalent is usually quoted on food nutrition information tables on food labels, and is a different way of defining sodium intake, noting that salt is chemically sodium chloride.
To convert from sodium to the approximate salt equivalent, multiply sodium content by 2.5:
(see: atomic mass and molecular mass).
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- Food and Health Manifesto, London: Food and Drink Federation, 2005, retrieved 2007-10-12
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