This statistic displays the average percentage of salt in Dutch food from 2011 to 2015. It shows that in 2015 on average Dutch food tested for the study contained roughly 1.3 percent salt, a minor decrease compared to 2014.
Average percentage of salt in Dutch food from 2011 to 2015
* N 2014 = 1,049, N 2013 = 1,098, N 2012 = 1,076, N 2011 = 897.
The source notes 1072 unique prepackaged foods have been sampled. For the product choice, "consumption volume of the foods were not taking into consideration." Moreover the source states, in order to compare the products "for every product group approximately ten different, precisely described and well-defined product types were sampled from varying retailers."
Both store brands as well as other brands have been used in the sample, according to the source.
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Netherlands Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority. (March 25, 2016). Average percentage of salt in Dutch food from 2011 to 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/586968/average-percentage-of-salt-in-dutch-food/
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