00:00Almost a quarter of soups sold in supermarkets contains too much salt, according to new research,
00:08with one product found to contain more salt than two McDonald's cheeseburgers.
00:13Soup is often seen as a healthy lunch option, but an analysis of nearly 500 tinned and chilled
00:18soups found that 23% exceeded recommended salt levels.
00:23Of the 481 soups tested by Action on Salt & Sugar, almost half of branded products and
00:296% of supermarket-owned brand soups were above the government's voluntary salt target of
00:350.59 grams per 100 grams.
00:39One soup reportedly contained more than half the recommended daily limit for adults.
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