Salt equivalent
Encyclopedia
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
).
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
information tables on food labels, and is a different way of defining sodium intake, noting that salt is chemically sodium chloride
Sodium chloride
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt or halite, is an inorganic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms...
.
To convert from sodium to the approximate salt equivalent, multiply sodium content by 2.5:
(see: atomic mass
Atomic mass
The atomic mass is the mass of a specific isotope, most often expressed in unified atomic mass units. The atomic mass is the total mass of protons, neutrons and electrons in a single atom....
and molecular mass
Molecular mass
The molecular mass of a substance is the mass of one molecule of that substance, in unified atomic mass unit u...
).