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March 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Half of all tested contained an entire day’s recommended allowance
By
Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor
18:11 EST, 25 March 2012
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18:14 EST, 25 March 2012
Pizzas from restaurants and takeaways contain up to two and a half times more salt than the average supermarket equivalent, health campaigners warn.
The high levels are contributing to the fact the nation is overdosing on salt, pushing up blood pressure, the risk of a stroke and an early death.
The research by Cash – Consensus Action on Salt and Health – found that in half of cases, a single takeaway pizza contained an entire day’s recommended salt maximum.
The campaign group says the figures are a ‘national disgrace’ and is calling on the Government to take action to improve the health of take-out food.
The Department of Health has called on food companies to have a salt level of no more than 1.25g per 100g in pizzas by the end of this year.
However, researchers found that only 16 per cent of the takeaway pizzas currently met this target, compared with three quarters of those from supermarkets.
A Pizza Express margherita from a supermarket contained just over half the amount of salt of the restaurant equivalent – 0.85g per 100g against 1.5g per 100g.
Supermarkets have reduced salt levels in their pizzas under pressure from campaigners and customers, who can see the levels in the nutrition labels on the packs.
By contrast there are no such labels
on takeaway pizzas. Some take-out chains print nutrition information
online, but few customers trawl these details before ordering a
takeaway.
Doctors warn that
adults should not eat more than 6g of salt a day to avoid a risk of high
blood pressure and associated illnesses. In fact, average consumption
is 8.6g, with the majority of this hidden in processed food, rather than
added at the table.
Health risk: The research found that in half of cases, a single takeaway pizza contained an entire day’s recommended salt allowance
Cash surveyed 199 margherita and pepperoni pizzas sold by local takeaways, restaurant chains offering a takeaway service and leading supermarkets.
A pepperoni pizza from the Adam Eve restaurant in Mill Hill, North London, contained 10.57g of salt. This equates to 2.73g of salt per 100g and means it is saltier than Atlantic seawater, which contains 2.5g per 100g, and two and a half times saltier than the average supermarket pizza.
Adam Eve group manager Gareth Leakey said: ‘We were informed of the survey two days ago and we have already changed our recipes and suppliers to lower the amount of salt in our pizzas to within recommended levels.’
Alarmingly, the study also found that manufactured trans fat, which presents a serious health risk and can cause heart attacks and strokes, was found in 84 per cent of takeaway pizzas.
Professor Graham MacGregor, chairman of Cash, which released the study as part of Salt Awareness Week with Association of London Environmental Health Managers, said: ‘It’s a national disgrace that our health is put at risk.
‘The Government is not taking enough action to reduce the amount of salt in the takeaway sector. The supermarkets have made the same pizzas with much less salt – showing how easy it would be for the whole sector.’
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I don’t know about the high salt content, perhaps it’s to disguise the underlying cardboard flavour that takeaway pizzas have.
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That’s because supermarket pizzas have nothing on them. Buttered toast has more toppings.
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@cozmikstroll, RIP-UK, 26/3/2012 01:59; I hope you haven’t taken all salt out of your diet, given that it is vital for the proper functioning of the body. A balanced healthy diet will also include a certain amount of salt.
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The prices charged for takeaway pizza are criminal for glorified cheese on toast. Give me fish and chips any day – with lashings of SALT and vinegar.
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don’t cares, take away pizza is mighty fineeee
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Most take away is unhealthy, you just found that out. The solution is; it is healthier to eat at home now we need a government warning to say something obvious.
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CASH will not be content until eating becomes a complete chore and half of the population is suffering from hyponatraemia – but then they might lose their funding from us taxpayers.
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Why is it so difficult for this government to force the manufacturers to take this killer out of our food,or at least drastically reduce it to trace levels?
Someone please give me an answer because i’ve been asking for the past ten years.
noticed when i took it out, i could actually taste the food for the first time since i was a kid and that was a very long time ago, trust me.
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Avoid eating pizzas and other junk food and take care of your health I wouldn’t eat that stuff if it were free.
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There is no proof that salt causes high blood pressure. There is evidence to suggest that limiting salt intake may reduce blood pressure if it is already high, which is not the same thing. Cash is yet another taxpayer-funded “charity”- whose whole existence is based on a PERCEPTION rather than scientific evidence, never mind proof.
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