Salt
salt equivalent
What it is
Salt is sodium chloride. On a nutrition label, the declared salt value can also represent the salt equivalent of the sodium present in the food, depending on the labelling system.
Why BOTIA flags it
Salt and sodium are closely related but they are not the same declared field. BOTIA keeps the value exactly as the label presents it and connects it with the regulatory definition and evidence that apply to that market.
BOTIA CAN
- Read the salt value declared on the nutrition label and preserve its unit and basis.
- Keep a declared salt value separate from a declared sodium value.
- Connect the declared value with the applicable regulatory information and documented evidence.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Determine how much of the sodium in the food comes specifically from added salt.
- Treat salt and sodium as interchangeable without applying and identifying the appropriate conversion.
- Determine an individual's sodium or salt requirement from the nutrition label.
- Treat an undeclared salt value as zero.