Rhiannon Lambert

But the problem we also have is the amount of salt per individual at any age as well.

So we consume on average in the UK eight grams a day and the upper limit is actually six grams.

And this could be something that stemmed down through generations, you know, that salt shaker on the table.

I actually, please don't hate me, I find them very unnecessary in restaurants sometimes because you know restaurants and chefs have already put a lot of salt in your food to add flavour.

But there seems to be a habitual element of, oh, let's reach for the salt shaker and let's add some extra salt to our food.

But it's not really helping our health in any way.

But in a survey of over 500 supermarkets and high street sandwiches,

44% of them were high in salt, 97% were low in fiber.

You don't need me to go on about fiber anymore.

You all know I'm very hot on this topic.

And 25% of those that they surveyed were classified as less healthy because of all the salt and sugar and fat.

So if we chat first about the fact that to get traction on a boring topic, like we're eating too much salt that most people know, you have to have something that's press worthy.

Well, I just say that, you know, I think the worrying thing here is that the UK is overloaded and salty.

from every area.

The ones that you buy out of the home from the cafes, the bakeries, the coffee shops.

And most people are still going towards those sandwiches as their main lunch that day.

And one in 10 sandwiches also failed to meet government salt targets that were due two years ago.

So we're really highlighting years of weak action from government and industry.

Rather than seeing it as the cheeseburgers are stereotypically unhealthy anyway.

So why would you go for something that costs a lot more money, that has more salt?