Sodium
About sodium, how to lower your intake and a tool for learning how much sodium is in the foods you eat.
Services and information
Sodium: the basics
About sodium, how much is recommended, top food sources and a quiz to test your sodium knowledge.
Reducing sodium at the grocery store
Read food labels, choose lower-sodium foods and limit high-sodium foods.
Reducing sodium at home
Limit the sodium in your food by cooking meals at home and using herbs and spices instead of salt.
Reducing sodium when eating out
How to reduce sodium when eating out, including choosing healthier menu items.
Sodium detector
Use the Sodium Interactive Tool to find out how much sodium is in your food.
Contributors
What we are doing
Publications
- Sodium Intake of Canadians in 2017 [2018-07-23]
- Infographic: A Salty Situation [2018-07-23]
- Sodium Reduction in Processed Foods in Canada: An Evaluation of Progress toward voluntary targets from 2012 to 2016
[2018-01-15] - Report of the symposium on sodium reduction in foods [2016-10-13]
- Guidance for the Food Industry on Reducing Sodium in Processed Foods [2012-06-01]
Consultation
- Consultation on proposed front-of-package labelling [2018-02-10]
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