Number and percentage of products with sodium content meeting the 2017 UK sodium targets
| Product categories | 2017 UK sodium targets (mg/100 g)* | China n (%) | UK n (%) | Australia n (%) | SA n (%) | USA n (%) | P value |
| Total | – | 101 (7.1) | 135 (26.6) | 833 (23.2) | 154 (22.4) | 1927 (18.4) | <0.001 |
| Meat alternative products | 500 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (50.0) | – | – | 212 (57.0) | 0.907 |
| Bacon† | 1152 | 28 (84.9) | 6 (14.0) | 145 (50.2) | 27 (75.0) | 199 (28.2) | <0.001 |
| Canned meat | 272 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (50.0) | 5 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (5.2) | <0.001 |
| Frozen meat† | 272 | 17 (51.5) | 36 (41.9) | 87 (9.9) | 18 (14.6) | 139 (11.9) | <0.001 |
| Meat burgers | 352 | 1 (14.3) | 2 (33.3) | 27 (16.7) | 4 (8.5) | 249 (30.2) | <0.001 |
| Salami and cured meats† | 652 | 5 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (3.3) | 0.08 |
| Sausage and hot dogs | 600 | 7 (2.6) | 21 (58.3) | 147 (32.2) | 14 (10.5) | 350 (12.4) | <0.001 |
| Sliced meat | 272 | 1 (4.4) | 5 (2.9) | 9 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (1.7) | 0.218 |
| Kebabs | 352 | – | 0 (0.0) | 14 (36.8) | – | 0 (0.0) | – |
| Other meat products | 300 | 29 (4.5) | 8 (61.5) | 17 (20.5) | 2 (7.7) | 150 (35.1) | <0.001 |
| Whole hams and similar products† | 652 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.036 |
| Roasted chicken | 272 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | 10 (27.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.189 |
| Canned fish† | 360 | 13 (9.4) | 44 (66.7) | 367 (44.7) | 89 (53.0) | 554 (45.5) | <0.001 |
*The maximum sodium targets of each category were selected for ease of comparison, and the average targets were used where maximum target was not provided.
†Average sodium targets.