Sodium intake contribution values (%) of processed meat and fish products*
| Food categories | China | UK | Australia | SA | USA |
| All categories | 47.2 | 27.1 | 34.6 | 36.9 | 47.1 |
| Meat alternative products | 55.1 | 20.7 | – | – | 23.9 |
| Bacon | 40.3 | 80.6 | 57.5 | 50.9 | 83.4 |
| Canned meat | 38.1 | 13.8 | 35.9 | 33.0 | 30.4 |
| Frozen meat | 8.0 | 13.8 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 26.6 |
| Meat burgers | 30.6 | 19.7 | 23.8 | 31.9 | 23.8 |
| Salami and cured meats | 60.0 | 78.7 | 70.5 | 81.7 | 80.4 |
| Sausage and hot dogs | 49.6 | 27.5 | 35.2 | 40.7 | 41.5 |
| Sliced meat | 56.6 | 33.4 | 49.5 | 45.0 | 43.8 |
| Dried meat | 75.5 | – | 88.0 | 107.2 | 76.8 |
| Pate and meat spreads | 95.8 | 31.5 | 24.0 | 39.5 | 34.0 |
| Kebabs | – | 19.7 | 20.4 | – | 24.7 |
| Other meat products | 52.5 | 13.8 | 28.5 | 43.3 | 29.5 |
| Raw flavoured meats | 28.2 | 9.9 | 18.4 | 23.3 | 22.3 |
| Whole hams and similar products | 52.0 | 54.1 | 54.0 | 42.0 | 42.4 |
| Roasted chicken | 44.7 | 9.9 | 18.0 | 20.8 | 28.2 |
| Raw unflavoured meats | 6.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Canned fish | 45.1 | 17.7 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 19.4 |
| Chilled fish | 87.2 | 25.6 | 29.4 | 22.5 | 19.5 |
| Frozen fish | 6.6 | 13.8 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 17.4 |
| Other fish | 65.3 | 27.5 | 43.0 | 22.6 | 269.5 |
*The contribution value, calculated as median sodium content (mg/100 g)/2000 (mg/day)*100%, was a ratio of daily sodium intake from 100 g product against the WHO maximum sodium recommendation (2000 mg/day), assuming the daily consumption of processed meat and fish food for a person were 100 g/day. The contribution values were highlighted as red, yellow and green to represent high (>66%), medium (>33%, ≤66%) and low (≤33%) contribution to sodium intake, respectively.