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Cheese is a delicious and versatile source of protein, calcium and B vitamins, but can also be quite salty. Brigid Chun investigates how much sodium your favourite cheese contains.
We know some cheeses are high in saturated fat, but may not be aware that some cheeses can be very high in sodium too. Cheese is easy to munch on, so keeping an eye on the sodium content is important.
We have compared the sodium content of a 25g serve of cheese to the recommended upper daily limit of 2300mg.
(Products listed in order of lowest to highest sodium content)
Meadow Fresh Crème Fraiche
8mg sodium per 25g
= 0% of daily sodium
Perfect Italiano Ricotta
46mg sodium per 25g
= 2% of daily sodium
Anchor Cottage Cheese
88mg sodium per 25g
= 4% of daily sodium
Meadow Fresh Cream Cheese
150mg sodium per 25g
= 7% of daily sodium
Signature Range Edam Cheese
171mg sodium per 25g
= 7% of daily sodium
Ferndale Parmesan
177mg sodium per 25g
= 8% of daily sodium
Alpine Tasty Cheese
179mg sodium per 25g
= 8% of daily sodium
Mainland Reduced Fat Cheddar Noble
182mg sodium per 25g
= 8% of daily sodium
Ornelle Goat’s Milk Feta
305mg sodium per 25g
= 13% of daily sodium
Lemnos Cyprus Style Haloumi
345mg sodium per 25g
= 15% of daily sodium
Axelos Cyprus Style Halloumi
750mg sodium per 25g
= 33% of daily sodium
Adella Buffalo Feta
1974mg sodium per 25g
= 86% of daily sodium
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