The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is urging for a salt levy to be introduced in a measure that could potentially save lives.
The charity warned that progress on reducing the amount of salt people are eating has "stalled", as it issued an urgent call for action on salt reduction.
People are consuming "far higher levels of salt than they realise", warned the BHF, because much of the salt in our diet is put in food before it is bought.
