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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Laura Hampson

Most meal deal snacks contain ‘dangerously high’ levels of salt, sugar or fat

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Up to 70 per cent of snacks bought with supermarket meal deals contain “dangerously high” levels of sugar, salt or saturated fat, a new report has found.

The report from Action on Salt, a group of scientists from Queen Mary University of London who are concerned with salt and its effects on health, found that some meal deal snacks contribute to a third of an adult’s maximum daily recommended salt intake.

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