10 Mar 2020 --- Nearly two in five plant-based and vegan meals available in British fast food outlets and coffee chains contain more than 3 g of salt, which is half of an adult’s maximum daily intake of salt. This is the finding of a new UK survey conducted by health advocate Action on Salt (AoS), which has chipped at the health halo of plant-based meat analogs due to their notably high salt and saturated fat contents. The news could deter from plant-based meat’s rapid popularity ascension amid calls for increased transparency for meat analogs’ nutritional information and government-issued salt reduction targets.
