how much salt for an 18 month old?

[lunarx]

does anyone know? we are careful about ds's salt intake... i thought it was 0.1g?

[Seona1973]

children aged 1-3 shouldnt have more than 2g of salt per day (around 0.8g sodium)

This is from the Food Standards Agency website

[lunarx]

ahh thanks!

[NannyL]

my rule of thumb is about 0.5g per year over 1

under 6 months 0
6 - 12 months (0.1) (ie no salt but the teeneist amount occasionaly wont kill them)
12 - 18 months 0.5g
18 months - 2 year 1g
3 year 1.5g
4 year 2 g
5 year 2.5g
6 year 3g

the reality is i never use salt in anything i cook for the children anyway, and i make pretty much all of it fresh as well, so most of the food i feed the kids really has very little salt.

exceptions may be a bit of bisto gravy, or crisps at a party, or sausages, but we do have 'good' ones so i hope hey arnt that salty!
7 year 3.5g
8 year 4
9 year 4.5 g
10 year 5g
11 year 5.5g
12 year (when almost adult size) the adult allowance of 6g

[NannyL]

sorry dont know how those words got in the middle!

[lunarx]

i've become really cautious of added salt in food lately... aiming for less than 5g a day for myself!