What do you put in your child's packed lunch that doesn't contain salt?

[YunoWhatYouDidLastSummer]

Other than fruit and veg?

erm, i think most things contain salt dont they?

Doesn't EVERTHING contain salt?

Cake? Chocolate ?

Smith's crisps but put a match to the blue bag of salt...

Well everything seems to. Is that okay though? I really don't know.

Dd typically has

Snack: Philly dip (salt) with chopped veg and breadsticks (salt).

Lunch: Sandwich (salt) with chopped fruit, cheese (salt) and an oatcake (salt) or small flapjack (salt).

Sometimes she has a pot of rice or pasta, but often there is a bit of salt in that too.

Is that okay?

I rarely feel confident that I have struck the balance between healthy and not nutritious enough.

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But you can make the flapjacks so they dont and choose lower salt version of the breadsticks and oatcakes and in fact bread.

A little salt is fine. You just don't want to give extra salty snacks.

Today DD's lunchbox had:

• A tupperware put of hummous and some carrot and cucumber sticks to dip in it
• A thermos of homemade tomato soup
• Pitta bread with yesterday's chicken leftovers in it
• An apple