Gerber toddler meal given ‘Salt Lick’ award for high sodium content
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO – Gerber, one of the best-known names in baby food, has been named this year’s recipient of the “Salt Lick Award” due to the high sodium content in one of its prepared meals for toddlers.
The Canadian Stroke Network and the Advanced Foods & Materials Network chose Gerber Graduates Lil’ Entrees because the product line’s Chicken & Pasta Wheel Pickups dinner contains 550 mg of sodium – more than half a toddler’s adequate daily intake of 1,000 mg.
The organizations say the amount of sodium in the prepared food is equivalent to that contained in two medium orders of McDonald’s french fries. McDonald’s Canada website says a medium order of fries contains 270 mg of sodium.
