Salt content of some fast foods in casablanca, morocco: Pilot study
2017
El-Kardi, Younes | Jafri, Ali | Anide, Amal | Derouiche, Abdelfettah
High salt intake it's associated with high blood pressure. This pilot study aimed to measure the salt content of some fast foods in Casablanca, Morocco.Thirty eight fast foods were collected from different snacks and restaurants in Casablanca, between 1 March and 30 May 2014. Six types of fast foods were targeted; tuna sandwich (n=8), merguez sandwich (n=8), minced meat sandwich (n=8), eggs sandwich (n=6), shawarma (n=6) and pizza (n=4). The total weight of each fast-food was recorded. Then, each sandwich was cut and mixed until homogeneous dough using a mixer robot. The dough obtained were immediately put in plastic food bags and frozen at -20 ° C until analysis. Analysis of the sodium content was carried out according to the Mohr method in an accredited public laboratory.Analysis of the sodium content in the various samples showed values ranging from 0.25g/100g (0.62g of salt/100g) in minced meat sandwichs to 0.44g/100g (1.1g of salt/100g) in pizzas. Salt content expressed per individual serving showed that the pizzas had the highest average amount (2.62g/serving), while the minced meat sandwichs had the lowest average amount (1.42g/serving). These values varied according to portion size.The results of this pilot study showed for the first time in Morocco that salt content of some fast foods is higher and consumption of only one serving of these fast foods can exceed half of the daily recommendation of salt (5g/day).
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