Children's meals in pubs and fast food chains 'getting saltier'

Action on Salt study calls for traffic light labelling to help parents pick healthier options

Children’s meals in pubs and fast food chains in the UK are getting saltier, a health group has said, as it calls for the introduction of mandatory warning labels on meals containing more than 1.8g per serving.

Action on Salt analysed 351 meals from 26 outlets including popular high street restaurants, pubs and fast food chains. Of the dishes that appear in the survey and a similar exercise in 2015, 20% showed no change in salt content and 40% had increased salt levels.