Daily Salt Intake Calculator
The WHO recommends less than 5 grams of salt per day (2000 mg sodium). Tick the salty foods you ate today and see where you stand.
What did you eat today?
How to use
- Tick each salty food or drink you had today (one serving each).
- Use the custom boxes for anything extra — salt in grams, or sodium in mg straight from a nutrition label.
- Watch the bar: green is safe, yellow is close, red is over the WHO limit.
Note: values are average serving estimates and vary by brand and recipe. If you have high blood pressure or kidney problems, follow your doctor, not this calculator.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What does the Daily Salt Intake Calculator do?
It checks the salt in foods you ate today against the WHO recommendation of less than 5 grams of salt per day.
How do I use it?
Tick the salty foods and drinks you had today, or enter salt in grams or sodium in mg from a nutrition label.
How do salt grams and sodium mg relate?
Salt is about 40 percent sodium. The tool treats 5 g of salt as 2000 mg of sodium, so a label's sodium mg is multiplied by about 2.5 to get salt grams.
Is this medical advice?
No. It is a rough guide against the WHO limit, not medical advice. If you have blood pressure or kidney issues, ask your doctor about your salt intake.