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Assessing the content and daily intake of sodium from instant ramen in Korean adolescents and adults
Author(s) -
Kim YiYeong,
Choi MiKyeong,
Bae YunJung
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.lb330
Subject(s) - sodium , chemistry , taste , zoology , food science , biology , organic chemistry
The production and consumption of instant ramen is constantly increasing because of its taste and convenience. However, ramen is estimated to be a major contributor to high dietary sodium intake. The purpose of this study is to assess the sodium content of ramen and its daily intake by Korean adolescents and adults. The sodium contents of 214 ramen types in the present market were surveyed, and the daily ramen intake of 405 adolescents aged 12~18 years and 1645 adults aged 19~64 years was analyzed using 2010~2012 Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (KNHANES) data. The sodium contents were 1483.7 mg/100 g for pouch‐ramen (n=65), 836.4 mg/100 g for pouch‐ramen without soup (n=25), 1752.6 mg/100 g for cup‐ramen (n=88), and 945.8 mg/100 g for cup‐ramen without soup (n=36). The daily sodium intakes from instant ramen were 1247.8 mg (24.9% of total sodium intake) for boys, 993.1 mg (24.4%) for girls, 1165.5 mg (19.7%) for adult men, and 901.5 mg (21.4%) for adult women. These results were lower than the daily sodium intake estimated in the current KNHANES.