PUCKA NEWS
It was not exactly pukka news when, last week, some ready-made pasta sauces were revealed to be laden with heart-damaging salt.
Among the worst, according to health campaigners Consensus Action on Salt and Health, was Jamie Oliver’s Spicy Olive, Garlic and Tomato Pasta Sauce which, in a single portion, contained 5.3g of salt – the equivalent of ten packets of crisps.
Yet many supermarket pasta sauces come in at under 1.5g of salt per serving – that is a quarter of a daily goal intake of 6g – which is fine for a main meal.
Of course, it’s worth remembering that pasta itself is low-calorie, low-fat, high in fibre and good for gut health, so here are my choices of the healthiest sauces to go with it.
Any sauce you like in moderation
