Who Doesn’t Love A Sandwich?

Who Doesn’t Love A Sandwich?

Theresa from Happy Tums went to visit Sandwich in Kent recently to see where the origin of the sandwich began and it really is an interesting place to visit and learn all about the history surrounding this humble food.
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Who doesn’t love a sandwich!? Theresa from Happy Tums went to visit Sandwich in Kent recently to see where the origin of the sandwich began and it really is an interesting place to visit and learn all about the history surrounding this humble food.

Traditionally, a sandwich started as a piece of meat tucked between two pieces of bread. Today however a sandwich is so much more! We have so many breads now available on the market, serving as a vehicle to hold together so many delicious fillings. Everything from a French baguette to a tortilla wrap, a sourdough to a naan, the sandwich appears just about everywhere you go.

But, if we are looking at sandwiches when weaning, what do we need to know? We know babies shouldn’t have more than 1g of salt a day and so we really need to consider the salt content of any sandwich we are making. To do this, there are three main things to think about and they are:

  • The salt content of the bread used to make a sandwich
  • The butter used in the sandwich
  • The filling used in the sandwich

Salt Content of Bread

We need salt to make bread as it has a role in tightening the gluten which gives bread it’s structure. If you do have a bread maker machine, it is possible to make your own salt free bread, however you should bear in mind that the gluten will be much softer and the bread may collapse. 

It is worth looking at the salt content of a variety of breads available in the UK. Below is a table showing the salt contents of common breads which we see in UK shops and supermarkets today.

Type of Bread Salt content per slice / portion Salt content per 100g
Hovis soft white sliced 0.36g per slice 0.90g
Warburtons soft white sliced 0.23g per slice 0.98g
Hovis wholemeal bread sliced 0.36g per slice 0.90g
Warburtons wholemeal bread sliced 0.43g per slice 0.95g
Warburtons seeded batch loaf 0.44g per slice 0.95g
Kingsmill 50/50 bread 0.4g 0.98g
Mission Deli plain wrap 0.93g per wrap 1.53g
Mission Deli seeded wrap 0.5g per wrap 0.90g
Plain small baguette 0.9g per half a baguette 0.9g
Pataks plain chapattis 0.57g per chapattis 0.95g
Warburtons white bread rolls 0.55g per roll 0.98g
Warburtons wholemeal rolls 0.55g per roll 0.98g
New York plain bagel 0.7g per bagel 0.8g
Sharwoods plain mini naan bread 0.46g per naan 0.71g
Warburtons malted grain sourdough 0.53g per slice 0.89g

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