People like food at the convenience
store for expediency such as Japanese oden. Sometimes people add soup inside. In
a poll conducted online, the result showed that 94 out of 98 responders have
eaten oden in convenience stores. 37 of 94 would add half bowl of soup and 36
add over eighty percent full.
| Figure 1. the 4th Q&A of the online poll. |
According to
The John Tung Foundation, the
average bowl of oden soup — 80 percent full —contains between 600mg and 1,400mg
of salt. The significant variance arises from clerks adjusting soup flavor following
individual palette, continuously heating but not adding water periodically.
After showing those polled the sodium variance of oden soup and possible disease due to lavish sodium intake such as edema, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, kidney and coronary heart disease, 73 responders still chose to continue purchasing oden and add reasonable soup.
After showing those polled the sodium variance of oden soup and possible disease due to lavish sodium intake such as edema, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, kidney and coronary heart disease, 73 responders still chose to continue purchasing oden and add reasonable soup.
| Figure 2. the 5th Q&A of the online poll. |
Concerning the sodium variance of oden soup, consumers seem to react rationally according to the survey. If people can contemplate the food problems and consume reasonably, they might avoid above-mentioned diseases. So enjoy your oden and enjoy your health meanwhile!
Data for the sodium variance of oden soup: http://nutri.jtf.org.tw/index.php?idd=23&aid=2&bid=34&cid=2291


