Alarmed at the amount of salt in a crumpet

[Jkelmum]

Made Lily crumpets for the first time today trying to vary her breakfasts ...anyhow shes just started munching and i go to read how much fat is in them for my diet to find 1 warbatons crumpet as 1grm of salt ..i took it off her replaced with ricecake while i made her toast ...but i dont remember even looking with my 3 children ..I feel guilty that i nearly gave her that much salt

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

What a coincidence - I've just posted the same in another thread - you're right, it's warburtons, I couldn't remember which brand had so much salt in!

I was not impressed that Waitrose have 0.48g in one, but these are saintly compared to Warburtons!

 

[golcarlilly]

OMG that is horrendous!! Can you buy low salt versions?

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

I've not seen any low salt versions, but there seems to be brands that have less in than others. They look fiddly to make...but I think I'll try!

 

[Jkelmum]

I am disgusted tbh something i didnt think twice about giving her .

 

[Tegans Mama]

I never even thought to look... bloody hell

 

[v2007]

I bout 2 packs yesterday for a £1 in Morrisons, they are the love to toast ones and ive just checked them they have 1.1 gram of salt in each 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus i bought these for Katies brekkie as well.


V xxxx

 

[lauren-kate]

Just checked my Tesco ones and they're only 0.5g. Varies loads!

 

[Boothh]

i gave jesse a warburtons one for breakfast today! im gutted now, just glad he didnt eat it all, i wont be getting them again, maybe the tesco ones he can have now and again,

 

[Lisa1302]

I've not seen any low salt versions, but there seems to be brands that have less in than others. They look fiddly to make...but I think I'll try!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/homemadecrumpets_70053.shtml

then you can remove the salt yippeee!!
I love crumpets!

 

[Lu28]

OMG! We've only ever done the supermarket own brand ones, not sure how much salt is in those...

 

[Mary Jo]

Adam had some Warburtons crumpet today - maybe I am a bad mother but I read the packet in the shop and still got them. figured the amount he'd eat would be minute for now, so he'd be ok. but when he's eating more I will get something less salty.

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

Mary Jo, I didn't worry too much before Ruby was eating much, either. But these days she would definitely eat a whole crumpet if offered so that would be a no go!

 

[NIfirsttimer]

its mad. i chose crumpets over pancakes because pancakes have lots of MSG, yet the crumpets are full of salt.. its a lose lose situation!

 

[emilyjade]

my HV said to give LO crumpets!

 

[Lisa1302]

my HV said to give LO crumpets!

One of the lowest crumpets I saw for salt was Warburtons, but even theirs contains 1g of salt! Which is the whole of a baby under 1s daily allowance.
By the time there is a bit of butter on them they are already over the limit.

Even just one of their pancakes has .54g of salt!

I haven't' made crumpets yet - we don't have the right rings, but I make my own pancake mix and I don't add salt (just milk, eggs and flour) - even the mixes you can buy for pancakes have salt in.

I do often wonder about HVs ; where do they learn this stuff Next time you see the HV maybe you should remind her about the crumpet idea - and they ask if she knows it has the whole daily allowance of salt in just one crumpet!!

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

Lisa apparently you can use round pastry cutters instead of crumpet rings. I haven't tried yet but will update when I do!