10/08/2026
Your mee soto noodles have 40mg of sodium. The bowl has 2,678mg π³
I went back to the same 41 hawker dishes I ranked by protein two weeks ago β this time looking at the salt column. Ten of them break your entire daily limit in one serving. Save & Share
The part that got me: the dishes that scored best on protein are the worst on salt. A-tier averages 1,996mg. That's 99.8% of your daily allowance from one bowl. D-tier averages 558mg.
Because the protein-efficient dishes are soups. And soup is where the salt is.
One dish wins both β duck rice with the skin removed. 326mg and B-tier protein. Nine times less salt than fishball noodle soup, and it takes three words at the stall.
For context: HPB puts the daily limit at 2,000mg. Singaporeans average 3,620mg. Nine in ten of us go over, and sodium in our dishes has climbed 22% since 2010.
And no, I'm not telling anyone to stop eating hawker food. You live here. The point is knowing which bowl is the 2,913mg one.
Every figure is from KK Women's and Children's Hospital's dietetics department, with the serving weight printed so you can check me π§