Ma kahi o 30% o nā meaʻai i hana ʻia ma Brazil i loaʻa ka nui o ka sodium a ʻo ka sausage spaghetti "ka wahi i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia."

Wahi a kahi loiloi i paʻi ʻia e ka National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), kokoke i ʻekolu o 10 (28%) mau meaʻai i hana ʻia i kūʻai ʻia ma Brazil he nui ka sodium. Wahi a ka hōʻike, ʻo nā huahana i kū ʻole i nā kūlana sodium me nā mea ʻala i hoʻomākaukau ʻia nokuke ʻanalaiki a me ka ʻiʻo, nā biscuits ʻono, nā keke i hana mua ʻia me ka ʻole o nā mea hoʻopiha, nā hamburgers, mortadela i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka pahu hau, ka toast i ʻoki mua ʻia, mozzarella a me ka tīhi. ʻO kekahi o nā hopohopo nui loa ʻo ia ka bolognese, kahi i ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe huahana i hana i ka māka i nā makahiki ʻelua i hoʻāʻo ai ʻo Anvisa iā lākou.