Top five food sources of sodium intake in 2010 and 2013
| 2010 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Type of food/ ingredient | Sodium intake (mg/day) | Sodium in food (mg/100 g) | Food intake (g) | Rank | Type of food/ ingredient | Sodium intake (mg/day) | Sodium in food (mg/100 g) | Food intake (g) | ||
| Mean | Proportion (%) | Mean | Mean | Mean | Proportion (%) | Mean | Mean | ||||
| 1 | Salt | 904.4 | 18.7 | NA | 2.7 | 1 | Salt | 957.2 | 25.0 | NA | 2.9 |
| 2 | Kimchi, Nappa cabbage | 817.5 | 16.9 | 1151 | 71.3 | 2 | Kimchi, Nappa cabbage | 406.5 | 10.6 | 600 | 65.1 |
| 3 | Soy sauce | 410.1 | 8.5 | 6121 | 6.7 | 3 | Soy sauce | 392.8 | 10.3 | 6043 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Soybean paste | 285.8 | 5.9 | 4610 | 6.2 | 4 | Soybean paste | 285.7 | 7.5 | 4926 | 5.8 |
| 5 | Red pepper paste | 203.6 | 4.2 | 3232 | 6.3 | 5 | Red pepper paste | 157.9 | 4.1 | 2547 | 6.2 |
Adapted from: Kim et al.26