Here are some of the findings: • Nando's - Nandino's veggie burger with creamy mash – 5.3g salt • Wetherspoons - Wiltshire cured ham & cheese sandwich (served with chips) - 4.8g salt • Harvester - Gammon and chicken combo with mashed potato and beans – 4.3g salt • Sizzling Pub Co. – 4oz Gammon with mash and beans – 4.1g salt • Wetherspoons – Chicken breast nuggets with chips and baked beans – 4.0g salt The five lowest main meals (including side dishes) found were at the following outlets: • Wetherspoons - Annabel Karmel spaghetti bolognese - 0.1g salt • McDonalds - Four piece chicken nuggets & fruit bag - 0.4g salt • Wimpy – Fish bites with salad - 0.5g salt • Hungry Horse - Four cod fish fingers & jacket potato with peas/corn/salad - 0.73g salt • KFC – Kids popcorn chicken with corn cobette - 0.78g salt Side dishes are an extra hidden source of salt, with a mash or spicy rice from Nando's containing 1.8g – more than twice as much salt as a main dish of Nandinos chicken breast fillet strips at 0.8g. Mash and beans were typically found to be the highest salt combination, a jacket potato, vegetables or salad the lowest. For instance, at Sizzling Pub Co, mash and beans contains 1.4g salt, seven times more than a jacket potato with peas (0.2g). Although all outlets offered a vegetable side option, just four included vegetables as part of all meals. Desserts were also found to be surprising sources of hidden salt, with five desserts found to contain the same or more salt as a packet of crisps, for instance an ice cream with chocolate sauce from Sizzling Pub Co. contains 0.7g salt per portion (18% GDA). Nutritionist Hannah Brinsden suggests some tips for healthier choices for children: • Consider carefully the side order, e.g. replace mash with jacket potato, or replace baked beans with a salad / vegetable side • Consider ordering a smaller portion of one of the adult options for a child • Try not to add further salt at the table • Remember that foods like bacon and cheese are high in salt • For more information on making low salt choices go to www.actiononsalt.org.uk Katharine Jenner, campaign director of CASH, said: "Children's meals should provide tasty and healthy alternatives to more adult dishes. It is an outrage that when families go out for a pub lunch, they may be unknowingly putting their children's health at risk." Mubeen Bhutta, policy manager at the British Heart Foundation, added: "Most parents do everything they can to keep their family healthy, and so many mums and dads strive to avoid the salt shaker. "The disappointing thing about these findings is that parents choosing to head out for lunch are being kept in the dark about the amount of salt served up in their child's food. Whether you're out at a restaurant or shopping in the supermarket, consistent traffic light coloured labelling on packs and menus would give busy parents the at-a-glance information they need."