Salt is hiding in food you would never suspect
Most of your daily salt comes from processed food, not the shaker. Bite Insight shows you exactly how much sodium is in everything you eat.
Cutting salt is simple in theory
and hard in practice
Most people assume they can just stop adding salt. The reality is that the vast majority of our daily sodium intake comes from products we do not even think of as salty.
Hypertension is one of the most common conditions in the UK and a major risk factor for stroke, heart attack, and kidney disease. Many people do not know they have it until it is picked up at a routine check.
Three quarters of the salt we eat comes from processed and prepared foods, not from cooking or the table. Bread alone is one of the biggest contributors, alongside ready meals, cereals, and condiments.
The NHS recommends no more than 6g of salt per day for adults with hypertension. Most UK adults consume significantly more than this, often without realising it because so much salt is hidden in everyday foods.
Built around your condition
Bite Insight does not give everyone the same results. Set your hypertension profile once and every scan is filtered through your specific needs.
Sodium indicator
Every scan shows a sodium rating based on the product's salt and sodium content. Know at a glance how a product fits your daily sodium budget before it goes in the basket.
Personalised blood pressure warnings
Set hypertension as your condition and Bite Insight flags high-sodium products on every scan. Both salt and sodium figures are shown clearly, automatically.
Flag high-sodium ingredients to avoid
plus
Add monosodium glutamate, sodium nitrite, or any other high-sodium additives to your avoid list. Flagged automatically on every scan.
Know your sodium intake at a glance
The sodium indicator is built for people managing hypertension through diet. It checks each product's salt content and gives you a clear, simple signal about how it fits into your daily limit.
From scan to confidence in seconds
No more trying to convert sodium to salt figures in your head.
Scan the label
Point your camera at any food barcode or label. In the supermarket, at home, or eating out.
Get your insights
Bite Insight checks the product against your hypertension profile and surfaces what matters. Sodium level, salt content, high-sodium additive flags, and anything from your personal avoid list.
Shop with confidence
Build a diet that genuinely supports your blood pressure goals without having to become an expert in reading nutritional tables.
Real experience
“My doctor told me my blood pressure was high and to cut my salt intake. I had no idea how much salt was in the things I eat every day. Bite Insight opened my eyes. Even my breakfast cereal was high in sodium. I have made real changes because of it.”
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The core tools for managing hypertension through diet are completely free. Sodium ratings, personalised warnings, and full nutritional breakdowns on every scan.
Everything you need to start managing your sodium intake with hypertension.
Bite Insight includes
Sodium indicator Low, Moderate, High, Very High sodium
Personalised warnings based on your hypertension profile
Full nutrition breakdown including salt and sodium on every scan
175,000+ UK food and drink products including popular restaurants
No subscription or payment details required.
Extra tools for people who want complete control over their sodium intake.
Bite Insight+ includes
Access to over 4.2 million products worldwide
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Common questions
About using Bite Insight with hypertension.
Yes. Set hypertension or high blood pressure in your health profile and every scan then checks the product's salt and sodium content and flags it clearly. This makes it much easier to stay within your daily sodium limit without having to manually check and convert figures on every product you pick up.
The sodium indicator rates each product as Low Sodium, Moderate Sodium, High Sodium, or Very High Sodium based on its salt content per 100g and per serving. It also handles the conversion between sodium and salt automatically so you always see both figures clearly, whichever way the product label presents them.
Yes. UK food labels sometimes list only one or the other, and the conversion between them (sodium x 2.5 to get salt) is not always obvious. Bite Insight handles that automatically so you always have a clear picture of how much sodium is in each product regardless of how the label presents the information.
With Bite Insight+, you can add specific sodium-containing additives to your personal avoid list. Monosodium glutamate, sodium nitrite, sodium bicarbonate, and other sodium-containing additives can all be flagged so they are highlighted automatically every time they appear in a product you scan.
No. Bite Insight provides educational food insights to help you make more informed choices. It is not a substitute for advice from your GP or specialist. Always follow the dietary guidance of your healthcare team and use Bite Insight as a practical tool to support that at the point of purchase.