The British Heart Foundation have produced a good summary of some foods that are surprisingly salty.
Check your food labels.
Have a look at this page on their website – http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-matters-online/july-august-2014/nutrition/salty-surprises.aspx
Bacon is a salty food.
Bacon is a high salt food and if you are trying to lower your salt intake it is sensible to avoid bacon or lower your bacon intake. However, new data indicates that some bacon products contain much more salt than others.
For more information see this link.
There is evidence that a high salt intake is associated with a higher cancer risk, particularly cancer of the stomach. This has been highlighted in news articles today on the BBC. See for example the video on this page.
A key point made in this news item is that some bread contains a lot of salt, so always check the label.
Consensus Action Against Salt and Health (CASH) have recently published a survey on children’s meals served in restaurants and pubs. Some of the meals were found to contain more that the recommended 4g salt GDA for children.
To read more about the survey please follow the link here http://www.actiononsalt.org.uk/news/surveys/2012/Childrens12/77588.html