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Salt is a combination of the two minerals, sodium and chloride. Salt is comprised of 40% sodium and. 60% chloride. One level teaspoon of salt contains approximately 2,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium.
Only 40% of the weight of salt consists of sodium, so you can actually eat 2.5 times more salt than sodium. 1500 mg of sodium amounts to 0.75 teaspoons or 3.75 grams of salt per day, while 2300 mg amounts to one teaspoon or 6 grams of salt per day. Most people today are eating much more than that. The average intake of sodium is about 3400 mg, most of it coming from processed foods.