Craving hot chocolate? Think again! A cup of hot chocolate may contain the same level of salt as
that of seawater, a new UK study has warned.

Researchers, including those from Queen Mary University of London in the UK, analysed about 28 food items including hot chocolate, chips, burgers and French dressing. They found that a certain brand of hot chocolate was as salty as seawater, with 16 times more salt than the maximum target set by Public Health England.

Each serving is worse than eating a bag of crisps, researchers said. Atlantic seawater contains one gramme of sodium per 100 millilitre (ml), the same as the chocolate powder analysed, the Press Trust of India reported.