| Restaurant | n | Food items with a decrease in sodium level | Food items with an increase in sodium level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Percent change; median (25th, 75th percentile) | n (%) | Percent change; median (25th, 75th percentile) | ||
| Subway* | 51 | 44 (86.3) | –20 (–27, –15) | 4 (7.8) | 2 (1, 2) |
| Pizza Hut* | 73 | 57 (78.1) | –37 (–44, –17) | 3 (4.1) | 4 (1, 41) |
| Taco Bell* | 32 | 25 (78.1) | –20 (–31, –13) | 3 (9.4) | 8 (2, 10) |
| Taco Time | 18 | 14 (77.8) | –35 (–50, –13) | 4 (22.2) | 8 (1, 73) |
| Shoeless Joe’s | 18 | 13 (72.2) | –22 (–27, –12) | 5 (27.8) | 25 (25, 39) |
| Burger King | 51 | 36 (70.6) | –3 (–7, –1) | 1 (1.9) | 33† |
| Boston Pizza | 106 | 72 (67.9) | –8 (–18, –5) | 22 (20.75) | 13 (10, 44) |
| Dagwood Sandwiches and Subs | 38 | 25 (65.8) | –16 (–23, –13) | 12 (31.6) | 21 (8, 56) |
| White Spot Triple O’s | 20 | 13 (65.0) | –16 (–24, –15) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| Dairy Queen | 18 | 11 (61.1) | –7 (–30, –6) | 6 (33.3) | 18 (16, 20) |
| A&W | 34 | 20 (58.8) | –7 (–12, –4) | 10 (29.4) | 11 (3, 15) |
| East Side Mario’s | 45 | 26 (59.1) | –11 (–24, –6) | 13 (29.5) | 17 (8, 32) |
| Taco Del Mar | 27 | 15 (55.6) | –25 (–33, –11) | 11 (40.7) | 23 (9, 36) |
| KFC* | 24 | 13 (54.2) | –23 (–37, –19) | 3 (12.5) | 23 (7, 97) |
| Joey’s Restaurant | 20 | 10 (50.0) | –13 (–54, –8) | 10 (50.0) | 66 (14, 96) |
| Mike’s Restaurant | 80 | 38 (47.5) | –25 (–46, –12) | 35 (43.75) | 31 (10, 106) |
| White Spot Legendary Restaurant | 52 | 23 (44.2) | –10 (–29, –5) | 13 (25.0) | 33 (4, 67) |
| Arby’s | 28 | 12 (42.9) | –9 (–18, –5) | 15 (53.6) | 25 (16, 118) |
| Kelsey’s | 44 | 17 (38.6) | –10 (–27, –10) | 17 (38.6) | 20 (9. 33) |
| Panago | 171 | 62 (36.3) | –9 (–17, –5) | 74 (43.3) | 16 (7, 25) |
| Tim Hortons | 70 | 24 (34.3) | –9 (–20, –4) | 8 (11.4) | 9 (6, 21) |
| Jack Astor’s | 24 | 8 (33.3) | –30 (–52, –17) | 16 (66.7) | 65 (20, 173) |
| Montana’s | 75 | 22 (29.3) | –30 (–36, –25) | 15 (20.0) | 21 (13, 54) |
| Mr. Greek | 35 | 9 (25.7) | –1 (–43, –1) | 2 (5.7) | 21 (14, 54) |
| Edo Japan | 18 | 4 (22.2) | –9 (–10, –10) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| McDonald’s* | 46 | 12 (26.1) | –8 (–18, –7) | 10 (21.7) | 11 (6, 19) |
| Harvey’s | 25 | 5 (20.0) | –14 (–19, 14) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| Casey’s | 46 | 8 (17.4) | –14 (–30, –4) | 6 (13.0) | 29 (12, 43) |
| Scores Rotisserie | 30 | 5 (16.7) | –12 (–24, –11) | 6 (20.0) | 5 (2, 18) |
| Pizza Delight | 34 | 4 (11.8) | –12 (–14, –9) | 1 (2.9) | 14 |
| New Orleans Pizza | 20 | 2 (10.0) | –40 (–69, –11) | 17 (85.0) | 52 (13, 51) |
| Earl’s Restaurant | 28 | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (7.1) | 23 (5, 42) |
| Extreme Pita | 43 | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| Mmmuffins | 46 | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| Mrs. Vanelli’s Fresh Italian Foods | 28 | 0 (0.0) | NA | 1 (3.6) | 13 |
| The Great Canadian Bagel | 85 | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA |
Note: NA = not applicable. The following restaurants reported no changes in sodium levels between 2010 and 2013: 241 Pizza, Baton Rouge, Coffee Time, Country Style, Denny’s, Flying Wedge Pizza, Little Caesars, Manchu Wok, Mr. Sub, Pita Pit, Pizza 73, Pizza Nova, Pizzaville, Robin’s Donuts, Swiss Chalet, Teriyaki Experience and Van Houtte’s Bistro. The following restaurants were excluded because they had less than 10 menu items included in this study: Bento Nouveau, Druxy’s Deli, Jugo Juice, New York Fries, Opa, Orange Julius, Pizza Pizza and Treats. Data for changes in sodium density (sodium per 100 g) in each restaurant can be found in Appendix 1 (Supplementary Table 4, available at www.cmajopen.ca/content/2/4/E343/suppl/DC1). *Indicates restaurants that have made a voluntary commitment to reducing the sodium level in their products. †When there was only one food that increased or decreased, the percent change in that food was presented without an indicator of variance.