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  "id": 643025,
  "title": "Franchise malatang contains 2.7 times recommended daily sodium intake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/franchise-malatang-contains-2-7-times-recommended-daily-sodium-intake-643025",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T07:47:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/travel-food/20260812/franchise-malatang-contains-27-times-recommended-daily-sodium-intake"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A spicy Chinese-style soup sold by major franchise chains in Korea can contain sodium equivalent to 2.7 times the recommended daily intake, an investigation found. The Korea Consumer Agency released the findings Tuesday after examining the nutritional content of malatang from 20 franchise chains. According to the report, a single bowl contained an average of 5,380 milligrams of sodium, equivalent…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Franchise malatang contains 2.7 times recommended daily sodium intake",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/franchise-malatang-contains-2-7-times-recommended-daily-sodium-intake",
        "published": "2026-08-12T07:37:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}