Egyptian J. of Nutrition Vol. XXXIII No.3 (2018) Sources of dietary sodium among Egyptian adults. *Sahar S. Zaghloul ** AshrafA. Abd-EI Mogeid *Asmaa S. Abd EIAal, *Naglaa M. Abd EI Fattah, *The National Nutrition Institute **The Faculty of Home Economics-Helwan University Abstract To determine food sources of sodium among Egyptian adults,96 healthy adults aged 25-64 years were selected from workers of the National research institutes of the General Organization of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI).Two 24-hour dietary recalls were collected using the United State Department of Agriculture's (USDA) multi-pass method between 2014 and 2016. In addition socioeconomic information were collected. Weight and height were measured. Results showed that: The mean sodium intake was 3841.4±1223.7 for males and 2735.0 ± 1118.9 mg/d for females. The major food items rich in sodium were baladi bread (15.1 %) and white cheese (10.9%). The top food groups contributing to sodium intake were composite dishes/homemade food (26.1 %), bakeries (23.6%), dairy (20.0%) and fast food (8.3%). (40.1 %) of sodium was consumed in lunch, followed by breakfast (29.3%) then dinner (23.7%).