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The food didn't contain any salt and neither did the sugar.
The food didn't contain any salt and the sugar didn't either.
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I would write:The food contained neither salt nor sugar.
Neither... nor is used to express double negatives.
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Neither. When using "neither" or "either" you're referring to the sugar so it's like saying "The sugar didn't have salt" which is obvious because sugar is sugar and salt is salt. :)
It should be "The food didn't contain any salt or sugar." or "The food didn't contain salt nor sugar."
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The food didn't contain any salt and the sugar didn't either is best
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Suger=X
Salt=Y
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