Cargill: FDA sodium targets have started a new conversation
At the Cargill booth, we caught up with Dr Janice Johnson, who said the FDA's new voluntary sodium reduction targets might not be mandatory, but had "revitalized the conversation" about sodium intakes, while the requirement to include potassium on the Nutrition Facts panel (and increase the daily value to 4,700mg) had also prompted some firms to look again at potassium based salt reduction strategies.