The food industry is facing up to the issue of salt reduction. But
how can this compound - so important in the preparation and storage
of food - be replaced without the consumer tasting the difference?
Two Indian scientists tell FoodNavigator how they managed to
achieve round salt granules, and what this breakthrough could mean
for the future of food development.
The food industry must take responsibility for the continued
excessive consumption of salt, according to professor Graham
McGregor of St Georges University of London.
Newly published salt reduction targets have been cautiously
welcomed by the UK food industry as being 'more realistic than the
2005 proposals', though health campaigners are furious.
The leading global soup firm this week announced that it is to
slash salt content in its products by up to 45 percent, a move that
underlines continued industry efforts to attract consumers with a
wider variety of 'healthy'...
Some UK ethnic groups are at an increased risk of suffering ill
effects as a result of too much salt according to CASH, which is
making the African Caribbean population the focus of next year's
National Salt Awareness Week.
Salt should be treated as a food additive for the purposes of
regulation, with strict limits placed on the salt content of
processed foods, according to a petition sent by the Center for
Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) to the...
Wild Flavors has launched a new salt replacement product that it
claims blocks the negative taste of potassium chloride while
keeping the true taste and mouthfeel of salt.
Number two UK supermarket Asda becomes the latest food player to
slice salt from foods, announcing plans to cut the salt from its
entire range of tinned vegetables.
Though consumers are still not prepared to sacrifice taste for a
low-sodium diet,the food industry is beginning to make headway in
find alternatives to salt despite numerous challenges, writes
Anthony Fletcher.
Condemned for contributing to the worsening health problems in the
population, food makers are under orders to slash salt levels in
their processed food formulations but replacing this cheap flavour
enhancer is a challenge for food...
Sixty year olds and over who cut back their salt intake to the
recommended 6g per day could reduce their risk of a stroke by up to
31 per cent, claims a group of cardiovascular experts in the UK,
reports Lindsey Partos.
As governments challenge the high consumption of salt in their
nations' diets, US researchers have shed light on a controversial
30 year old theory that suggests the high rate of hypertension in
certain ethnic groups is caused,...
As governments challenge the high consumption of salt in their
citizens' diets, US researchers shed light on a controversial
30-year-old theory that the high rate of hypertension in certain
ethnic groups is caused, in part, by...
Bread has been highlighted as the biggest single source of excess
salt intake in Ireland, according to the country's Food Safety
Authority, which is now stepping up the pressure on Irish bakers to
act, reports Chris Mercer.
In the wake of a row that broke out earlier this month over the
most common food ingredient in the world, manufacturers in the UK
have laid out further plans to cut salt in food products.
Food makers are criticised again for the high salt content in food
products as campaign group CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and
Health) publishes new survey saying sandwiches on sale at retail
outlets are so salty they should carry...
As the US advisory body on dietary advice convenes in Washington,
D.C. to discuss salt consumption, the Salt Institute and the US
Chamber of Commerce were taking the Bush government to court,
claiming the full scientific facts on...
Top heart charity launches 'pinch of salt' consumer awareness
campaign in the UK to tackle salt consumption while scientists in
the US investigating the link between salt and taste forsee new
healthy salts in the future.