The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new guidance to encourage food producers to voluntarily reduce sodium content across categories like bakery, breakfast cereals and snacks, in order to help consumers reduce their salt intake by 12%...
Salarius – creator of a proprietary salt that reduces sodium content without compromising its ‘saltiness’ – has welcomed the Mexican government’s approval of the nutrition labelling regulation, which warns consumers of high levels of sodium, caloric content,...
More than 90% of children aged six to 18 consume on average 3,279 mg of sodium a day—well above the government’s recommendation of 2,300 mg or less per day, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
High intakes of salt throughout adolescence may be associated with levels of obesity and inflammation, regardless of calories consumed, say researchers.