University of Copenhagen researchers analyzed 114 randomized trials
of sodium reduction, concluding that... a «measurable» benefit in individuals with normal blood pressure (normotensives) of even a single millimeter of mercury could only be achieved with an «extreme» reduction in salt intake.
Although there were some concerns that the proposed third - tier
of sodium reduction would have a negative impact on dairy items (like cheese and yogurt) down the line, there was a high level of support for the proposed dairy changes in the meal pattern guidelines in general.
Morton Salt has said it will serve as North American distributor for K+S Group's potassium chloride ingredient Kalisel, expanding its range
of sodium reduction ingredients.
Education of New Zealand consumers on the health benefits
of sodium reduction and how this may be achieved would complement this approach.
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement an interim final or final rule regarding nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) that --(1) requires crediting of tomato paste and puree based on volume; (2) implements a sodium reduction target beyond Target I, the 2 - year target, specified in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, «Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs» (FNS — 2007 — 0038, RIN 0584 — AD59) until the Secretary certifies that the Department has reviewed and evaluated relevant scientific studies and data relevant to the relationship
of sodium reductions to human health; and (3) establishes any whole grain requirement without defining «whole grain.»
Not exact matches
With the growing popularity
of plant - based meat alternatives, Israel - based Salt
of the Earth tested its
sodium reduction ingredient to add umami to such products.
New research showing that 98 %
of homes have packaged food that exceeds the recommended amount
of sodium, despite drastic
reductions in the last 15 years, should be a wake - up call for manufacturers to cut back on the mineral even more and for consumers...
Salt
of the Earth's Mediterranean Umami may allow simultaneous
sodium and sugar
reduction in clean label foods like savory sauces.
However, this year's recommendations are controversial and venture into new territory, focusing on «sustainable eating» and the
reduction of sodium, sugar and saturated fats.
Rhoden cites as an example
of growing potential the National Salt
Reduction Initiative, a national effort by major food companies including Heinz, Kraft, Subway and Campbell's Soup to reduce
sodium levels in their products.
From protein fortification to
sodium reduction to browning, the U.S. dairy industry's breadth and depth
of products and production capabilities creates ingredients designed to enhance bread, cakes, cookies and other bakery applications and help the bakery industry grow.
Unlike many other potassium chloride - based salt
reduction ingredients, which can have a bitter aftertaste and need flavour masking agents to cover this — «dirtying up the label» in the process, said Nutek president and chief operating officer Brian Boor, the US - based supplier has a number
of patents protecting its wet chemistry processing technology that removes the bitterness without affecting the
sodium reduction capabilities.
We are excited about the possibilities that the addition
of the salt substitutes will provide us as we help food companies in their
sodium reduction efforts.»
«A unique co-crystal primarily
of magnesium in balance with potassium, Smart Salt represents a proven functional and nutritional solution for
sodium reduction.
And the National Salt
Reduction Initiative is a partnership
of organizations — including major food companies — that aims to cut
sodium in processed foods by 25 % by 2014.
Sodium reduction results will vary based on sodium content of fry before being s
Sodium reduction results will vary based on
sodium content of fry before being s
sodium content
of fry before being salted.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) last week urged the Food and Drug Administration to ensure any proposed long - term
sodium reduction targets are based on a review
of the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for
sodium, future knowledge gained from work on the short - term
sodium reduction targets, results
of new research that will become available on human health outcomes and dietary
sodium intake, and the emergence
of new technologies that allows
sodium reduction targets to be safely and effectively achieved.
«Here for example we focus on
sodium reduction by eliminating the off - taste
of potassium chloride, which is often used to replace
sodium chloride.
Delivers flavor enhancement and
sodium reduction with a 25 - 50 % replacement
of sodium chloride.
The F.D.A. set a two - year
reduction target
of 440 mg
of sodium per 100 grams for white bread, down from a 2010 baseline
of 523 mg
of sodium in the sales - weighted mean concentration
of sodium per 100 grams.
Sodium reduction of 30 % may be achieved through the incorporation
of Alberger in snack products like chips and crackers.
An understanding
of how New Zealand consumers» food purchasing behaviour is influenced by perceptions
of dietary
sodium will inform future
sodium -
reduction strategies.
In June 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced draft voluntary
sodium reduction targets, which were partly informed by the design of the National Salt Reduction In
reduction targets, which were partly informed by the design
of the National Salt
Reduction In
Reduction Initiative.
«We are able to draw on our extensive agricultural background to bring this specialty blend
of vegetables to our customers as a solution for flavor enhancement and
sodium reduction, while keeping label declarations clean.»
Once nutrient profiles are established, nutrition claims may only be used on food products deemed «healthy», though two notable exceptions will apply: nutrition claims referring to the
reduction of fat, saturated fats, trans fats, sugars and salt /
sodium will be allowed without reference to a profile for the specific nutrient, provided the claims comply with the conditions
of the Regulation; and a nutrition claim may be used even if a single nutrient exceeds the nutrient profile as long as a statement in relation to this nutrient appears on the label in close proximity to, on the same side and with the same prominence, as the claim (the statement must read: «High [name
of nutrient] content»).
The FDA's move to include potassium as one
of the nutrients that must be listed on the Nutrition Facts panel (the FDA is also raising the DRV for potassium from 3,500 mg to an RDI
of 4,700 mg)- coupled with its new
sodium reduction targets - have focused attention on potassium chloride (KCL), a leading salt replacer.
Cargill has introduced a new blended potassium chloride /
sodium chloride ingredient for
sodium reduction in a variety
of applications, with half the
sodium of regular salt, the company has said.
Two years isn't enough time for food manufacturers to make the kind
of reductions in
sodium that the FDA is asking for, says the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which also urges the agency to tweak the wording
of its guidance in order to avoid...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has also urged the FDA to «expedite evaluation»
of the petition in comments on the agency's
sodium reduction targets, adding:
Collaborating with its customers, Salt
of the Earth's R&D department yielded a 25 - 35 %
sodium reduction across a variety
of vegan and vegetarian products using its Mediterranean vegetable umami extract, which combines sea salt with tomato concentrates, mushroom and seaweed extracts using a proprietary process.
(The food industry also nixed rules relating to the
reduction of sodium, increasing whole grains and reducing the number
of servings
of starchy vegetables allowed per week.)
Sure, you may be getting a 25 percent
reduction of sodium in some packaged foods, but these products tend to offer minimal amounts
of magnesium and potassium, so even with a
sodium reduction they are not as healthful as less processed foods.
In addition, the CRomnibus language freezes current levels
of sodium in school meals until the USDA can demonstrate that scheduled, further
reductions in
sodium are beneficial to children's health.
Specifically, the SNA sought to: gut the new whole grain standard from 100 percent «whole grain - rich» to 50 percent; halt further
sodium reductions in school food; and revert to the old system under which kids could pass up all fruits and vegetables a lunch, instead
of being required to take a half - cup serving.
Specifically, the School Nutrition Association and its allies are seeking to: slash by 50 % the amount
of «whole grain - rich» foods served to kids; make it optional instead
of mandatory for kids to take a 1/2 cup serving
of fruits or vegetables at lunch; and halt further
sodium reductions in school food.
Public health advocates also applauded the City's adoption, noting that in California they've seen
reductions in the consumption
of sodium, high fructose corn syrup and processed foods.
: We have gotten so caught up in the
reduction of undesirable nutrients (trans fats, added sugars,
sodium) that we often forget the presence
of other nutrients (magnesium, potassium, fiber) is just as important.
The new standards, developed by the Institute
of Medicine, call for a dramatic
reduction in
sodium to be phased in.
At particular issue are proposed
reductions in
sodium (which, according to the food industry, will make food unpalatable to children) and a
reduction in the amount
of starchy vegetables (read: potatoes) that may be served to school kids.
SNA is specifically asking Congress to revert back to 2010 standards that require only half
of all grains offered to be whole - grain rich, leave
sodium levels where they are until research proves further
reductions benefit children and do away with the requirement that forces kids to take the half cup
of fruit and vegetables with every meal, since most students end up throwing them away.
Similarly, Big Food likely also supports the cap on
sodium reductions (salt is 1/3
of Big Food's palatability arsenal; see: Michael Moss's Salt Sugar Fat) as well as the requested change to a la carte rules (who profits from all that frozen pizza schools want to serve every day?)
Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level
of whole grains in the total number
of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further
reductions in
sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.
SNA strongly supports the new school meal limits on calories and unhealthy fats, mandates to offer students larger servings and a wider variety
of fruits and vegetables, requirements that half
of all grains offered be whole grain rich and initial
sodium reductions.
One
of my district's stated nutritional goals is the
reduction of sodium in school food, and I wondered recently how they're doing.
It is beyond the scope
of this letter to go into the mass
of peer - reviewed data, including the very recent paper from Martin O'Donnell and colleagues (Journal
of the American Medical Association, DOI: 10.1001 / jama.2011.1729), cautioning against population - wide
sodium reduction down to the 1500 to 2300 milligram per day danger zone.
Most surprisingly, say the researchers, a participant who had a baseline systolic blood pressure
of 150 or greater and was consuming the combination low -
sodium / DASH diet had an average
reduction of 21 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure compared to the high -
sodium control diet.
«Temporal
Sodium Release Related to Gel Microstructural Properties — Implications for
Sodium Reduction» was published in a recent issue
of Journal
of Food Science.
«In the absence
of such a trial, results
of the PURE study argue against
reduction of dietary
sodium to currently recommended levels as an isolated public health recommendation,» she said.
Recent studies that examine links between
sodium consumption and health outcomes support recommendations to lower
sodium intake from the very high levels some Americans consume now, but evidence from these studies does not support
reduction in
sodium intake to below 2,300 mg per day, says a new report from the Institute
of Medicine.
«These are clinically significant findings, with this magnitude
of blood pressure
reduction being comparable to that expected with the addition
of an anti-hypertensive medication and larger than effects usually seen with
sodium restriction in people without CKD,» said McMahon.