Salt Content

Mandatory reporting of salt by manufacturers could be needed to 'improve transparency'

02-Nov-2022 By Michelle Perrett

The average salt content of food products sold at supermarkets showed no change between 2015 and 2020, new research from the University of Oxford has aid.

Ontrend umami powder cuts salt in snacks

20-May-2020 By Gill Hyslop

Salt of the Earth has developed a clean label plant-based powder that slashes the salt content in snacks but maintains the desired savoury taste that consumers crave.

Nestlé, Kellogg accused of ‘chaotic’ approach to salt

16-Oct-2014 By Rod Addy

Healthy eating campaigners have slammed Nestlé, Kellogg and other food firms for including varying amounts of salt in the same products depending on where they are sold.

Salt claims leave bitter taste for craft bakers

02-Sep-2011 By Graham Holter

Craft bakers fear they have been unfairly demonised by a report highlighting the high salt content of bread.

‘Shocking’ salt claims anger sausage makers

20-Jun-2011 By Graham Holter

Sausage manufacturers have hit back after a report accused them of producing products with dangerously high salt levels, and say that the results are misleading, while 2012 reduction targets risk going too far.

CASH blasts food industry on salt levels (again)

18-Jun-2010 By Elaine Watson

The food industry has been blasted by lobby group CASH (Consensus Action on Salt & Health) for the fifth time this year, this time for adding dangerously high levels of salt to barbecue foods.