The UK’s Public Health England (PHE) has asked the food industry to cut down calories in their products by 20% by 2024, in a move to implement the government’s strategy to tackle childhood and adult obesity. According to the ...
Tags: food industry, healthcare
In response to the new sodium reduction regulations in the UK market, Salt of the Earth has announced its new strategy for the UK food processing and food service markets. The company selected three well-known distributors in two UK ...
Tags: UK market, food service markets
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has launched a new sodium reduction technology, which can be used in meat products. The company claims that its new technology could cut sodium content by 30%, without affecting the salty flavour in meat ...
Tags: Meat Products, dry ingredients
Israel-based sodium reduction solution provider Salt of the Earth has presented its Umamix salt reduction solution across a variety of food and liquid applications. Umamix is a salt reduction ingredient that claims to lower sodium levels ...
Tags: Umamix salt, sauces
Leading global food ingredients manufacturer Tate & Lyle have launched Dolcia Prima, a low-calorie sugar for use in processed foods and beverages globally. Dolcia Prima is Tate & Lyle’s brand name for allulose, a low-calorie sugar ...
Around 48% of all the pizzas surveyed across the UK were found to exceed the recommended limit for an entire day (6g/day), according to a report by the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) and World Action on Salt and Health (WASH). ...
Tags: Half of Pizzas, Food
Reduction in salt intake likely cause of lower death rates from heart disease in England The 15 per cent fall in dietary salt intake over the past decade in England is likely to have had a key role in the 40 per cent drop in deaths from ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Health
Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday. In 2010, more than 90 percent of U.S. ...
Tags: American, love of salt, high blood pressure, salt intake
Changing the texture of bread to make it less dense could help reduce the salt content without losing saltiness as well as makes bread taste pleasantly salty. In a report in American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Agricultural and ...
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Nestlé Ireland is set to reformulate its Kit Kat bars range as part of its efforts to slash approximately 200 tons of saturated fats from the Irish national diet, while improving the nutritional profile of the product. The move is ...
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Food and Drink iNet, which represents food suppliers and wholesalers in the East Midlands, has received additional funding of £669,893 from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support innovation projects of food and drink ...
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About 21 companies in the US have voluntarily lowered salt content in pre-packaged or restaurant foods products, in response to a salt reduction campaign led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York launched the National Salt ...
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The Food & Drink Federation has released a report praising achievements by the industry to cut salt, fat and sugar from products, as its Responsibility Deal with government comes under renewed pressure. There has been an average 10% cut ...
Tags: Food industry, Food, Drink, Food producers
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and British Retail Consortium (BRC) have published a report that claims UK retailers and manufacturers are "reaching the limit" of what they can achieve on salt reduction. The project, undertaken by ...
Tags: Salt, foods, retailers, salt content
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and British Retail Consortium (BRC) have published a report that claims UK retailers and manufacturers are "reaching the limit" of what they can achieve on salt reduction. The project, undertaken by ...
Tags: salt reduction, salt in foods, Public Health