Sodium Chloride

New name would 'improve consumer understanding and promote clear food labeling' says Unilever

Unilever, CSPI support NuTek potassium salt petition, but the Salt Institute urges FDA to reject it ‘in the strongest terms’

24-Aug-2016 By Elaine Watson

Unilever and The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) have both voiced their support for a citizen’s petition asking the FDA to permit ‘potassium salt’ as an alternate name for potassium chloride on food labels, while the Salt Institute has...

Should firms be allowed to label potassium chloride as 'potassium salt'? NuTek petitions the FDA

01-Jul-2016 By Elaine Watson

Allowing companies to label potassium chloride as ‘potassium salt’ on food labels would ‘demystify’ the ingredient for consumers and help the industry achieve the dual goals of lowering sodium and increasing potassium, argues a citizen’s petition filed...

Special Edition: Asia

Looking East for salt reduction

30-Sep-2010 By Nathan Gray

Reducing salt is a major mandate for companies all over the world, but some of the latest science on salt replacers is coming from the East.

No bitter battle over salt science

01-Feb-2010

Excess salt can cause hypertension, heart disease, death. That’s the scientific consensus behind public health campaigns to reduce consumption of sodium chloride in the diet. But not everyone reads the science as conclusive, and when it comes to minerals...