Officials say Smart Salt’s range of salt substitute products further enhance Innophos’ ability to provide reduced sodium solutions for baked goods as well as meat, seafood, poultry, dairy and beverage products.

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration prepares to issue voluntary sodium guidelines for food manufacturers and restaurants, food market research by The NPD Group finds that U.S. consumers are less concerned about their sodium intake, and their consumption of foods with a low sodium or no salt label is declining and will continue to decline in the future.

He previously served as senior vice president of sales and business administration.

It is still unclear when FDA will release new sodium guidelines, despite its 2013 goal to have them completed this year.

Senomyx will continue to work to identify flavors with modifying properties intended to restore the desired salty taste in products with reduced sodium.

Perhaps there’s never been a better time for a back-to-basics look at ingredient formulations.

The average daily sodium intake of most Americans is actually associated with better health outcomes than intake levels currently recommended by the CDC and major health departments.

The findings were similar for salted and unsalted peanuts.

Nu-Tek Food Science, a company dedicated to creating and promoting great-tasting, healthier food through sodium reduction, announced that Brian Boor has joined the company as senior vice president of sales and business administration, and that Dave Hickey has been named chief customer officer.

The United Nations agency now recommends that people consume no more than 5g of salt per day by 2025.