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Demand for low-sodium foods is as strong as the growth in the gourmet salt market. What’s behind the dichotomy?

ICL Food Specialties used the Research Chef Association (RCA) Annual Conference and Culinology Expo to showcase several functional ingredients with a bayou inspired twist!

NuTek Food Science, the company behind two revolutionary salt products, NuTek Salt and the newly re-launched Salt for Life®, has seven issued patents and 11 more patents pending related to sodium reduction in mainstream foods.

Salinity’s SALTWELL is a natural and environmentally friendly sea salt that contains 35% less sodium than regular salt.

Food manufacturers are under pressure to reduce sodium but not to affect taste or functionality. Potassium chloride-based systems such as Cargill’s FlakeSelect and SaltWise product lines are one option.

Innophos offers Smart-Salt low sodium salt substitutes to reduce sodium levels in baked goods, meat, seafood, poultry, dairy and beverages.

Savoury Systems is a leader in the savory flavor enhancement industry and its team has more than 100 years of collective experience. A specialist in yeast extracts and organic compliant products, Savoury Systems knows consumers demand a full flavor experience while they choose foods with lower salt content.

Tate & Lyle’s SODA-LO Salt Microspheres is a salt reducing ingredient that tastes, labels and functions like salt—because it is salt.

More than 30,000 healthier product choices have been made available to consumers between 2002 and 2013 according to the 2014 Health & Wellness Survey released today by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). The new choices represent an additional 10,000 in just the last four years.