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In one of this month’s feature articles, a topic is covered—sodium—that’s highly controversial…but only because the actual controversy has been manufactured.

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

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.

Dave Hickey has been named chief customer officer.

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.

Nu-Tek’s new website, www.nu-tekfoodscience.com, helps food processors reduce sodium at unprecedented levels.

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

Balchem Corporation’s new BakeShure Complete line represents a healthier choice to traditional baking powders and is suitable for use in all chemically leavened bakery applications, including fresh baked, frozen, refrigerated and FTO products.

In order to reduce sodium in foods, a multi-dimensional approach must include preserving taste and technical function -- for starters.