One of the National Restaurant Association’s 2014 Food and Beverage Innovations Awards winners is the Flavor Fresh & House Blend Liquid Portions Line from Diamond Crystal Brands, Savannah, Ga.

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.

Consumers’ love affair with processed food, combined with a rising awareness of the damage that high levels of salt can do to health, will make food and drink with reduced salt formulations a massive opportunity for manufacturers globally in the near future, finds Business Insights.