Sara Lee Corp. recently trumpeted in a public statement its commitment to cutting salt levels in myriad food products by an average of 20 percent over the next five years.
Ball Park franks, Jimmy Dean frozen breakfast meals, even Sara Lee-brand bread — the Downers Grove-based company will give them all a serious sodium-ectomy.
Packaged-food giants ConAgra Foods and Unilever have made similar public proclamations over the past year about big salt reductions. They've all come at a time when food-makers are increasingly being pressured by health advocacy groups to cut back on sodium.
But walk the grocery aisles and those corporate messages about salt reductions are still drowned out on product labels by the same old shouts of "less fat" or "fewer calories." And don't expect to see a blizzard of less-salt marketing messages anytime soon.
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