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ConAgra pledges to reduce salt in product portfolio

Shaun Weston16 Oct 2009

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ConAgra Foods Inc has announced its pledge to reduce salt across its portfolio of food products by 20% by 2015.

Since 2006, the company has already removed more than two million pounds of salt from it products. Its newest pledge adds eight million pounds of salt to the equation, with the company ultimately removing 10 million pounds of salt from American diets each year.

“Sodium reduction is part of our ongoing work to make food more nutritious,” said Gary Rodkin, ConAgra Foods CEO. “Americans need less salt in their diets, and they want less salt in their diets. We have the capability to meet consumer wants and needs; food people love not only because it tastes good, but also because it’s better for them.”

Source: ConAgra

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