The Public Health Responsibility Deal’s food network has published its new salt strategy, which sets out future plans to help make further progress in reducing salt in the nation’s diet towards the 6g a day goal by:
Public health minister Anna Soubry, said: “Today our typical shopping basket contains much less salt than it did 10 years ago but more needs to be done to help lower these levels even further.
“Through the Responsibility Deal, we are working with the food industry to make sure people are given healthier options with less salt in their favourite foods. The voluntary approach is working and we have already seen results in our everyday foods, but to get the greatest impact, we need more companies pledging to reduce salt levels, particularly in the catering and take away sector.”
Research figures show that more than half the public (53%) rarely or never consider the amount of salt when buying food, despite more than four in five people (86%) knowing that too much salt is bad for their health.
Source: DOH
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