New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to formally launch an initiative involving a number of major US food companies that will see the reduction of salt in a range of foods.
The scheme will see the likes of Kraft Foods, HJ Heinz and Subway cut the salt content in its products in a bid to trim salt consumption by 20% over the next five years, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Sixteen food makers and restaurant chains have agreed to join the National Salt Reduction Initiative, which was first announced in January and is part of a broad campaign to slash the salt content of the food supply in the US.
Dr Thomas Farley, commissioner of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, told the Wall Street Journal that the cuts are “significant” but that Americans have “a long way to go” in reducing their salt intake.
The initiative has set reduction targets in 62 categories of packaged food and 25 categories of restaurant food.
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