date:Dec 20, 2018
ly self-reported by the food industry. This is the first in-depth assessment, using commercial data.
Since it was established, the salt reduction programme has helped to reduce the nations salt intake by 11%, to 8 grams per day. If this figure was brought closer to the recommended 6 grams a day, it could help to prevent thousands of avoidable deaths.
Industry efforts
According to the analysis, just over half of average salt reduction targets were met, with retailers making more progress than