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FDA proposes rule to allow salt substitutes in standardized foods

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The FDA has proposed a rule that would allow the use of “safe and suitable salt substitutes” in standardized foods, providing manufacturers with greater flexibility for reducing sodium content.

According to the agency, standardized foods are those with “standards of identity” (SOI), which list the required and optional ingredients of certain foods. SOIs may also describe the proportion of ingredients and “prescribe a method of production or formulation,” according to the FDA. Read more in Healio.

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Salt substitutes consistently beneficial for BP, survival, CV events

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Salt substitutes consistently improved BP and lowered risk for mortality, CV mortality and CV events, according to a meta-analysis published in Heart.

“These findings are unlikely to reflect the play of chance and support the adoption of salt substitutes in clinical practice and public health policy as a strategy to reduce dietary sodium intake, increase dietary potassium intake, lower blood pressure and prevent major cardiovascular events,” the researchers wrote. Read more in Healio.

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