for mobile phones:

SMARTPHONE

BLACKBERRY

WAP PHONE

* Community Events

* Add Your Event

* User Submitted Videos

* On Your Side * 7 On Your Side

* Volunteer Network

* Working Women

* Drive To Stay Alive

* Marketplace * Around the Home

ABC 7 News } News } World News

; leer el articulo en espanol

Kraft to cut salt in its North American foods

posted 03/17/10 11:28 pm

search tags: kraft * cut * salt

Stay on top of breaking news!

Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. Your Email:

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday that it will cut the salt in its products that are sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers. The changes at Kraft, the largest U.S. food maker, will affect more than 1,000 products and eliminate more than 10 million pounds of salt over the two-year period, the company said.

Kraft and other food makers have cut their use of sodium in recent years. Among other cuts, the company said this latest move will cut the salt in Oscar Mayer Bologna by 17 percent, Easy Mac Cups by 20 percent and Velveeta by 10 percent.

"We are reducing sodium because it's good for consumers and, if done properly, it's good for business," Rhonda Jordan, president of health & wellness at Kraft Foods, said in a statement. "A growing number of consumers are concerned about their sodium intake, and we want to help them translate their intentions into actions."

ABC 7 Talkback:

Health experts generally agree Americans eat too much salt and the vast majority of it comes from processed food. The excess is dangerous because salt contributes to high blood pressure, which can lead to stroke, kidney disease, heart disease or heart failure.

Many health leaders have urged food makers to reformulate their products to reduce salt.

Dietary guidelines generally limit healthy adults to about a teaspoon, or 2,300 milligrams of sodium, a day. People who are most sensitive to salt - African Americans, people with high blood pressure and others - should limit their daily intake to 1500 milligrams, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Kraft, which is based in Northfield, Ill., offers more than 100 products with no sodium or what it calls low or reduced levels. But a 2.05-ounce, single-serving Easy Mac Cup, for example, has 700 milligrams of sodium - about 30 percent of the recommended average daily intake.

Kraft said it also is reformulating some items for international markets, including cheese products in the UK. But the bulk of the company's business is in North America.

Among other companies aiming to cut sodium is ConAgra Foods Inc., the maker of Chef Boyardee and Hebrew National. ConAgra announced in October that it would will cut sodium 20 percent in the next five years.

Campbell Soup Co. has cut the sodium in more than 100 of its products - including V8 juices, Prego sauces, Pepperidge Farm breads and some of its namesake soups - by 25 percent to 50 percent over the past four years. Campbell announced in December that it would cut the sodium in its SpaghettiOs canned pasta by up to 35 percent.

Written By SARAH SKIDMORE

Email To Friend

ABC 7 Talkback - Story Comments

You need to be a registered member of

ABC 7 News to leave comments on news stories.

Not a member yet? Click Here to sign up.

Please leave your comments below:

Messages that harass, abuse or threaten other members; have obscene or otherwise objectionable content; have spam, commercial or advertising content or inappropriate links may be removed and may result in the loss of your posting privileges. Please do not post any private information unless you want it to be available publicly. Never assume that you are completely anonymous and cannot be identified by your posts.

More News and Videos

(c) 2010 WJLA-TV

(c) 2010 The Associated Press

All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Fun and Games

TM & (c) WJLA/NewsChannel 8, a division of Allbritton Communications Company

Please read our Privacy Policy. By using this site, you accept our Terms of Service.

Closed Captioning Contact Information

WJLA adheres to the ICRA RATING SYSTEM

{ts '2010-03-17 23:28:38'}

concept		evidence	hits	links
	$drugwar_propaganda 90% [news] [concept]	$propaganda_theme1 $propaganda_theme2 $propaganda_theme3 $propaganda_theme4		Classic Modern Drug Propaganda Themes in Chemical Prohibition Drug War Propaganda (book)
	$propaganda_theme1 90% [news] [concept]	"User" "African Americans"	2	Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1) http://www.drugwarfacts.org/druguse.htm http://www.drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm http://www.narcoterror.org/
	$propaganda_theme2 60% [news] [concept]	"dangerous" "heart failure" "stroke"	4	Madness,Crime,Violence,Illness (propaganda theme 2) http://www.drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm Distortion 18: Cannabis and Mental Illness
	$propaganda_theme3 50% [news] [concept]	"Community" "American" "America" "Americans"	6	Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3)
	$gateway 55% [news] [concept]	"can lead to"	1	Use is Abuse, Gateway (propaganda theme 4) http://www.drugwarfacts.org/gatewayt.htm Distortion 7: Gateway
	$propaganda_theme4 55% [news] [concept]	$gateway		Use is Abuse, Gateway (propaganda theme 4)
	$drugs 90% [news] [concept]	$various_drugs
	$various_drugs 90% [news] [concept]	"Drug"	1
	$aggrandizement [news] [concept]	"experts"	1	Tyranny of Experts Aggrandizement of Government The Media As Enablers of Government Lies

observer's propaganda picks

See drug-warrior propaganda somewhere?
Submit text or a url, and bot will analyze prohibition propaganda for you!

Prohibition-era cartoons
Anti-prohibition political cartoons from Prohibition I.

Donate to drugsense please give generously!