Hi,
It's a little bit more complex than that. I'm on a low salt diet. Sue and I are more than capable of reading product labels and deciding what will work and what won't. The problem is finding foods that are low enough in salt. Very many companies put in a lot more salt than needed because salt enhances the flavor of foods. To compound the situation, the more one eats salt, the less one notices it. To maintain that 'salty goodness' level requires progressively more salt. Even 'reduced salt' and 'low salt' items often have much more than is desirable.
So, I consider that proposal a consumer protection issue. After all, as Jester pointed out, there is nothing stopping a person from adding all the salt they desire. However, I'd be satisfied with only regulating the 'low salt' products.
--Pete
(05-07-2010, 06:20 PM)kandrathe Wrote: All processed food products in the US are labeled with Fat and Sodium content. Now informing is not enough, because people don't read them or care to read them. Now, they need to go further to restrict the formula's of the manufacturers.
It's a little bit more complex than that. I'm on a low salt diet. Sue and I are more than capable of reading product labels and deciding what will work and what won't. The problem is finding foods that are low enough in salt. Very many companies put in a lot more salt than needed because salt enhances the flavor of foods. To compound the situation, the more one eats salt, the less one notices it. To maintain that 'salty goodness' level requires progressively more salt. Even 'reduced salt' and 'low salt' items often have much more than is desirable.
So, I consider that proposal a consumer protection issue. After all, as Jester pointed out, there is nothing stopping a person from adding all the salt they desire. However, I'd be satisfied with only regulating the 'low salt' products.
--Pete
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