潜水简报:
- 根据A的情况，美国包装食品中的钠的量显着下降了2000年至2014年studypublished in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
- The researchers looked at data from a nationwide survey of packaged food purchases among 172,042 households. They found a 12% reduction in sodium content over the 15-year period, with the largest drop since 2005.
- The reduction per person was nearly 400 mg per day, but 90% of Americans still exceeded recommended limits for sodium intake from 2009 to 2012. The authors concluded that despite current voluntary initiatives and companies’ sodium reduction pledges, a more concerted effort is needed to reduce sodium intake in the United States.
潜入洞察力：
Food manufacturers have been under increasing pressure to cut sodium content in their products as its link with high blood pressure has become well-established. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Americans getmore than 75%of their sodium from processed foods.
公司现在拥有广泛的减少钠的工具箱，可以从成分范围内使用hollow salt crystals和alternative salts to umami-boosting products like蘑菇提取物和草药。然而，盐是一种难以替代的成分，因为它具有超越风味的功能。它改善了保质期，增强了纹理，它将水与加工肉类等产品结合，有助于防止水分和脂肪损失。
However, industry efforts to reduce sodium in the U.S. and别处have shown that significant reductions are possible — even in product categorieslike cheese and bakerythat traditionally relied on salt for its functional roles.
与此同时，消费者担心他们的钠摄入量。根据CDC research. This concern is likely to continue to spur food manufacturers to explore different approaches to sodium reduction, especially as more Americans are told they need to reduce their sodium intake still further.
Americans'current平均每日钠摄入量is about 3,400 mg per person.The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend consuming less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day as part of a healthy diet. A lowerlimit of 1,500 mg per dayis suggested for those with or at risk for hypertension — a group that accounts for about two-thirds of the U.S. population.
