Danisco Launches Product for Salt Reduction

16/10/06 Danisco has launched a novel flavour called SALboost, which allows the reduction of salt in processed foods by 25-35% while keeping all the taste. SALboosT compensates for the flavour lost through salt reduction. By activating the salt receptors on the tongue, it maintains or improves the salt taste in a variety of foods.  The overall flavour impression is longer lasting, more rounded and generally more savoury.

Containing just 4% salt, SALboosT has a significant flavour impact at a low dosage, performing particularly well in cooking sauces, pie fillings, soups, savoury biscuits, puff pastry, bread and salted fat spreads.

According to Danisco, public health campaigns have drawn increasing attention to the health risks associated with excessive salt consumption. SALboosT provides manufacturers with a valuable opportunity to give their products a healthier profile.

Today, some 75% of salt consumed in the industrialised world comes from processed food.  While health organisations recommend a maximum salt intake of 6g, the average adult typically consumes more than 9.5g per day, increasing the risk of hypertensions, osteoporosis, asthma and kidney disease.