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Kerry: Sodium reduction expert reveals key strategies for better snack flavor

09 Apr 2026 | Kerry

Hugo Leclercq, senior global portfolio director for Taste Fermentation and Sodium Reduction at Kerry, discusses the salt reduction challenge in snacks, highlighting how salt’s multi-functional role in flavor, bitterness suppression, and upfront saltiness complicates sodium reduction. Leclercq explains how companies can maintain taste without bitterness by using natural flavorings and fermentation to enhance umami and kokumi for better consumer acceptance of snacks like chips.

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