Salt
Salt is crystals of sodium chloride, naturally occurring in the ground and dissolved in sea water. Most inherently healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, meat and fish naturally contain very low levels of sodium.
Salt has been used to preserve food for hundreds of years with many foods such as bacon, ham, cheese and smoked fish permanent features in the British diet today. Too much salt in the diet is related to common health problems such as high blood pressure, stroke and heart attacks. Since 2001 we have been gradually reducing the salt content of most of our foods, with careful management to ensure the flavour remains. We now have reached the 2010 FSA salt targets for most of our recipes.
For your own recipes you can flavour dishes with herbs and spices to reduce the amount of added salt needed.
For all our products the sodium and salt content is displayed in the nutrition panel on packaging.
