NEW SURVEY WARNS OF HIGH SALT LEVELS IN SOUP

Friday, February 26th, 2010

We tend to think of soup as a healthy, comforting food, but the high levels of hidden salt it contains present a very real risk to our health.
High levels of salt are linked to high blood pressure, and increase the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. There is growing evidence that it is [...]

FSA and Ham Processors in Salt Level Stand-off

Monday, August 4th, 2008

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been warned that moves to cut salt levels in bacon and ham increases the risk of the potentially fatal, paralysing food bug botulism. Ham processors are concerned that the moves to reduced salt content to 2.12g per 100g by 2010 and 1.75g by 2012, are related to the [...]