Starbucks to reduce salt in its product
April 28th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by Pen Men At WorkApril 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): International coffee house chain, Starbucks, is the latest addition in the list of 16 companies, which have vowed to reduce the content of salt in their products. This is a proposal championed by the Mayor of the New York City, Michael Bloomberg, to reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes in America. The companies are being persuaded to cut back the amount of salt used in their products.
The studies have unearthed that the diminishment of the intake of salt can appreciably shrink the number of strokes and heart attacks. This will save the United States $32 billion in health care expenses.
Bloomberg’s National Salt Reduction Initiative is eager to implement the reduction of the amount of salt in foods prepared in restaurants as well as the prepackaged foods. The quantity of salt has to be diminished by 25 percent over the next five years.
Starbucks will cut salt in its breakfast sandwiches like the bacon and egg frittata that currently has 1050 mg. of sodium. Other companies, which have signed on are Goya, Hain Celestial Group, Au Bon Pain, Boar’s Head, FreshDirect, Heinz, Kraft, LiDestri, Mars Food US, McCain Foods, Red Gold,Inc., Subway, Unilever, White Rose, etc.
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