Have you not witnessed the Government strong arming corporations to accede to their perceived wishes, one of which is lowered salt intake ostensibly to improve health and lower medical costs, especially for those on Medicare? Campbell just saw the PC handwriting on the wall and tried to get ahead of the curve. Think they thought that their lower salt products would be as tasty as before? The issue remains one of Government interference in what, up until now, has been our personal choice...just extend what you have seen the last 2 years into every facet of our living. Maybe you are comfortable with it, but I am not.
Looks to me as though this decision dates back nearly five years...was the Bush Administration strong-arming Campbell's into offering lower sodium alternatives?
Campbell soups to be made with lower sodium sea salt
By Lorraine Heller, 24-Feb-2006
The leading global soup firm this week announced that it is to slash salt content in its products by up to 45 percent, a move that underlines continued industry efforts to attract consumers with a wider variety of 'healthy' product options.
Inexcusable meddling in health care delivery is not a justification for inexcusable meddling in diet. In keeping with the reply I just made to another poster, liberal orthodoxy is NEVER proven wrong by failing deliver its promised benefits, its unforeseen negative consequences, or the paradoxes it leads us all into. The solution is always more power for them and less freedom for us.