Kraft to cut salt in its North American foods

ms DNC ^ | 3/17/10 | ap

[Nachum]

Company plans to reduce sodium by 10 percent in its products over 2 years

NORTHFIELD, Ill. - Kraft Foods says it will cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years as food makers try to appeal to health-conscious consumers.

Kraft said Wednesday that the move will reduce the sodium in Oscar Mayer Bologna by 17 percent and Easy Mac Cups by 20 percent. This comes on top of other cuts it has made in sodium levels in recent years.

[BunnySlippers]

Kraft Foods suck BIGTIME! If you buy real cheese ... from people who know how to make it, they will add the RIGHT amount of salt. Not more or less.

[Touch Not the Cat]

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[Irenic]

The Kraft product I buy the most of is Kraft Real Mayo, if they don’t change that, I suppose I’m OK.

I can’t STAND bologna!

We don’t eat processed cereals, we only eat oatmeal or grits.

We don’t eat the mac and cheese.

Just leave my Mayo alone, Kraft!

[Red in Blue PA]

Here comes the Nanny State!

[paul544]

There’s no nefarious scheme here. Packaged foods have WAY too much sodium. Check out a can of soup. Any reduction is a good thing if done right and most consumers would consider that.

[boop]

I used to love King Vitaman cereal. then it went “low sugar”. Tasted like crap. If I WANT low sugar, I’ll buy corn flakes or some other bland cereal.

[triSranch]

Refined Salt: White Poison
Fish from the ocean will die quickly if placed in a solution of refined salt (table salt) and water.
The sodium chloride, in its form as it comes from the refinery, is actually poisonous to them.
Bottom line, is that yes it can be harmful to consume too much refined salt, but you can consume natural unrefined salt with very few problems if..any at all.”

The problem with salt is not the salt itself but the condition of the salt we eat - refined!
Major producing companies dry their salt in huge kilns with temperatures reaching 1200 degrees F, changing he salt's chemical structure, which in turn adversely affects the human body. Then they take all the minerals out and resale..
What you end up with is trash...table salt..good for nothing..
The facts are that in the heating process of salt, the element sodium chloride goes off into the air as a gas. What remains is sodium hydroxate ( table salt ) which is irritating to the system and does not satisfy the body's hunger and need for sodium chloride

Hell, the human body doesn't even know what it is or what to do with it.. The big companys have got to get rid of it somewhere or...to someone. I wouldn't feed that junk to an animal.

[SIDENET]

SALT CAUSES GLOBAL WARMING.

[BILLNHILL MAKE ME ILL]

WE WANT TASTY CARDBOARD DAMMIT!

[sergeantdave]

Without salt, humans couldn’t float.

[DoughtyOne]

Humans need salt in their daily diet. This is getting ridiculous.

[seemoAR]

I would be happy if the food manufacturers voluntarily added “Contains MSG” in large letters on the can.

[abovethefray]

Americans have sure gotten sissyfied lately. So, less evil salt in our food and we can live forever. Thank God our betters know what is good for us.

[LomanBill]

Sodium isn’t salt, NaCl is.

[McGavin999]

I would love for them to come out with low salt foods as an alternative that we could choose for ourselves. I look for low salt when I buy groceries simply because the amount of sodium in foods is shocking.

If Kraft is doing this because they want to, and the taste remains good, then good for them.