Thursday, May 10, 2007

Soup is Salty. What Do You Want?

"..Half of all soups sold in supermarkets and by takeaway chains contain harmful levels of salt.

And some organic products which would particularly appeal to the healthconscious, including the Seeds of Change brand, are among the worst offenders.

..The Government's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said that by 2010 soup should contain no more than 0.6g of salt per 100g. Yet a survey of 576

varieties by the campaigning group, Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), found 48 per cent are above this threshold."

Read the article

Well, I'm not surprised. Soup IS salty. That's why companies like Amy's have introduced reduced sodium soups to their lines.