Centre for Food Safety: Bread sodium reduction scheme meets target, average sodium content down by up to 17%

The Centre for Food Safety announced the results of the bread sodium reduction scheme launched in 2019. All 26 participating manufacturers met the target, with the average sodium content of related products falling by 10% to 17%, while individual reductions exceeded 40%. A Department of Health survey from 2020 to 2022 showed that citizens aged 15 to 84 consumed 8.4 grams of salt per day, with more than 80% exceeding the upper limit recommended by the World Health Organization.