SynthesisNutrients2014
Target salt 2025: a global overview of national programs to encourage the food industry to reduce salt in foods.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.
- Application of Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions in Dietary Health Management: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Salt Reduction Initiatives Around the World: A Midterm Evaluation of Progress Towards the 2025 Global Non-Communicable Diseases Salt Reduction Target.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- Salt Reduction Initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Evaluation of Progress towards the 2025 Global Target: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic Review on International Salt Reduction Policy in Restaurants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Sodium and Salt Consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic-Review and Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Studies and Surveys.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Dietary Sources of Salt in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Guideline
- The Science of Salt: A Regularly Updated Systematic Review of the Implementation of Salt Reduction Interventions (June-October 2015).Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Pooled it
- Salt Reduction Initiatives around the World - A Systematic Review of Progress towards the Global Target.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Potassium intake is associated with nutritional quality and actual diet cost: a study at formulating a low sodium high potassium (LSHP) healthy diet.Journal of nutritional science · 2022Trial
- Cost and cost-effectiveness of a school-based education program to reduce salt intake in children and their families in China.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Development and Validation of Chinese Health Literacy Scale for Low Salt Consumption-Hong Kong Population (CHLSalt-HK).PloS one · 2015Trial
- Exploring Salt Reduction Strategies: Navigating Policy Implementation in the Middle East.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Food Reformulation in New Zealand: A Success Story of Reducing the Sodium Content in Bread from 2003 to 2023.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Voluntary Food Reformulation Initiatives Failed to Reduce the Salt Content of Artisanal Breads in Greece.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Population-Based Sodium Reduction Strategies in China: Protocol for a Study Using a Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Approach.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Article
- Strengthening salt reduction policy for Malaysia through proposed maximum salt targets of selected processed food groups.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Identification of novel saltiness/saltiness enhancing peptides in egg proteins: Molecular docking, action mechanism andFood chemistry: X · 2025Article
- Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Reducing population salt intake has been identified as a priority intervention to reduce non-communicable diseases. Member States of the World Health Organization have agreed to a global target of a 30% reduction in salt intake by 2025. In countries where most salt consumed is from processed foods, programs to engage the food industry to reduce salt in products are being developed. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of national initiatives to encourage the food industry to reduce salt. A systematic review of the literature was supplemented by key informant questionnaires to inform categorization of the initiatives. Fifty nine food industry salt reduction programs were identified. Thirty eight countries had targets for salt levels in foods and nine countries had introduced legislation for some products. South Africa and Argentina have both introduced legislation limiting salt levels across a broad range of foods. Seventeen countries reported reductions in salt levels in foods-the majority in bread. While these trends represent progress, many countries have yet to initiate work in this area, others are at early stages of implementation and further monitoring is required to assess progress towards achieving the global target.
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