Soup, cheese and cereal among worst offenders on salt – study

Campaign group says progress made before 2010 has been sacrificed since introduction of voluntary ‘responsibility deal’

Many popular foods still contain high levels of salt, with tinned tomato soup, cheddar cheese, chilled ready meals and cornflakes among the worst offenders, according to research by a health campaign group.

Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) said huge progress made prior to 2010 under a national salt-reduction programme overseen by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) had been sacrificed under a voluntary system in which retailers and manufacturers police themselves. Under the so-called responsibility deal, a complex set of targets are in place to be met by December 2017.

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