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. "2 Sodium Intake Reduction: An Important But Elusive Public Health Goal." Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States

FIGURE 2-7 Processed, packaged foods with sodium content claims.

SOURCE: Personal communication, M. Brandt, FDA, December 17, 2008.

category appears to have dropped out of the top categories using sodium content claims in the 2000–2001 survey. Thus, most of the sodium content claims in 2000–2001 appear to have been used primarily for foods that are likely to be naturally low in sodium (e.g., beverages, sugar substitutes) rather than for products reformulated to reduce their sodium content (e.g., diet and health benefit foods). One possible exception is the apparent availability of unsalted nuts and seeds carrying sodium content claims in 2000–2001.

TABLE 2-4 Sales-Based Percentages of Brands with Sodium Content Claims

Percentage, 1997		Percentage, 2000–2001
Carbonated soft drinks and water	47.3	Beverages, water	83.7
Fluid milk	26.7	Beverages, carbonated soft drinks	62.0
Diet and health benefit foods	24.6	Sugars and sugar substitutes	44.9
Baby foods	15.0	Nuts and seeds	34.8
Soft drink and beverage mixes	11.1	Beverages, juices/drinks, refrigerated	32.8
SOURCES: Reprinted from Journal of the American Dietetic Association 100(9), Brecher et al., Status of nutrition labeling, health claims, and nutrient content claims for processed foods: 1997 Food Label and Package Survey, pp. 1057–1062, Copyright © 2000, with permission from Elsevier; Reprinted from Journal of the American Dietetic Association 104(6), LeGault et al., 2000–2001 Food Label and Package Survey: An update on prevalence of nutrition labeling and claims on processed, packaged foods, pp. 952–958, Copyright © 2004, with permission from Elsevier.