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Default Salt.....the industry and food manufacturers are pushing backagainst the "lower the salt" forces.

Steve Pope wrote:
>
> You say this is a new item... possibly they are thinking
> ahead to when there is more regulation, and pro-actively
> putting in less sodium.


That being my point. There is no conspiracy
to promote salt, or if there is, it has been
spectacularly unsuccessful. They've been losing
ground every year for the last 30 years.

Now, just the fear of the anti-sodium crowd
is enough to get manufacturers to mutilate
their products.