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Salarius FDA Sodium Reduction Goals
Salarius FDA Sodium Reduction Goals.
About this update from Tekcapital Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 0069P\n Tekcapital plc\n 14 October 2021\n \n \n \n \n \n 14 October 2021\n \n \n Tekcapital Plc\n \n \n (\"Tekcapital\", the \"Company\" or \"the Group\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Portfolio Company Update: Salarius, Ltd. (\"Salarius\")\n \n \n FDA Releases Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals for the Food Industry\n \n \n \n \n \n Tekcapital Plc (AIM: TEK), (OTCQB: TEKCF) the UK intellectual property investment group focused on creating valuable products from investing in university technology that can improve people's lives, is very pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just released voluntary sodium reduction goals for the food industry \"to provide measurable voluntary short-term (2.5-year) goals for sodium content in commercially processed, packaged, and prepared foods to reduce excess population sodium intake.\"\n \n \n [i]\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News chief medical correspondent said \"the news from acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock and Susan T. Mayne, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, could be the biggest, most important intervention in a generation for public health.\"[ii]\n \n \n \n \n \n This is a significant milestone for Salarius for the following reasons:\n \n \n \n \n \n · \n We believe the FDA guidelines will encourage snack food manufactures to reduce the sodium levels in their products across the board;\n \n \n · \n Salarius anticipates this should have a positive impact on both B2B sales of MicroSalt® and retail sales of SaltMe! crisps;\n \n \n · \n MicroSalt® as a brand could be viewed as a timely, nationwide solution, to help food companies meet these guidelines without sacrificing the full-flavour of their snack foods, which is key to their successful on-going sales. \n \n \n \n \n \n MicroSalt aims to revolutionize the food industry with its patented sodium microparticle, that delivers the full-flavour experience of salt with roughly half the sodium. MicroSalt's salt particles are approximately 100 times smaller than regular table salt, allowing them to rapidly dissolve, producing a large sensation of saltiness. MicroSalt® is all-natural, non-GMO, and Kosher.\n \n \n \n \n \n \"We're very excited to see the FDA take a leadership role in e...