19 May 2020 --- A spike in snacking during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside excessive sodium consumption globally, has pushed up the salt-reduction agenda as an on-trend task for snack companies. To this end, Israel-based Salt of the Earth has developed a new, clean label sodium-reducing umami powder for snack applications. The plant-based ingredient is marketed as a “1:1 drop-in replacement” for salt, yielding a 40 percent reduction in sodium. When incorporated as an addition to a seasoning blend, it can then be applied to the snacks using dusting, tumbling, or oil slurry technologies.
