To mark Salt Awareness Week 2025, we have produced a Salt Policy Brief [PDF 896KB] outlining the need for bolder Government action.

Our recommendations to Government:

• Reinstate salt reduction as a priority public health initiative, learning from the successes of the earlier programme under the Food Standards Agency, and leveraging its simplicity and effectiveness as a preventive measure.
• Conduct an urgent review and evaluation of the current salt reduction programme, as originally committed for 2022, to assess itsprogress and identify areas for improvement.
• Consider fiscal levers on unhealthy food, building on the success of the Soft Drink Industry Levy to encourage businesses to actively engage in reformulation.