Please click here to view the report: Salt Reduction: What Works [PDF 3,414KB]

To mark Salt Awareness Week 2022, Action on Salt and WASSH developed a policy resource highlighting ‘what works’ when it comes to salt reduction policies. Decades of very strong evidence tells us unequivocally that salt negatively impacts health. Robust salt reduction policies must be prioritised to prevent millions of needless deaths globally, and save billions in healthcare costs.

Results from a scoping review of real-world evidence has revealed several key elements, including:

• Bold and ambitious political leadership to implement and maintain salt reduction policies
• Mandatory salt reduction targets to create a level playing field
• Front of pack nutrition labels to incentivise reformulation
• Advocacy to aid the prioritisation of salt reduction on political agendas
• Consumer awareness campaigns to build support for salt reduction, but not to be relied on as a standalone tool for salt reduction
• Interventions in the out of home sector and fiscal measures on added salt products could ensure wider progress