Seafood Choices, Food Recalls Among Top 2010 Stories

It's been a big year in food news. Here's a look, in no particular order, at 5 of the food trends of 2010, the stories that propelled them to the top and what you can learn from them:

1. Cutting Back on Salt and Sweeteners

The year started with New York City's call for food manufacturers and restaurant chains to voluntarily curb sodium in their foods, with a goal of a 20 percent reduction in the amount of salt in packaged products and restaurant food in the next five years.

That's a big deal! Most Americans consume more than twice the recommended daily sodium limit of 2,300 milligrams—the amount in just 1 teaspoon of table salt. Reducing sodium intake slashed cardiovascular-disease risk by 25 to 30 percent, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. Food manufacturers are getting the message. The number of products touting their "lower sodium" status has more than doubled over the last five years, with major brands bringing out lower-sodium product lines. Other manufacturers aren't making a big deal about it. Instead they're gradually reducing the amount of salt so that consumers don't notice.

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