26 Mar 2020 --- UK adults aged 19 to 64 years consume an average of 8.4 g of salt per day, which is 40 percent higher than the government recommendation of a maximum of 6 g daily. This is according to the latest Public Health England (PHE)-funded trend analysis that found “no statistically significant linear change in estimated daily salt intake over time” between the first assessment after salt reduction work began in 2005/06 and the most recent evaluation in 2018/19. Considering 69 percent of the salt intake estimates were higher than the population target maximum, salt-reduction lobbyists at Action on Salt (AoS) call for both the UK government and the food industry to take action.
