Your cheddar cheese just got a salt substitute, thanks fda
Your cheddar just got a salt swap, thanks to a new FDA rule letting standardized foods use salt substitutes without losing their names.
By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Policy Regulation
Key points
- FDA’s October 13, 2026 Federal Register action permits salt substitutes in certain standardized foods to reduce sodium.
- The direct supply-chain effect is formulation flexibility for covered food manufacturers, with possible downstream label and foodservice-supply changes.
- The supplied record contains no lobbying disclosure, company beneficiary, contract, award, ownership disclosure or price estimate.
- FDA is the decider because it administers and amends the relevant standards of identity; the supplied record does not provide a separate next-date milestone.
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