PepsiCo is making some changes to some of their products coming soon.
Heres what to know.
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My mom never served a sandwich without including a side of potato chips.
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It provided the perfect salty crunch to counter my soft turkey sandwich on white bread.
Luckily, standards regarding the sodium content of our foods are changing.
One company attempting those positive changes is PepsiCo and they’re setting their sights on my beloved chips.
Whats the Problem With Salt?
The problem is that within recent history, weve over-saturated many of our convenience foods with it.
Weve done this to help maximize shelf-life of these foods, but also to hey palates.
That comes with a health cost.Excessiveintake of sodium can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.
And most Americansnearly90 percentregularly eat too much of it.
For perspective, one serving (1-ounce) of chips is currently 170 milligrams.
The reduction means the new chips would provide about 140 milligrams of sodium per serving.
How Will That Affect Taste?
If you do the math, the difference is only 30 milligramsremember, its only a 15 percent reduction.
That’s equivalent to about 0.01 teaspoons of salt.
And it’s important for us to take a leadership position to help be a catalyst for change."
