Knorr receives 10 Years Lowsalt Awards from ThaiHealth, underscoring achievements in sodium reduction campaign Eat Good, Get Good while promoting positive nutrition for sustainable health among ThaisKnorr, a brand under Unilever - a leading
To raise awareness and encourage manufacturers to reduce salt and sodium in food products, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Thai Health) organised a forum titled "Reducing Salt/Sodium Consumption In Thailand" at the Thai Health office. At the forum, Dr Chantana Ungchusak, chairman of the board of healthy food planning, said that excessive salt intake can cause high blood pressure, heart conditions, reduce kidney functions and clog blood vessels, which can lead to death.
In what it terms an “unfortunate situation”, the Council for Medical Schemes has failed to convince enough solvent, sizeable medical schemes to take over the almost 24,000 members of Health Squared Medical Scheme without waiting periods.
The Thai government expects to collect up to 88 billion baht ($2.65 billion) of ‘salinity’ tax in 2022 from high-sodium food products to promote a healthy lifestyle, the Kasikorn Research Centre said last week after a study.