ConAgra to reduce sodium in products

ConAgra Foods Inc., one of North America's leading food makers, announced its pledge to reduce salt across its portfolio of food products by 20 percent by 2015. Since 2006, the company has already removed more than 2 million pounds of salt from it products.

The current pledge adds 8 million pounds of salt to the equation, with the company ultimately removing 10 million pounds of salt from American diets each year. The company's commitment builds on ConAgra Foods' legacy as a leader in helping consumers reduce and control sodium intake. More than 20 years ago, ConAgra Foods introduced Healthy Choice meals to the marketplace-the first, and still the only, line of meals in the grocery store to earn the "healthy" label, in part, for meeting the U.S. government's recommendations for healthy sodium levels.

"Sodium reduction is part of our ongoing work to make food more nutritious," said Gary Rodkin, ConAgra Foods CEO. "Americans need less salt in their diets, and they want less salt in their diets. We have the capability to meet consumer wants and needs-food people love not only because it tastes good, but also because it's better for them."

The company has local operations in St. Charles, Naperville and Glen Ellyn.