In order to prevent excessive salt intake, products using new technology that can reduce salt without spoiling the taste are being developed one after another.
Kirin Holdings, a major beer company, has jointly developed a bowl and spoon that uses electricity to enhance the salty taste.
When you turn on the power and hold it in your hand, a very weak electric current flows, and by controlling the movement of sodium ions contained in food, it is a mechanism that makes even light low-salt food taste strongly salty.
We are proceeding with demonstration experiments and aim to release it next year.
Ms. Ai Sato of the Health Science Division says, "I want people to use tableware to lead a delicious, fun, and low-salt lifestyle."
Ajinomoto Co., a major food company, has developed a seasoning that cuts salt content by up to 60%.
It means that the salty taste is not spoiled by the unique technique of reducing the salt content and combining different ingredients.
In addition to home use, we are strengthening sales of commercial use to nursing homes and hospitals, where demand for low-salt diets is high recently, and we are also conducting research to further increase the cut rate.
The average salt intake of Japanese people exceeds the target amount set by the government for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. .