Vol. 8, Special Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s): Kiran Moyee Handique, Priya Muktan, Sadhana Choudhury, Saurabh Kumar Laskar and Kuleswan Pame

Abstract: Salt has become an important component in the daily diet of human lives. It enhances the flavor, juiciness, texture, water holding capacity, emulsifying capacity, etc. But excess consumption of the salt has been a risk to the human lives especially the adult population. With the day-to-day increase in the consumption rate of the salt has been seen to raise a concern among the consumers. So, in order to overcome the situation, several researches have been conducted to reduce the daily salt intake to a minimum level. Several strategies adopted include- lowering the salt content by stealthy approach, use of some salt alternatives, salt mixtures and flavour enhancers. Apart from these, experiments using some advanced alternative technologies such as High Pressure Processing, hot boning, pulsed electric field processing, radiation, power ultrasound are still in progress and also expected to be conducted in the near future.