April 12/New York/Marketwire -- American consumer awareness of the benefits of reducing salt (sodium chloride) and sodium in their diet has reached a nationwide crescendo, making low-sodium/salt and no sodium/salt foods and beverages a major food trend for 2010, according to "Low- and No-Sodium Foods and Beverages in the U.S." by market research publisher Packaged Facts.
Representing 3% of the $600 billion total U.S. market for foods and beverages, Packaged Facts estimates the market for low-sodium/salt and no-sodium/salt products in the U.S. market reached $22 billion in 2009. Low-sodium/salt foods and beverages comprised $17 billion of the total and no-sodium/salt products accounted for the remainder.