Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of eligible food companies have signed up to the 2017 salt reduction targets.
Thirty-nine food companies have committed to meet the 2017 salt reduction targets. This represents 59% of the retail and manufacturing market in terms of salt.
Full details of the pledges under the Responsibility Deal (RD), including the partners who have signed up are available on the RD website at:
https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/pledges/