Objectives: To explore salt content in bread and to evaluate the feasibility of
reducing salt contained in ‘pan francés’ bread.
Design: The study had two phases. Phase 1, an exploratory phase, involved the
estimation of salt contained in bread as well as a triangle taste test to establish the
amount of salt to be reduced in ‘pan francés’ bread without detection by
consumers. In Phase 2, a quasi-experimental, pre–post intervention study assessed
the effects of the introduction of low-salt bread on bakery sales.
Setting: A municipal bakery in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
Subjects: Sixty-five clients of the bakery in Phase 1 of the study; sales to usual
costumers in Phase 2.
Results: On average, there was 1·25 g of salt per 100 g of bread. Sixty-five
consumers were enrolled in the triangle taste test: fifty-four (83·1 %) females, mean
age 58·9 (SD 13·7) years. Based on taste, bread samples prepared with salt
reductions of 10 % (P = 0·82) and 20 % (P =0·37) were not discernible from regular
bread. The introduction of bread with 20 % of salt reduction, which contained 1 g
of salt per 100 g of bread, did not change sales of ‘pan francés’ (P=0·70) or other
types of bread (P =0·36). Results were consistent when using different statistical
techniques.
Conclusions: The introduction of bread with a 20 % reduction in salt is feasible
without affecting taste or bakery sales. Results suggest that these interventions are
easily implementable, with the potential to contribute to larger sodium reduction
strategies impacting the population’s cardiovascular health.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/555477 |
| Date | 22 May 2015 |
| Creators | Saavedra Garcia, Lorena, Sosa Zevallos, Vanessa, Diez Canseco, Francisco |
| Publisher | The Nutrition Society |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9706071&fileId=S1368980015001597 |
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