You’ve probably heard that most Americans eat too much sodium. Your body needs a small amount of sodium to work properly, but too much can be bad for your health. Diets higher in sodium are associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, which is a major cause of stroke and heart disease.
Despite what many people think, most dietary sodium (over 70%) comes from eating packaged and prepared foods—not from table salt added to food when cooking or eating. The food supply contains too much sodium and Americans who want to consume less can have a difficult time doing so.
Kudos Blends is a world-leading company in the manufacture of innovative and highly functional leavening agents, which can improve both the nutritional profile and overall quality of baked products. It was founded back in 1999 by Dinnie Jordan, a female entrepreneur who had the vision to break the traditional rules of leavening agents, offering products with real functional benefits and seeking to satisfy customers’ needs by helping them meet industry challenges.
Baked goods are responsible for a large proportion of the sodium that we consume in our diet, with salt and baking powder being the major contributors. Although the removal of salt can allow some reduction in sodium, too much of a decrease can affect product functionality with regards to taste and mold-free shelf life. Raising agents often contribute more sodium than salt, allowing a significant reduction to be made without affecting flavor and shelf life.
Kudos recognized an area where innovation could reduce the amount of sodium people digest and in a small way help people get healthier but without sacrificing the taste of products.
KODA™ Potassium Bicarbonate is the simplest solution to reduce sodium in chemically leavened goods and has already enabled bakers in the UK and Europe to achieve recommended targets introduced by local governments, while maintaining end-product quality, taste, texture, and shelf-life.
Thymly Products is thrilled to be the distribution partner. Trey Muller-Thym, President of Thymly Products said, “This is a great partnership that will help give our customers a healthier solution in their chemically leavened products. We are looking forward to working with Kudos to provide an alternative to the typical sodium-based leavening agents. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to our sales team.”