Health
Many canned soups, including Campbell's condensed and Chunky varieties, contain relatively high quantities of sodium and thus are not desirable for those on low-sodium diets. However, Campbell's Chunky, Healthy Request and other soups, as well as their V-8 and Tomato juices, have claimed to contain reduced sodium levels. These soups use sea salt as one of the methods in lowering sodium.
In the fall of 2007, Campbell's was awarded a Certificate of Excellence, for their efforts in lowering sodium levels, from Blood Pressure Canada.
By autumn 2009, Campbell's claimed it had lowered the sodium content in 50% of its soups range. In March 2009, this claim was challenged. ABC News reported that the low-sodium variety of Campbell soup in fact contains the same amount of sodium as the regular variety, and that Campbell's Healthy Request soup contains more fat than the regular variety.
In December 2009, Consumer Reports found that major canned food companies including Campbell's Soup had tinned products which had Bisphenol A (BPA) levels over 100 ppb in some cases; the testing revealed that just one serving of canned food would exceed an expert's recommendation for daily exposure (0.2 micrograms per kg body weight per day).
In July 2011, citing sinking sales, and a combination of: "consumer views and choices" & having "found no connection between sodium consumption and negative health outcomes" they increased the salt contents again.
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