Evidence Library
Please find below a list of the key publications supporting the case for potassium-enriched salt. For a more comprehensive list, click here or to return to the main page click here.
Effect of Salt Substitution on Cardiovascular Events and Death
New England Journal of Medicine 2021
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2105675
Effects of salt substitutes on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Heart 2022
https://heart.bmj.com/content/108/20/1608.long
Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitution as a Population Strategy to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Hypertension 2022
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19248
The best of ‘best buys’: public health values of potassium-enriched salt substitute
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy 2024
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14779072.2024.2349105
Perspective: Switching the world’s salt supply – learning from iodization to achieve potassium enrichment
Advances in Nutrition 2023
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2161831323014321
Potassium-Enriched Salt Substitutes: A Review of Recommendations in Clinical Management Guidelines
Hypertension 2024
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21343
Estimated benefits and risks of using a reduced-sodium, potassium-enriched salt substitute in India: a modeling study
Hypertension 2022
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19072
Cost-Effectiveness of a Household Salt Substitution Intervention: Findings From 20 995 Participants of the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study
Circulation 2022
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059573
National Initiatives on Salt Substitutes: Scoping Review
JMIR Public Health Surveillance 2023
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10692885/
Availability, Formulation, Labeling, and Price of Low-sodium Salt Worldwide: Environmental Scan.
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2021
https://publichealth.jmir.org/2021/7/e27423/
