antioxidant-claims-individual-food
For antioxidant-claims-individual-food, claim term is antioxidant; nutrient is antioxidant nutrients with an established RDI; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is The level of each nutrient that is the subject of the claim is sufficient to qualify for the; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.54(g)(3), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- Claim ID
- antioxidant-claims-individual-food our reading
- Claim term
- antioxidant verified
- Nutrient
- antioxidant nutrients with an established RDI our reading
- Food format
- individual food (not a meal or main dish product) our reading
- Threshold
- The level of each nutrient that is the subject of the claim is sufficient to qualify for the verified
- CFR section
- 21 CFR 101.54(g)(3) our reading
- Special conditions
- The nutrients that are the subject of the claim have recognized antioxidant activity verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A nutrient content claim that characterizes the level of antioxidant nutrients present in a food may be used on the label or in the labeling of that food when: ( 1 ) An RDI has been established for each of the nutrients; ( 2 ) The nutrients that are the subject of the claim have recognized antioxidant activity; that is, when there exists scientific evidence that, following absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, the substance participates in physiological, biochemical, or cellular processes that inactivate free radicals or prevent free radical-initiated chemical reactions; ( 3 ) The level of each nutrient that is the subject of the claim is sufficient to qualify for the <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.54#p-101.54(b)> § 101.54 (b) , <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.54#p-101.54(c)> (c) , or <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.54#p-101.54(e)> (e) claim (e.g., to bear the claim ”high in antioxidant vitamin C,” the product must contain 20 percent or more of the RDI for vitamin C). Beta-carotene may be a subject of the claim when the level of vitamin A present as beta-carotene in the food that bears the claim is sufficient to qualify for the claim. For example, for the claim “good source of antioxidant beta-carotene,” 10 percent or more of the RDI for vitamin A must be present as beta-carotene per reference amount customarily consumed; and
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D/section-101.54