calorie-free-individual-food
For calorie-free-individual-food, claim term is calorie free; nutrient is calories; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is less than 5 calories per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.60(b)(1)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- Claim ID
- calorie-free-individual-food our reading
- Claim term
- calorie free verified
- Nutrient
- calories our reading
- Food format
- individual food (not a meal or main dish product) our reading
- Threshold
- less than 5 calories per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving verified
- CFR section
- 21 CFR 101.60(b)(1)(i) our reading
- Special conditions
- if the food meets this condition without the benefit of special processing, alteration, formulation, or reformulation to lower the caloric content, it is labeled to disclose that calories are not usually present in the food 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
The terms “calorie free,” “free of calories,” “no calories,” “zero calories,” “without calories,” “trivial source of calories,” “negligible source of calories,” or “dietarily insignificant source of calories” may be used on the label or in the labeling of foods, provided that: ( i ) The food contains less than 5 calories per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving. ( ii ) As required in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(e)(2)> § 101.13(e)(2) , if the food meets this condition without the benefit of special processing, alteration, formulation, or reformulation to lower the caloric content, it is labeled to disclose that calories are not usually present in the food (e.g., “cider vinegar, a calorie free food”).
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D/section-101.60