# lean-individual-food — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria

For lean-individual-food, claim term is lean; nutrient is total fat; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is less than 10 g total fat, 4.5 g or less saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed and per 100 g; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.62(e)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **Claim ID:** lean-individual-food _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** lean _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Nutrient:** total fat _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Food format:** individual food (not a meal or main dish product) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Threshold:** less than 10 g total fat, 4.5 g or less saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed and per 100 g _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.62(e)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Special conditions:** provided that the food is a seafood or game meat product _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The term “lean” may be used on the label or in labeling of foods except meal products as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(l)> § 101.13(l) and main dish products as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(m)> § 101.13(m) provided that the food is a seafood or game meat product and as packaged contains less than 10 g total fat, 4.5 g or less saturated fat, and less than 95 mg cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed and per 100 g;

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D/section-101.62

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
Part of [FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria](https://referencesource.org/fda-nutrient-content-claim-criteria/).