# low-calorie-individual-food — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria

For low-calorie-individual-food, claim term is low calorie; nutrient is calories; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is The food has a reference amount customarily consumed greater than 30 grams (g) or greater than 2 tablespoons and does not provide more than 40 calories per reference amount customarily consumed; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.60(b)(2)(i)(A), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **Claim ID:** low-calorie-individual-food _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** low calorie _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Nutrient:** calories _(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:** The food has a reference amount customarily consumed greater than 30 grams (g) or greater than 2 tablespoons and does not provide more than 40 calories per reference amount customarily consumed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.60(b)(2)(i)(A) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The terms “low calorie,” “few calories,” “contains a small amount of calories,” “low source of calories,” or “low in calories” 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: ( i ) ( A ) The food has a reference amount customarily consumed greater than 30 grams (g) or greater than 2 tablespoons and does not provide more than 40 calories per reference amount customarily consumed; or

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D/section-101.60

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/).