low-cholesterol-individual-food
For low-cholesterol-individual-food, claim term is low cholesterol; nutrient is cholesterol; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is The food contains 20 mg or less of cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.62(d)(2)(i)(A), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- Claim ID
- low-cholesterol-individual-food our reading
- Claim term
- low cholesterol verified
- Nutrient
- cholesterol our reading
- Food format
- individual food (not a meal or main dish product) our reading
- Threshold
- The food contains 20 mg or less of cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed verified
- CFR section
- 21 CFR 101.62(d)(2)(i)(A) our reading
- Special conditions
- The food contains 2 g or less of saturated fatty acids per reference amount customarily consumed 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 “low in cholesterol,” “low cholesterol,” “contains a small amount of cholesterol,” “low source of cholesterol,” or “little cholesterol” may be used on the label or in the 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 ) For foods that have a reference amount customarily consumed greater than 30 g or greater than 2 tablespoons and contain 13 g or less of total fat per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving: ( A ) The food contains 20 mg or less of cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed; ( B ) The food contains 2 g or less of saturated fatty acids per reference amount customarily consumed; and ( C ) 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 these conditions without the benefit of special processing, alteration, formulation, or reformulation to lower cholesterol content, it is labeled to clearly refer to all foods of that type and not merely to the particular brand to which the label attaches (e.g., “low fat cottage cheese, a low cholesterol 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-101.62