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

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** low cholesterol _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Nutrient:** cholesterol _(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 contains 20 mg or less of cholesterol per reference amount customarily consumed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.62(d)(2)(i)(A) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Special conditions:** The food contains 2 g or less of saturated fatty acids per reference amount customarily consumed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.”).

## 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/).