# low-saturated-fat-meal — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria

For low-saturated-fat-meal, claim term is low saturated fat; nutrient is saturated fat; food format is meal; threshold is 1 g or less of saturated fatty acids per 100 g and less than 10 percent calories from saturated fat; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.62(c)(3)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **Claim ID:** low-saturated-fat-meal _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** low saturated fat _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Nutrient:** saturated fat _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Food format:** meal _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Threshold:** 1 g or less of saturated fatty acids per 100 g and less than 10 percent calories from saturated fat _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.62(c)(3)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The terms “low in saturated fat,” “low saturated fat,” “contains a small amount of saturated fat,” “low source of saturated fat,” or “a little saturated fat” 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 ) The food contains 1 g or less of saturated fatty acids per reference amount customarily consumed and not more than 15 percent of calories from saturated fatty acids; and ( ii ) If a food meets these conditions without benefit of special processing, alteration, formulation, or reformulation to lower saturated fat content, it is labeled to clearly refer to all foods of its type and not merely to the particular brand to which the label attaches (e.g., “raspberries, a low saturated fat food”). ( 3 ) The terms defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.62#p-101.62(c)(2)> paragraph (c)(2) of this section may be used on the label or in the labeling of 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 ) The product contains 1 g or less of saturated fatty acids per 100 g and less than 10 percent calories from saturated fat; and

## 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/).