# no-salt-added-individual-food — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria For no-salt-added-individual-food, claim term is no salt added; nutrient is sodium; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is No salt is added during processing; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.61(c)(2)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17. - **Claim ID:** no-salt-added-individual-food _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Claim term:** no salt added _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Nutrient:** sodium _(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:** No salt is added during processing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.61(c)(2)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Special conditions:** If the food is not sodium free, the statement, “not a sodium free food” or “not for control of sodium in the diet” appears adjacent to the nutrition label _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > The terms “unsalted,” “without added salt,” and “no salt added” may be used on the label or in labeling of foods only if: ( i ) No salt is added during processing; ( ii ) The food that it resembles and for which it substitutes is normally processed with salt; and ( iii ) If the food is not sodium free, the statement, “not a sodium free food” or “not for control of sodium in the diet” appears adjacent to the nutrition label of the food bearing the claim, or, if the nutrition label is on the information panel, it may appear elsewhere on the information panel in accordance with § 101.2 . ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D/section-101.61 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/).