reduced-sodium-meal
For reduced-sodium-meal, claim term is reduced sodium; nutrient is sodium; food format is meal; threshold is at least 25 percent less sodium per 100 g of food than an appropriate reference food; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.61(b)(7)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- Claim ID
- reduced-sodium-meal our reading
- Claim term
- reduced sodium verified
- Nutrient
- sodium our reading
- Food format
- meal our reading
- Threshold
- at least 25 percent less sodium per 100 g of food than an appropriate reference food verified
- CFR section
- 21 CFR 101.61(b)(7)(i) our reading
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What the source says
The terms “reduced sodium,” “reduced in sodium,” “sodium reduced,” “less sodium,” “lower sodium,” or “lower in sodium” 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 ) The food contains at least 25 percent less sodium per reference amount customarily consumed than an appropriate reference food as described in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(j)(1)> § 101.13(j)(1) . ( ii ) As required for <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(j)(2)> § 101.13(j)(2) for relative claims: ( A ) The identity of the reference food and the percent (or fraction) that the sodium differs from the labeled food are declared in immediate proximity to the most prominent such claim (e.g., “reduced sodium ______, 50 percent less sodium than regular ______”); and ( B ) Quantitative information comparing the level of the sodium in the product per labeled serving with that of the reference food that it replaces (e.g., “Sodium content has been lowered from 300 to 150 mg per serving.”) is declared adjacent to the most prominent claim or to the nutrition label, except that if the nutrition label is on the information panel, the quantitative information may be located elsewhere on the information panel in accordance with <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.2> § 101.2 . ( iii ) Claims described in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.61#p-101.61(b)(6)> paragraph (b)(6) of this section may not be made on the label or in the labeling of a food if the nutrient content of the reference food meets the definition for “low sodium.” ( 7 ) The terms defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.61#p-101.61(b)(6)> paragraph (b)(6) 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 food contains at least 25 percent less sodium per 100 g of food than an appropriate reference 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-101.61