reduced-sugar-meal
For reduced-sugar-meal, claim term is reduced sugar; nutrient is sugar; food format is meal; threshold is at least 25 percent less sugars per 100 g of food than an appropriate reference food; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.60(c)(6)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- Claim ID
- reduced-sugar-meal our reading
- Claim term
- reduced sugar verified
- Nutrient
- sugar our reading
- Food format
- meal our reading
- Threshold
- at least 25 percent less sugars per 100 g of food than an appropriate reference food verified
- CFR section
- 21 CFR 101.60(c)(6)(i) our reading
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 “reduced sugar,” “reduced in sugar,” “sugar reduced,” “less sugar,” “lower sugar” or “lower in sugar” 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) , main dish products as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(m)> § 101.13(m) , and dietary supplements of vitamins or minerals, provided that: ( i ) The food contains at least 25 percent less sugar 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) ; and ( ii ) As required in <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 sugar differs between the two foods are declared in immediate proximity to the most prominent such claim (e.g., “these corn flakes contain 25 percent less sugar than our sugar coated corn flakes”); and ( B ) Quantitative information comparing the level of the sugar in the product per labeled serving with that of the reference food that it replaces (e.g., “Sugar content has been lowered from 8 g to 6 g 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 . ( 6 ) The terms defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.60#p-101.60(c)(5)> paragraph (c)(5) of this section may be used on the label or in the labeling of a meal product as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(l)> § 101.13(l) and a main dish product 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 sugars 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-101.60