# salt-free-individual-food — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria

For salt-free-individual-food, claim term is salt free; nutrient is sodium; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is only if the food is “sodium free” as defined in; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.61(c)(1), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **Claim ID:** salt-free-individual-food _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** salt free _(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:** only if the food is “sodium free” as defined in _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.61(c)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> The term “salt free” may be used on the label or in labeling of foods only if the food is “sodium free” as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.61#p-101.61(b)(1)> paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

## 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/).