sodium-free-individual-food
For sodium-free-individual-food, claim term is sodium free; nutrient is sodium; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is less than 5 milligrams (mg) of sodium per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.61(b)(1)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- Claim ID
- sodium-free-individual-food our reading
- Claim term
- sodium free verified
- Nutrient
- sodium our reading
- Food format
- individual food (not a meal or main dish product) our reading
- Threshold
- less than 5 milligrams (mg) of sodium per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving verified
- CFR section
- 21 CFR 101.61(b)(1)(i) our reading
- Special conditions
- The food contains no ingredient that is sodium chloride or is generally understood by consumers to contain sodium verified
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 “sodium free,” “free of sodium,” “no sodium,” “zero sodium,” “without sodium,” “trivial source of sodium,” “negligible source of sodium,” or “dietary insignificant source of sodium” may be used on the label or in the labeling of foods, provided that: ( i ) The food contains less than 5 milligrams (mg) of sodium per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving or, in the case of a meal product or a main dish product, less than 5 mg of sodium per labeled serving; and ( ii ) The food contains no ingredient that is sodium chloride or is generally understood by consumers to contain sodium, unless the listing of the ingredient in the ingredient statement is followed by an asterisk that refers to the statement below the list of ingredients, which states: “Adds a trivial amount of sodium,” “adds a negligible amount of sodium” or “adds a dietarily insignificant amount of sodium;” and ( iii ) As required in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.13#p-101.13(e)(2)> § 101.13(e)(2) if the food meets these conditions without the benefit of special processing, alteration, formulation, or reformulation to lower the sodium content, it is labeled to disclose that sodium is not usually present in the food (e.g., “leaf lettuce, a sodium free 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