# sugar-free-meal — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria

For sugar-free-meal, claim term is sugar free; nutrient is sugar; food format is meal; threshold is less than 0.5 g of sugars per labeled serving; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.60(c)(1)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **Claim ID:** sugar-free-meal _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** sugar free _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Nutrient:** sugar _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Food format:** meal _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Threshold:** less than 0.5 g of sugars per labeled serving _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.60(c)(1)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Use of terms such as “sugar free,” “free of sugar,” “no sugar,” “zero sugar,” “without sugar,” “sugarless,” “trivial source of sugar,” “negligible source of sugar,” or “dietarily insignificant source of sugar.” Consumers may reasonably be expected to regard terms that represent that the food contains no sugars or sweeteners e.g., “sugar free,” or “no sugar,” as indicating a product which is low in calories or significantly reduced in calories. Consequently, except as provided in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.60#p-101.60(c)(2)> paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a food may not be labeled with such terms unless: ( i ) The food contains less than 0.5 g of sugars, as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(c)(6)(ii)> § 101.9(c)(6)(ii) , per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving or, in the case of a meal product or main dish product, less than 0.5 g of sugars per labeled serving; and

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D/section-101.60

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/).