salt or sodium free claim A claim that a food is sodium-free or salt-free, and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the consumer, may only be made where the product contains no more than 0,005 g of sodium, or the equivalent value for salt, per 100 g. [REGULATION (EC) No 1924/2006 Corrigendum 2007-01-18]. Food having less than 5 milligrams of salt or sodium per amount customarily consumed (or for meals and main dishes, less than 5 miligrams of salt or sodium per labeled serving). Such foods must not contain an ingredient that is salt or sodium or generally understood to comtain salt or sodium except where the ingredient listed is footnoted '*adds a trivial amount of {salt or sodium}' [US FDA] no or reduced salt or sodium claim