When it comes to DIY labeling, there are several platforms out there at multiple price points (hey, we're one of them) that can help you create, download and print an FDA-approved nutrition facts panel in as little as an hour or so. And while utilizing technology to...
Are you a new food manufacturer or a seasoned manufacturer looking for an updated solution for your product labeling? Today we're doing a deep dive into all of the basics of DIY Nutrition panels. How does it all work? How are nutrition values for food products...
Since 2004, the FDA has required that manufacturers cite the Top 8 Food Allergens in an allergen statement on all of their food products in addition to their nutrition facts panel and ingredient statement. This regulation was set into place as a part of the Food...
When a food manufacturer needs to create a nutrition facts panel for their product, their recipe ingredients and units of measure are the key items that are used to provide the appropriate nutrition report. And unless these items are sold in their raw form, there is a...
With 2020 coming to a close, it is now more important ever to check your labels for FDA compliance. Although the FDA has extended repeat grace periods for food manufacturers to implement the new regulatory labeling format for 2020, there's only so many weeks left...
Over the last few years we've seen substantial growth in the plant-based market creating meat substitutes to reduce the environmental impact of traditional livestock farming practices. To put it simply, if the demand for meat does not go down, it won't be long before...
As and industry leading nutrition analysis provider in the food industry, we are all about making the workplace more efficient. Let's face it, the industry has been a notoriously slow adopter when it comes to technology. Recipes are still in books or excel files...
Some people eat to live, some live to eat. And then there are others who have to watch what they eat to live. There is a specific consumer demographic that looks to their nutrition labels as a very real lifeline, and we're not just talking about lowering cholesterol....
Food manufacturing, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, is not for the faint of heart. Consumer health is leading their increasing demands for food that they feel good about eating while their environmental concerns trail closely beghind. Forbes said it first:...
Over the last few weeks, we've spent time talking to the new manufacturer who may or may not be in the early phases of their journey to retail. Maybe they've been perfecting their amazing barbecue sauce and need some tips on labeling. But what happens when you've had...
LabelCalcⓇ is one of FoodCalc LLC’s two nutrition analysis products, created to help meet the needs of the food industry. Based in San Francisco, CA, we are a nationally recognized provider of online nutrition analysis that is fast, accurate, and FDA-compliant.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues you evolve the landscape of the food industry as we know it, consumers are falling into new categories of dietary preferences (and offsetting expected retail sales in the process). Over the past year, as an effort to preserve and...
Although we have been around for the better part of 15 years, it never ceases to amaze us how engrained the idea is that a manufacturer must use a lab in order to create FDA-Compliant nutrition labels for their food products. But we still get the question! To be fair,...
While using an ingredient-database platform (like LabelCalc) can be an efficient way to create FDA-Compliant food labels, it can be confusing to understand how a system can replace a full-blow lab analysis. 20 years ago, had you wanted to bring a product to market,...
It's no secret that despite rigorous regulations imposed by the FDA, the United States has some of the most lenient food laws in the world. This issue is most concerning when it comes to ingredients that are banned in other countries being GRAS (generally recognized...