In the last portion of our series, we're covering how to recognize the opportunities to make qualified health claims about your products. During this phase of the food industry where functional medicine is colliding with food manufacturing at a rapid rate,...
How do I determine my product's serving size? If you have found yourself wondering this aloud to yourself, you are in good company. This is one of the most commonly asked questions that we receive from our food manufacturing clients, and for good reason. Determining...
As we move into part three of our "claims series", you may want to grab a pen and a pad of paper as we dive into nutrient content claims on a food label as this particular portion of claim citation comes with several legal stipulations around what can and can not be...
As promised, we continue our series on claims this week on what we believe to be one of the most prevalent, and trending, parts of food product labeling today: structural and functional claims. Given the current climate of the food industry in the wake of the COVID-19...
Next to safety, content claims might be the most highly reviewed criteria of a food product by the FDA. During a time where functional foods have risen to exponential heights in consumer popularity, it is important to understand what types of claims there are...
Although we are a nutrition analysis and label creation platform that strives to make the creation of nutritional labels as simple as possible -- we do understand that some of you may be new to labeling. If this is true about you, then we're sure you agree that this...
Given the fragile state of the food industry and the high demand for shelf-stable products on behalf of the consumer during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA has loosened their strict guidelines on minor ingredients that do not contain any of the top 8 food allergens. In...
We know, FDA compliance can be daunting. Gathering the right information for your nutrition label can be exhausting. And checking off all the boxes to make sure that you’re not up for a recall, just plain overwhelming. Well in the interest of bringing a sense of...
By now, if you have a business in the food industry (whether on the foodservice or food manufacturing side) you know that the FDA has went to lengths to change the way packaged foods and even menus are understood by placing regulations around food labeling. You’ve...
Importing food to the United States can be a tricky process. With so many hurdles to overcome, one very important one can be made much easier with the right tools. We’re talking about creating your nutrition facts panels for your food products. And if you are looking...
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 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...