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...
Small Business Nutrition Labeling Exemption: Does Your Product Qualify? When it comes to nutrition labeling, the FDA takes things pretty seriously. All food products sold into retail must have nutrition information clearly stated in the latest label format, health...
In the rush to bring CBD products to retail, manufacturers have been found wanting according to FDA standards. In a statement released in late November, the Food and Drug Administration weighed in on their current stance regarding cannabidiol, thc and the marketing of...
Maybe you're reading this and you're an established food entrepreneur, or perhaps you just have a new recipe that your family believes would make an excellent addition to the shelves of your local grocery store. Either way, in order to get your recipe onto a retail...
2020 Nutrition Label Compliance --- How Much Time is Left? Since the FDA's announcement in 2018, the updated nutrition facts label enforcement clock has been ticking down to January 1, 2020: The official compliance date. And while manufacturers that do under $10...
Official CBD food labeling guidelines have yet to be published by the FDA. But that doesn't mean that the nutrient content can't be accurately represented in the meantimeWith the influx of cbd products hitting the market at a rapid rate coupled with all of the varying...
The Senate won't rest until the FDA releases laws regarding the regulation of CBD products for the safety of consumers. CBD FDA Laws: Updates and Compliance Due to the momentum in the marketplace regarding CBD products, there is increased confusion regarding the...
How Accurate Food Labeling Can Save You From a Product Recall Taking the cheap route for food labeling might just end up costing you thousands of dollars in a product recall. How doing it right the first time saves you in the long run. A food product recall,...
Why Accuracy Matters on a Nutrition Label How simply changing only one ingredient can completely change the nutrition reporting on your nutrition label and put you in danger of a product recall. Ingredient List Changes Alter the Nutrition of Your Product Let's be...
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.
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...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to changes the way that we do food retail, an emerging concern among consumers is their continued personal safety as states begin to relax regulations and life begins to (somewhat) return back to normal. In recent months, grocery...
Normally we save these posts for our sister site, MenuCalc, which serves the restaurant and foodservice industry. However, as of late the lines have begun to get a little, shall we say, blurred? In the wake of the coronavirus epidemic that has swept the globe,...