Upcoming labeling requirements could require food processors and manufacturers to feature a nutrition indicator box on the front of their packaging. If these changes are adopted, LabelCalc is here to simplify the transition and ensure compliance. A few months ago, the...
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How to Get Barcodes for Your Food Products
Starting a food business can be exciting, but it comes with its own set of challenges. One critical step in bringing your food products to market is obtaining barcodes. Food manufacturers often wonder whether or not they need one for their product and how to obtain...
How to Safely Use Food Grade Essential Oils in Your Products
In the past few years, functional food products have begun sprouting from the woodwork as consumer demand for healthier products, many in response to the year-long COVID-19 pandemic. And while essential oils have several benefits in regards to aromatherapy, it is...
How to Get Nutrition Fact Labels for Your Products
Jack was perplexed. “How the heck do I get nutrition facts for my product?”, he asked. I could hear the slight panic in his voice over the phone. He’d already perfected each of his recipes in his line of gourmet hummus, he’d chosen and ordered his packaging, and he’d...
The 3 Best Practices for Creating a Nutrition Facts Label
It might come as no surprise that in 2022, there are more than one way to create nutrition facts labels for your food products. Because we live in a digital age, where data is easily accessible, food manufacturers aren't restricted to outsourcing nutrition facts label...
How Do Ingredient Databases & Nutrition Calculators Work?
Using LabelCalc: Understanding Ingredient Databases LabelCalc exists to make nutrition labeling a lot easier than using a food lab. Using a food lab is costly and it takes a long time to receive the nutrition reporting, and they don't even provide you with a label!...
When to Use a Supplement Label over a Nutrition Label
Do I Need a Nutrition Label or a Supplement Label for My Product? If you are new to manufacturing and you have a great product you're trying to bring to retail that's nutrition or food-related, you're gonna need a label to educate the consumer about the...
What Nutrition Label Format Do I Need for My Food Product?
Hi there new food manufacturer! If you have landed on this article and are trying to bring your secret sauce to retail grocery stores or attempting to sell online, congratulations! You've just entered the world of food manufacturing, and we are so happy you are here!...
FDA Compliant Food Labels
How to Use Technology to Create FDA-Compliant Food Labels 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...
Weight-Loss Percentage of Dehydrated Food Products
Calculating the Weight-Loss Percentage of Dehydrated Food Products 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...
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