By now, you might have heard of the clean labeling movement, a consumer trend that is sweeping the CPG industry. In a nutshell: Consumers are demanding more out of the products at their local grocery store shelves. They’re looking for simpler ingredients, shorter...
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...
Over 50 million people in America are living with food allergies, with more and more diagnosed each year. This condition isn’t one that you can take a medication for, it is an everyday, vigilant effort on behalf of the sufferer and their families to avoid the foods...
United States Nutrition Labels & EU Nutrition Labels: Making the Switch for Food Import Whether you're a large CPG company with several food products or a smaller manufacturer of packaged foods, one thing remains constant: your nutrition label must be...
We've officially made it to 2020! And you know what that means -- it's time to make sure that all items are buttoned up on your 2020 food labeling compliance checklist. If you have yet to make the switch from your old nutrition facts panel format into the new label...
Why it's about time You Updated Your Food Labeling Software If you're a food manufacturer in the food service business or you're thinking about creating a food product to be sold into retail stores, you know the importance of a nutrition facts panel. It's the single...
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...
It is no secret that the FDA has the highest standards set for food entrepreneurs, budding manufacturers and large CPG companies alike. Just last year, over 650 recalls were administered for FDA and USDA regulated food products --- that’s over 125,000,000 pounds of...
The Real MEAT Act and Food Labeling: What You Need to Know As the war between meat alternative brands and the agriculture industry continues to wage on, new legislation has begun to emerge. The Real MEAT Act, a new bill proposed by New York Representative Roger...
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...
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,...