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...
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,...
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...
It is no secret that the current coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has rearranged the way that the consumer meets their basic needs, especially in regards to purchasing groceries. According to an interview conducted by Forbes with the VP of Global E-Commerce at...
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.
Here at LabelCalc, we are all about supporting our clients -- especially when their dreams include becoming a food manufacturer. That being said, if you've made it to our site and you are brand new to food manufacturing, welcome! Congratulations on your new venture....
Everyone’s taste-buds and dietary preferences have one thing in common: specific ingredients. Learn how you can harness the power of your product recipe ingredients to target the right consumer for your product. Feel like you need some input from an expert? Learn about how you can consult with a labeling and food industry professional to perform a product review to make sure you’re getting the most out of your ingredients!
As we enter the fourth quarter it’s important to begin preparing for 2021 by reviewing the past year of 2020 flavor trends and be aware of their evolution into what will soon be the first quarter of the new year. This past year of flavor trends brought us back in time...
Just this past week, Beyond Meat announced that they are opening up a new avenue for selling their products, and if you read our title you probably know exactly what direction they're going in. That's right, instead of relying on grocery stores or online grocery...