Nutrition Facts Panel Compliance Date: Understanding the Update Food manufacturers who have been in the business for a while will likely have heard all about the changes the FDA intends to make to the nutrition facts panel in the next few years. But for food...
Food manufacturers who have created labels for their food products before will likely tell you they learned a lot of information they didn’t really need to know in the end. Hours spent perusing the FDA’s website and reading up on every little detail about food...
Why Your Nutrition Facts Panel Must List: A Guide to Mandatory Information Last week, I was working with a small-business owner who was getting ready to create the nutrition facts panel for her product, and she asked a really good question. Essentially, she wanted to...
Nutrition Label vs Supplement Label: Understanding the Differences Nutrition labeling is a whole new world for folks just starting out in the food manufacturing industry. There certainly is a lot to figure out when it comes to FDA labeling guidelines, from formatting...
How to Start a Food Business: Expert Tips for Food Manufacturers I get the pleasure of working with first-time food manufacturers quite often in my line of work, and for me, it’s one of the highlights of my job. I absolutely love hearing about people’s creative...
Nutrition Facts Label Specifications: Tips for Staying Organized It’s easy to get overwhelmed with nutrition facts label specifications. After all, the FDA’s rules are complex, to say the least. Food manufacturers often tell me that when they try to read through all...
How Do I Use a Nutrition Label Calculator? Simple Steps for Success When I met Shelley, she had been running her own salsa business for three years. She sold her line of all-natural salsas at local farmers markets and craft fairs almost every weekend, but as a busy...
How Do I Get Nutrition Facts For My Product? A Guide For First-Time Food Manufacturers 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...
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.
Welcome to 2022 - The Year of Compliance! After an extended grace period due to COVID-19, the FDA is reinforcing its regulations for 2022 and beyond. It will be of utmost importance this year to make sure your product nutrition labels are up to date for compliance....
How to Create a Successful Food Product in 2022 If you're considering making a career out of creating and selling food products to consumers in any capacity, how do you know where to start? You might be surprised to find out that anywhere from 70-90% of food retail...
For the last 15 years, we have helped budding food entrepreneurs, small food businesses, and established manufacturers with their nutrition labeling and FDA-compliance needs. And we've found after nearly 2 decades in business that those who need resources and...
A Beginner's Guide to Selling Your Food Products Online For the budding food manufacturer, getting your food products into retail has never been so accessible. While you may want to go the brick-and-mortar route of consulting with a major grocery retail chain, a lot...