Why LabelCalc is Your Best Choice for Online Nutrition Label Creation
If you’re a seasoned food producer, you’re used to nutrition analysis and label creation being a time consuming and complex process. But newcomers to the industry may not be aware of the complicated decision before you. You could send samples to an expensive laboratory, wait for a third party firm to evaluate your ingredients, or mess with cumbersome CD software. However, you now have a more exciting, cost-effective, and timesaving option.
Below are details demonstrating LabelCalc’s services and features behind our web-based application to help you create FDA-compliant food labels. Reading from left to right, you will see how LabelCalc compares to other methods of analysis when it comes to price, turnaround time, and overall benefits.
| LabelCalc® Online Database Analysis | Analysis with CD Software | Analysis by an Independent Company | Analysis by a Laboratory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant Nutrition Results | Get new results 24/7 the moment you sign-up. | Wait up to two weeks for shipping and installation. | Wait for the completion of the work and delivery of results. | Wait up to 30 days for results to return to you. |
| Access to Nutrition Information | Always have access to your results and the full USDA-compiled database. | Pay more than $1,500 to set up a server connection for easy access. | Only receive your results. | Only receive your results. |
| Ability to Modify Recipes | Easily change your ingredients anytime from any computer. | Modify recipes only from the computer where CD software has been installed. | Pay up to $100 per recipe to submit modifications. | Pay up to $800 to send a new sample for chemical analysis. |
| Learnable User-Friendly Interface | Get live demos, weekly webinars, and daily access to expert staff if you get stuck. | Pay up to $6,000 to train your employees on the complex software. | N/A | N/A |
| Outside Menu Evaluation | Included in our expert consulting packages. | CD software does not have this capability. | Pay up to $700 for menu evaluation services. | N/A |
| FDA-Approved Health Claims Provided | Instantly receive a report of the health claims you qualify for. | CD Software provides some of the more basic health claims. | Pay more than $80 per recipe to receive qualifying health claims. | Pay more than $100 per recipe to receive qualifying health claims |
| Multiple Account Users Allowed | Easily add multiple users with secured access to the same account. | Pay up to $1175 to set up a company network server. | N/A | N/A |
| Ability to Add Your Own Ingredients | Seamlessly add new ingredients and apply them to any recipe in your library. | Pay up to $25 per additional ingredient. | N/A | N/A |
What is LabelCalc?
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.
Watch A Demo
If you’re interested in learning more about how LabelCalc works together with clients to produce high-quality FDA-approved labels, check out our FAQ page. You may also be interested in viewing our software in action—to see LabelCalc work with a real-time recipe, visit our demo center.