Food Label Development

Full Label Compliance Service

Standard ($1,095)  – With this service, you can feel confident that your label is fully compliant and ready for retail sale in the U.S. This comprehensive option includes creating the Nutrition Facts label and Ingredient/Allergen statement, as well as a two-phase label review. This service is appropriate for standard food and beverage products.

Non-standard requirements (add $500) – This upgrade applies to complex food and beverages requiring extra consideration, including:

  • Baby foods and infant formulas
  • Complex recipe formulas
  • Dietary supplements
  • Multi-packs
  • Extensive label claims
  • Dual-language labels for Canada or Mexico
  • Special calculations, such as % juice, % DV for voluntary nutrients, and PDCAAS scores
  • Child nutrition labeling

Additional package sizes ($500 per size): This includes a nutritional analysis and label review for additional size(s) of the same product.

What’s included in this service?
  • Nutrition Analysis – Using your recipe formula, along with database analysis and/or lab analysis reports, we calculate values for all required nutrients. A product sample is not required. We provide nutrition data per serving and per 100g for the following nutrients:
    • Calories 
    • Total fat
    • Saturated fat
    • Trans fat
    • Cholesterol
    • Sodium
    • Total carbohydrate
    • Dietary fiber
    • Total sugars
    • Added sugars
    • Protein 
    • Vitamin D
    • Calcium 
    • Iron
    • Potassium
    • Additional nutrients available for an added fee
  • Nutrition Facts Label – We use our nutrition analysis report to create a fully formatted, print-ready Nutrition Facts label for you.
  • Ingredient & Allergen Statement – We create the most concise and consumer-friendly ingredient statement allowed by FDA, as well as an allergen statement and guidance on any necessary health warnings.
  • Net Contents Statement 
  • Product Naming & Label Claims – We provide regulatory guidance for naming your product to ensure compliance with FDA standards of identity or common or usual names. We also review and provide guidance on label claims related to nutrient content, health, and structure/function.
  • Label Layout Instructions or Initial Review – The first phase of our two-phase label review includes step-by-step, written instructions for designing your label prototype or an initial review of your drafted label artwork, including a full report of recommended changes.
  • Final Label Review – Once your label artwork is complete, we conduct a second label review to ensure your label is fully compliant.
  • Bioengineered Compliance Statement (if applicable) – Based on your raw material specifications, we assess ingredients and determine bioengineered labeling statements required by the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law.
  • Recordkeeping – We provide recordkeeping as required by FDA’s 2016 Final Rules for nutrition labeling.
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Label Compliance Review 

Standard ($895) –  We offer a comprehensive, two-phase label review for single-food ingredients for the U.S. or Mexico (single language only) to ensure your label is fully compliant.

Non-standard requirements (add $400) – This upgrade applies to food and beverages requiring extra consideration, including:

  • Child nutrition labeling
  • Baby foods and infant formulas
  • Complex recipe formulas
  • Dietary supplements
  • Multi-packs
  • Extensive label claims
  • Dual-language labels for Canada or Mexico
  • Special calculations, such as % juice, % DV for voluntary nutrients, and PDCAAS scores

Additional package sizes (add $400 each) – Includes an artwork review for the second and subsequent package size(s) for the same product.

What’s included in this service?
  • Layout Instructions or Initial Label Review – The first phase includes step-by-step, written instructions for designing your label prototype or an initial review of your drafted label artwork, including a full report of recommended changes.
  • Final Label Review – Once your label artwork is complete, we conduct a second label review to ensure your label is fully compliant.
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Nutrition Facts Label

Standard ($445) – We calculate nutrition for all required nutrients and develop a fully formatted Nutrition Facts label.

Non-standard requirements (add $200) – This upgrade applies to food and beverages requiring extra consideration, including:

  • Child nutrition labeling
  • Baby foods and infant formulas
  • Complex recipe formulas
  • Dietary supplements
  • Multi-packs
  • Dual-language labels for Canada or Mexico
  • Special calculations, such as % juice, % DV for voluntary nutrients, and PDCAAS scores

Additional package sizes (add $200 each) – This includes Nutrition Facts Label and artwork review for the second and subsequent package size for the same product.

What’s included in this service?
  • Nutrition Analysis – Using your recipe formula, along with database analysis and/or lab analysis reports, we calculate values for all required nutrients. A product sample is not required. We provide nutrition data per serving and per 100g for the following nutrients:
    • Calories 
    • Total fat
    • Saturated fat
    • Trans fat
    • Cholesterol
    • Sodium
    • Total carbohydrate
    • Dietary fiber
    • Total sugars
    • Added sugars
    • Protein 
    • Vitamin D
    • Calcium 
    • Iron
    • Potassium
  • Nutrition Facts Label – We use our nutrition analysis report to create a fully formatted, print-ready Nutrition Facts label for you.
  • Recordkeeping – We will provide recordkeeping as required by FDA’s 2016 Final Rules for nutrition labeling.
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Ingredient Statement

Standard ($445) – We create the most concise and consumer-friendly ingredient statement allowed by FDA, as well as an allergen statement and guidance on any necessary health warnings.

Non-standard requirements (add $200) – This upgrade applies to food and beverages requiring extra consideration, including:

  • Child nutrition labeling
  • Baby foods and infant formulas
  • Complex recipe formulas
  • Dietary supplements
  • Multi-packs
  • Dual-language labels for Canada or Mexico
  • Special calculations, such as % juice, % DV for voluntary nutrients, and PDCAAS scores
What’s included in this service?
  • Ingredient Statement
  • Statement of Allergen Compliance and Applicable Health Warnings
  • Bioengineered Compliance – Based on your raw material specifications, we assess ingredients and determine bioengineered labeling statements, as required by the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law.
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Guidance for non-standard services

% Juice – Required for beverages that purport to contain a fruit or vegetable juice

Protein Quality – Required for products making a protein claim or “call out”

Diet Exchanges – Exchange equivalents using standards of the American Diabetes Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Child Nutrition Labeling – Guidance on federal school nutrition programs and Product Formulation Standards

Voluntary Nutrients – Specific requests for nutrients not required within the Nutrition Facts label

Dual Declaration (Dual-columns) – Nutrition Facts Labels showing both “as packaged” and “as prepared” values

Extensive Claims – Review and guidance on multiple claims or claims requiring more in-depth substantiation

Complex Formulas – Recipes with greater complexity, such as meal kits