Nutrition label guides,
in plain English
Short answers first, then the detail: what each market requires, how to calculate and round the numbers, and how to get the label onto your pack.
Short answers first, then the detail.
Written for small food brands, makers and the designers who set their packs: what each market asks of a nutrition label, how to work out and round the numbers, and how to get the label onto your pack at the right size. Every example label on these pages is drawn by the same engine as the nutritional label maker, from published rules for the United States, Canada, the UK, the EU, Australia and New Zealand.
Making a label
From the numbers to a print file: values, recipes, rounding and type sizes.
- How to make a nutrition label Six steps from your numbers to a print file: market, values, serving, rounding, format, then ingredients and printing. Read the guide
- How to calculate nutrition facts for a recipe Weigh in grams, match good ingredient data, divide by the finished weight, then round. With a full granola example. Read the guide
- Nutrition label rounding rules The rounding tables for the US, Canada, the UK and EU, Australia and New Zealand, from the rule data the maker uses. Read the guide
- Nutrition Facts font and size The type style, the minimum point sizes, how big each format is, and the x-height rules outside the US. Read the guide
Rules by market
What a market asks of your label: exemptions, allergens and front-of-pack labels.
- Do I need a nutrition label? The main exemptions in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and what cancels them. Read the guide
- Canada's front-of-package symbol Who needs the “High in” symbol, the thresholds, the exemptions, and where it goes and how big. Read the guide
- The 14 allergens The UK and EU list, what each allergen covers, how to emphasize it, and what Natasha’s Law means for PPDS food. Read the guide
- UK traffic light labels The thresholds behind green, amber and red, the per-portion rule and a worked shortbread example. Read the guide
Marks and claims
Marks you may only use when your product qualifies.
General information, not legal advice. Each guide lists the official sources it was checked against and the date of that check.
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