Nutrition information panel calculator
for Australia

What an Australian NIP must show

A nutrition information panel (NIP) starts with the number of servings per package and the serving size. Then come seven rows, each as an average quantity per serving and per 100 g (or 100 mL for liquids), in the order of Schedule 12 of the Food Standards Code. The rules sit in Standard 1.2.8, and every number may have at most 3 significant figures (1.2.8—7(3)).

Other rows join only when you make a claim, and a voluntary row is itself a claim (except fibre under 2 g per serving, trans fat and lactose). A claim about fibre, sugars or any carbohydrate adds a dietary fibre row; a claim about fats adds trans, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat; a vitamin or mineral brings its %RDI. When you add a voluntary row, the maker treats it as the claim it is: it adds the rows that claim needs and checks the conditions it knows. Here is the sample muesli’s panel, with and without the optional %DI column:

The toasted muesli NIP drawn by the engine: standard, and with the optional % daily intake column and its footnote.

Per serving and per 100 g, side by side

Unlike the US and Canada, Australia has no table of reference amounts: you choose the serving size. The panel always shows both columns, even when the serving is exactly 100 g. Enter one set of values (per 100 g, per 100 mL or per serving) and the maker works out the other column from the unrounded numbers, so rounding happens once per cell. FSANZ’s own guide shows why: 1700 kJ per 100 g with a 120 g serving prints 2030 kJ, not the 2040 you would get from the rounded figure.

Servings per package is the pack size divided by the serving: the muesli’s 750 g bag and 60 g serving give Servings per package: 12.5. For liquids the per 100 mL column needs your product’s density; the maker never assumes one.

Energy and carbohydrate under Schedule 11

Energy is always worked out from the components with the factors of Schedule 11, from unrounded grams. An energy figure you enter (a lab result, or US Calories × 4.184) stays in your record but is not printed. kcal is optional: the maker divides the unrounded kJ by 4.18 and prints it as “kJ (Cal)”.

Sugar alcohols and some other substances have their own factors (D-allulose 2, Erythritol 1, Glycerol 18, Isomalt 11, Lactitol 11, Maltitol 13, Mannitol 9, Organic acids 13, Polydextrose 5, Sorbitol 14, D-tagatose 11, Xylitol 14 kJ/g). The maker prints them only when it has their factor; otherwise it tells you the panel needs review.

“Carbohydrate” on a NIP means available carbohydrate: fibre and sugar alcohols are left out. From a US or Canadian total carbohydrate the maker subtracts dietary fibre and polyols, so it needs both (0 g is fine; a blank is not zero). For the muesli: total carbohydrate 61.28 g − fibre 10.6 g − polyols 0 g = 50.68 g per 100 g. Dietary fibre gets its own row on the panel when you make a claim about fibre, sugars or another carbohydrate; when it’s required and there is none, the row reads 0.

Worked example: toasted muesli

The sample toasted muesli (oats, raisins, almonds, honey, wheat bran, sunflower seeds and canola oil) has a 60 g serving. Its energy per 100 g is 17 × protein + 37 × fat + 17 × carbohydrate + 8 × fibre = 1789.84 kJ. Every printed cell below is the engine’s own output.

The rule is “no more than 3 significant figures”; FSANZ’s convention, which the maker follows, is a whole number for energy and sodium below 100, one decimal place for grams below 100, and 3 significant figures from 100, with ties going to the even figure. So 1073.9 kJ prints as 1070 kJ, and 1.0164 g of saturated fat as 1 g (the maker drops a trailing zero, as FSANZ’s calculator does; “1.0 g” is just as correct). The same rule on other numbers:

A value that is not zero but would round to zero may use the Code’s own words, such as “LESS THAN 1 g”. More on rounding in all six markets: the 3 significant figures rule. Starting from a recipe instead? calculate a NIP from your recipe.

Allergens in plain English (PEAL)

Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) has applied since 25 February 2024, and the period for selling stock labelled the old way ended in February 2026, so every pack on sale now needs it (Standard 1.2.3 and Schedule 9). Two things go on the label:

• each allergen’s required name in bold in the ingredient list, next to the ingredient it comes from;
• a separate summary statement that starts with “Contains”, lists only the required names, also in bold, right next to the list.

The muesli, exactly as the engine writes it:

Ingredient listIngredients: Rolled oats, Raisins, Almonds, Honey, Wheat bran, Sunflower seeds, Canola oil.
Contains gluten, almond, wheat

The 23 required names for the ingredient list are: sulphites, wheat, barley, oats, rye, almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pine nut, pistachio, walnut, crustacean, egg, fish, lupin, milk, mollusc, peanut, sesame and soy. In the summary, barley, oats and rye become “gluten”, and wheat is listed as wheat and gluten, which is why the muesli reads “Contains gluten, almond, wheat”. “May contain” statements are not part of PEAL: the maker never writes one for you. More on writing the list: plain English allergen text.

Country of origin is a separate label

Origin labelling is not part of the Food Standards Code or the NIP. It comes from the Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016, enforced by the ACCC. Most food sold in Australia is a priority food. Seven groups are non-priority: seasonings; confectionery; biscuits and snack foods; bottled water; soft drinks and sports drinks; tea and coffee; alcoholic drinks.

• A priority food grown, produced or made in Australia needs the standard mark: the kangaroo logo, a bar chart of the Australian share and the text, in a box.
• An imported priority food needs a plain statement in a clearly defined box, such as “Product of Greece”.
• A non-priority food only needs a plain statement; the mark is optional.

The engine’s origin module works these out from a few answers. Its results for four products:

The olive oil’s boxed origin statement for Australia, printed by the engine. A standard mark is never redrawn here.

We don’t draw the kangaroo logo or the bar chart. When the standard mark is needed, make it with the official free label tool on business.gov.au and place it on your pack yourself. Honest note: the origin questions are not in the maker’s form yet. Until they are, an Australian label shows “Needs review” with a reminder to add your origin statement or mark; the sample products carry their answers so you can see the result.

Health Star Rating

The Health Star Rating is a voluntary front-of-pack scheme. FSANZ is consulting on making it mandatory (Proposal P1067, second call for submissions 28 October to 23 December 2026), and it stays voluntary while that runs. The proposal would only apply after a transition period of at least three years. This tool doesn’t calculate Health Star Ratings, and a proposed rule never changes what the maker prints.

FSANZ Nutrition Panel Calculator or this tool?

FSANZ publishes its own free Nutrition Panel Calculator. Use whichever fits; they do different jobs.

Already have NPC results? Type them in as your values (per 100 g), choose Australia, and the maker lays out the panel at your size and adds the allergen text.

Selling in New Zealand too?

The NIP is the same in New Zealand: both countries use the joint Food Standards Code. What changes is around the panel: New Zealand only requires origin statements for a few fresh and frozen foods and cured pork, and the Australian kangaroo mark is for food sold in Australia. See the New Zealand nutrition information panel page, or how Australian labels differ from the US, UK, EU and Canada. Need an empty layout? There is a blank NIP template.

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