Nutrition labelling: Nutrition facts table (2024)

FAQs

Can I make my own Nutrition Facts label? ›

"Nutrition Facts Labels Generator" is a simple tool that allows you to create your own Nutrition Facts Labels in three simple steps. Once the desired label format is selected, fill in the required fields with your product information and download your label in a ready to print format.

The Nutrition Facts Label must show:

Mandatory nutrients (total calories, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, total sugars, added sugars, protein, vitamin D, calcium, iron, potassium)

The 5/20 rule of nutrition can help guide grocery shoppers when looking at nutrition labels. It indicates that a 20% or more daily value of any nutrient is a high amount, while 5% or less is low. If you're looking for low sodium, for example, make sure the daily value is 5% or lower.

Nutrition labels must display the amount of energy (calories and kilojoules) and the amount of fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sugars, proteins and salt (all expressed in grams) present in 100g (or 100 ml) of the food.

Is It Illegal to Sell Food Without Nutrition Facts? No, it is not illegal to sell food without nutrition facts. However, selling food without listing any nutrition facts at all may lead to legal ramifications.

The FDA certainly likes the Helvetica typeface and uses it throughout the label design. As you can see, Helvetica is used throughout the label (although the heading “nu*trition Facts” can also be printed using Franklin Gothic Heavy) in various sizes and in both regular and black versions.

What is no longer required on nutrition labels? ›

Vitamin A and C are no longer required on the label since deficiencies of these vitamins are rare today. These nutrients can be included on a voluntary basis.

If you're uncertain about something, don't want to risk a recall, or lack the time to create a Nutrition Facts label, you may want to consider hiring an FDA-approved label consultant. An FDA label consultant will ensure you're providing the most accurate information on your product labels.

However, this is much less common, and when this is the case, they must indicate it, as well as which method of cooking these nutrition facts are based upon (baking, grilling, etc.). But for the most part, the nutrition facts label is based on the products uncooked weight.

On a product label, the ingredients are listed in descending order of predominance by weight, with the ingredients used in the greatest amount first, followed by those in smaller amounts.

The amount of total carbohydrates in food has traditionally been calculated, rather than measured. The other components of food—such as protein, fat, and water—are measured and added together. Then this sum is subtracted from the total, and the difference is assumed to be the amount of total carbohydrates.