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Add a Custom Ingredient to Your Nutrition Label

Add a custom ingredient to your nutrition label when you use a branded spice rub, a pre-made sauce or a protein powder we don't carry. Type the numbers from the supplier's Nutrition Facts or spec sheet, or take a photo and we fill them in. You check every value before it's saved.

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Add a custom ingredient from a phone photo of a supplier's Nutrition Facts panel next to the filled-in ingredient form, with one hard-to-read value marked orange
What is free

Custom ingredients are part of the free preview

Add as many as your recipe needs.

Type it or snap itEnter the values by hand, or take a photo of the panel.
Its own ingredients, in bracketsIt shows in your statement as "chipotle mash (chipotle peppers, vinegar, salt)".
Allergens carried overTag the major allergens it contains, so your "Contains" line stays right.
Saved for next timeUse it again in your next recipes on this device without retyping.
Photo reading

How we read a supplier label

The photo gives you a head start. You still have the final say.

  1. 1Take the photoThe whole Nutrition Facts panel, straight on, without glare. A JPG or PNG under 20 MB.
  2. 2We copy what's printedEvery amount exactly as on the package, "<1g" included, plus the serving size, ingredients and allergens.
  3. 3We convert, with notes"Less than 1 g" becomes 0.5 g, with a note that says so. Vitamin D in IU becomes mcg.
  4. 4We check the mathCalories are compared with fat, carbs and protein, and every part is compared with its total. Anything off gets flagged.
  5. You compare and saveHard-to-read values are marked orange. Compare each one with the package, fix what's wrong, then save.
Never trusted blindly

Checks that catch a misread number

One wrong digit on a supplier label can throw off your whole label. These checks find it.

Calories vs. fat, carbs and proteinWe add up fat × 9, carbs × 4 and protein × 4. If that's far from the printed calories, we ask you to check those four numbers.
Parts vs. totalsSaturated or trans fat above total fat, fiber or sugars above total carbs, added sugars above total sugars: each one is flagged.
Only a % printedSome panels give vitamin D, calcium, iron or potassium as a % only. We say so and ask for the spec sheet value instead of guessing.
Not a Nutrition Facts panelPhoto of the front of the bag? We tell you, and you can try another photo or type the values.
When you pay

Pay only when you print

$29Single labelMost chosenDownload PDF, SVG or PNG, print on sheets, and get the calculation report. Kept for 2 years.
$69Bundles3 labels. Or 10 for $199. Credits never expire.
$399/yrUnlimitedThat is $33.25 a month. Every label for your own company, price locked while you stay.
Questions

Custom ingredient questions

Something else? Send us a question. We reply by email as soon as we can.

When an ingredient is branded, pre-made or a blend: sauces with their own recipe, sprinkles, spice rubs, protein powders, candy pieces. Plain flour, sugar or butter are already in our USDA database.

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