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Nutrition Label Documentation: The Calculation Report

Nutrition label documentation comes with every label you unlock: a calculation report PDF that shows your recipe, the USDA source of each ingredient, the per-serving math and the FDA rounding rule behind every number. Hand it to a store buyer, a co-packer or an inspector who asks how you got your label.

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Nutrition label documentation: page of a calculation report with a recipe table listing USDA FDC numbers and a rounding table showing 287 mg sodium rounded to 290 mg
What is free

The matching and the math start free

The report comes with every paid label. The work behind it is free to try.

USDA match per ingredientEvery line matched and confirmed in the free preview.
FDA rounding, doneRounding and % Daily Values worked out as you build.
Report included at $29No add-on fee. Unlock a label and its report comes with it.
Always up to dateDownload a fresh report whenever you change the recipe, as long as you can edit the label.
Inside the report

What the calculation report shows

One PDF, from the final label down to every rounding step.

01The final labelExactly as you exported it, with a summary: serving size, servings, batch weight and label format.
02AllergensThe major allergens you confirmed, and your "Contains" statement.
03Recipe and sourcesEach ingredient with its amount, grams, matched entry and USDA FDC number, or "supplier label" for ones you added.
04Per-serving mathEach nutrient for the batch and per serving, the FDA rounding rule applied, and the value on the label.FDA Nutrition Facts Rounding Rules →
05% Daily ValueThe declared amount, the unrounded amount per serving, and the Daily Value it's divided by.FDA Daily Values →
06Cooking lossFor baked or reduced products, the weight before and after cooking, so the water lost is on paper.
Who asks for it

Made for the people who check your label

Store buyersA buyer wants to know how a new product's label was made. Send the report with your sell sheet.
Co-packersYour co-packer sees the recipe, the sources and the math before they run your product.Co-Packer →
InspectorsIf a state or FDA inspector questions a value, you show exactly where it came from.
Your clientsOn the Business plan, every report carries your client's name and your logo.
Why it matters

How the FDA checks a label

FDA tests the product against your label. The report helps you get the numbers right first, and explain them later.

12Packages, one lab testFDA analyzes a composite of 12 packages from one lot and compares it with your label.21 CFR 101.9(g)(2)
120%Upper limitCalories, sugars, fat, saturated and trans fat, cholesterol and sodium may not test more than 20% above the label.21 CFR 101.9(g)(5)
80%Lower limitNaturally occurring protein, carbs, fiber, vitamins and minerals must test at least 80% of the label.21 CFR 101.9(g)(4)(ii)
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.
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Yes. Every unlocked label comes with its calculation report, whether you buy one label or go Unlimited. The free preview doesn't include it. Start a label →

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