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Pizza Label

Pizza label rules depend on what you sell. A packaged frozen or take-and-bake cheese pizza needs its name, the net weight, the ingredients, allergens, your name and address and, in most cases, Nutrition Facts per fraction of the pie, like 1/4 pizza. Pizza with enough meat on it is a USDA product, and pizza served in your own restaurant is exempt from Nutrition Facts. Enter your recipe and get the panel for the box or the shrink wrap.

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Pizza label on a 12-inch frozen cheese pizza box with a Nutrition Facts panel showing 300 calories per 1/4 pizza
Checklist

What has to be on your pizza label

Six parts. On a pizza box the name and weight sit on the lid, the rest on a side or the back, like the box on the left.

Front label
12-INCH · HAND-STRETCHED CRUSTCheesePizza
NET WT 18.8 OZ (1 LB 2.8 OZ) 532g
Back label
Nutrition Facts
4 servings per container
Serving size1/4 pizza (133g)
Calories300
Total Fat 12g15%
Saturated Fat 6g30%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 30mg10%
Sodium 790mg34%
Total Carb. 32g12%
Dietary Fiber 2g7%
Total Sugars 2g
Incl. Added Sugars 0g0%
Protein 16g
Vitamin D 0.2mcg0%
Calcium 340mg25%
Iron 2mg10%
Potassium 150mg4%
INGREDIENTS: Mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), enriched bread flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), tomato sauce (tomato puree, salt, spices), water, parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), olive oil, salt, yeast, garlic powder, oregano.
Allergens: Contains milk, wheat.
Made by Tri-Point Pizza KitchenAkron, OH 44308
  1. 1
    Name of the pizza21 CFR 101.3
    "Cheese pizza", "Spinach and mushroom pizza", "Margherita pizza": the pie and the toppings that define it, in plain words. Your brand sits above the name, not in its place.
  2. 2
    Net weight21 CFR 101.7
    Ounces and grams in the bottom 30% of the front, plus pounds from 1 lb up: NET WT 18.8 OZ (1 LB 2.8 OZ) 532g.
  3. 3
    Nutrition Facts21 CFR 101.9
    Per fraction of the pizza, for the pizza as packaged: raw or par-baked, the way it leaves your freezer or cooler, not after the buyer's oven.
  4. 4
    Ingredient list21 CFR 101.4
    Heaviest first. Cheese, flour and sauce are each made of several ingredients, so each one shows its own list in parentheses, enrichment of the flour included.
  5. 5
    Allergen statementFALCPA
    Crust and cheese put wheat and milk on nearly every pizza. Toppings can add more: anchovies mean fish, pesto with pine nuts means a tree nut. Name the fish and the nut.
  6. 6
    Name and address21 CFR 101.5
    Who made or packed the pizza, with city, state and ZIP. Baked by a commissary kitchen for your brand? "Made for" plus your details works.
Pizza rules

Things that are different for pizza

1/4 pizzaServing: the fraction closest to 140 gPizza has a 140 g reference amount. A whole pie is a large unit people divide, so the serving is the fraction closest to 140 g: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 or smaller steps made by halving or thirding. Pizza sauce does not count as a sauce topping, so no extra 55 g. Our 18.8 oz pie: 1/4 pizza, 133 g.21 CFR 101.12(b), 101.9(b)(2)(ii)
2 columnsPersonal pizzas from 280 to 420 gA pizza sold on its own that weighs 200% to 300% of the 140 g reference amount needs a column per serving and one for the whole pizza. Under 280 g, the whole pizza is a single serving. Pick the Dual column format in the tool.21 CFR 101.9(b)(6), 101.9(b)(12)(i)
USDAPepperoni and sausage pizzasFDA's own jurisdiction chart puts cheese and vegetable pizzas under FDA and pepperoni pizza under USDA. A pizza with meat on it follows USDA's FSIS label rules, and FSIS decides partly by how much meat the recipe holds. Our labels are built for FDA pizzas: cheese, vegetable and seafood toppings.FDA Investigations Operations Manual, FDA/USDA jurisdiction exhibit
As soldFrozen or take-and-bake: label it unbakedNutrition Facts describe the food as packaged. Par-bake the crust? Weigh the pizza after par-baking and enter that as the weight after cooking, so the numbers match what is in the box.21 CFR 101.9(b)(9)
ExemptPizza you serve in your pizzeriaPizza served in a restaurant, or sold to be eaten right away, is exempt from Nutrition Facts as long as you make no nutrition claims. Chains fall under FDA's separate menu labeling rule. Box the same pie for a grocery freezer and it needs the full label.21 CFR 101.9(j)(2), 101.11
4 versionsName the mozzarella by its standardMozzarella has four standards: mozzarella, low-moisture, part-skim, and low-moisture part-skim. Most pizza cheese is the last one. List the version on your supplier's label, with its ingredients.21 CFR 133.155 to 133.158
55 gSelling crusts or sauce on their ownA pizza crust has a 55 g reference amount, labeled as a fraction of the crust. Jarred pizza sauce uses 1/4 cup.21 CFR 101.12(b)
Sizes

Pizza packages and the label that fits

Boxes have room on the sides, shrink-wrapped pies only on a sticker. Measure the space, then switch formats in the tool.

PackageTypical label areaStyle that usually fits
7 in personal pizza, shrink-wrapped3 × 3 inDual column
10 in pizza box4 × 4 inStandard (vertical)
12 in pizza box4 × 5 inStandard (vertical)Most common
Take-and-bake pizza, wrapped on a board3 × 4 inStandard (vertical)
Sample recipe included

Start from a cheese pizza that's already filled in

Dough, sauce and cheese for two 12-inch pizzas. The crust is par-baked, so the two pies weigh about 37.5 oz after the oven, a bit less than the raw total: enter that as the weight after cooking and set one pizza, 18.8 oz, as the package. Add spinach or mushrooms and the label follows. Add pepperoni and the pizza may become a USDA product.

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IngredientAmountUnit
Bread flour✓ USDA match10.6oz
Water✓ USDA match6.9oz
Olive oil✓ USDA match1tbsp
Active dry yeast✓ USDA match1tsp
Salt✓ USDA match1tsp
Tomato sauce✓ USDA match1cup
Dried oregano✓ USDA match1tsp
Garlic powder✓ USDA match1/2tsp
Mozzarella✓ USDA match12oz
Parmesan✓ USDA match1oz
Makes two 12-inch pizzas, 18.8 oz each after par-bakingServing 1/4 pizza (133 g)
Questions

Pizza label questions

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