Pretzel Label
Pretzel labels need the name, the net weight, an ingredient list, an allergen line, your name and address and, unless you are exempt, Nutrition Facts. The serving depends on the pretzel: FDA groups soft pretzels with biscuits and soft bread sticks at 55 g, while hard pretzels are a 30 g snack. Coarse salt makes sodium the number buyers look at. Enter your dough and topping and get a label for your bag or box.
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What has to be on your pretzel label
Six parts, whether it is a bag of soft pretzels or a tub of bites. The numbers match the bag on the left.
- 1Name of the pretzels21 CFR 101.3"Soft pretzels", "Cinnamon sugar pretzel bites", "Honey wheat pretzel twists". Say soft or hard if a shopper could not tell.
- 2Net weight21 CFR 101.7Ounces and grams in the bottom 30% of the front. Weigh baked pretzels, not dough.
- 3Nutrition Facts21 CFR 101.9Per pretzel for soft pretzels, per number of pieces near 30 g for hard ones. Small sellers can be exempt.
- 4Ingredient list21 CFR 101.4Heaviest first. Salt in the dough and salt on top are one ingredient, listed once by their total weight.
- 5Allergen statementFALCPAWheat is in nearly every pretzel. Butter or a milk wash adds milk, and a sesame topping must be named.
- 6Name and address21 CFR 101.5Who baked or packed them, with city, state and ZIP.
Things that are different for pretzels
Pretzel packaging and the label that fits
From a single soft pretzel to a bag of twists. Measure the flat area, then try the formats in the tool.
| Package | Typical label area | Style that usually fits |
|---|---|---|
| Single soft pretzel bag | 3 × 2 in | Tabular (wide), 1 serving |
| 1 oz snack bag of twists | 3 × 1½ in | Small package (linear), 1 serving |
| 4 pack of soft pretzels | 3 × 4 in | Standard (vertical)Avery 5164 |
| 16 oz bag of hard pretzels | 3½ × 5 in | Standard (vertical)Avery 5168 |
Start from a soft pretzel recipe that's already filled in
Ten soft pretzels: 1 1/2 tsp of the salt goes in the dough, 2 tsp go on top. The baking soda bath is left out of the recipe. Weigh the pretzels after baking and enter that as the weight after cooking; the oven takes out water, so each pretzel carries more per ounce than the dough did.
| Ingredient | Amount | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Bread flour✓ USDA match | 4 1/2 | cups |
| Water✓ USDA match | 1 1/2 | cups |
| Active dry yeast✓ USDA match | 2 1/4 | tsp |
| Brown sugar✓ USDA match | 2 | tbsp |
| Unsalted butter✓ USDA match | 2 | tbsp |
| Salt✓ USDA match | 3 1/2 | tsp |
Pretzel label questions
One pretzel, with its weight in grams, for any soft pretzel from about 37 g to just under 110 g. A giant pretzel of 110 to 165 g sold on its own gets a second column for the whole pretzel.
No. Soft pretzels use 55 g, like biscuits and soft bread sticks. Hard pretzels are a snack at 30 g, the same as chips and popcorn.
Every grain of salt in the recipe counts, the coarse salt on top included. One teaspoon of salt holds about 2,300 mg of sodium, a full day's Daily Value, so a little topping salt per pretzel adds up fast.
Yes. The cinnamon sugar is an ingredient, and its sugar counts as added sugars, so total sugars and the added sugars line go up. Add the topping to the recipe and the label, ingredient list and calories change with it.
Yes. Our blank Nutrition Facts and ingredient label templates are free as fillable PDF, Word, SVG and PNG, and the soft pretzel sample on this page is already filled in. Try your recipe in the free preview. Blank Nutrition Facts Label Template →
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