Nutrition Label Generator

Generate a nutrition label in minutes, not days

No spreadsheets, no lab, no design work: the generator turns your ingredient list into a finished FDA Nutrition Facts panel automatically: serving-size math, rounding, %DV, and layout all handled. Watch it update live as you type.

Instant live generation
Automatic FDA rounding & %DV
Auto allergen detection
Free to generate & preview

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Servings per container

Serving size (household)

Finished weight (g) optional

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A fluid declares its serving in millilitres, not grams (21 CFR 101.9(b)(7)).

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FDA vertical format

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Verify before printing

Double-check values against your ingredients and 21 CFR 101.9 before selling. Panelry is not affiliated with the FDA.These numbers are calculated from your ingredients, which the FDA allows. But compliance is judged on what a laboratory finds in the finished food, and a calculated panel can differ from an analysed one — cooking losses, natural variation in produce, and how much of a topping actually ends up on each unit all move the result. The gap matters most when a value sits close to a threshold you are relying on, or when you make a nutrient claim, because the FDA verifies claims by testing the food (21 CFR 101.9(g)).The Contains line is built from your ingredient names. It cannot know what else your kitchen handles — a shared mixer, flour in the air, one fryer for two products. Whether to add a “may contain” advisory is your call; it is voluntary, and it is never a substitute for declaring an allergen you actually use.This panel uses the Daily Values for adults and children 4 or more years old. A food sold specifically for infants or for children 1 to 3 needs a different set of Daily Values and its own footnote (21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv) and (d)(9)(iii)), which this tool does not produce.A packaged food also needs three things this export does not include: the statement of identity — the common name of the food, in bold on the principal display panel (21 CFR 101.3); the net quantity of contents in both US customary and metric units (21 CFR 101.7); and your name and place of business with street address, city, State and ZIP (21 CFR 101.5). The cottage label maker builds all three from the same recipe.Where it goes: the Nutrition Facts panel may sit on the principal display panel or on the information panel — the part of the label immediately to the right of the face, as the buyer holds it (21 CFR 101.2(a) and (b)). Whichever you choose, the panel, the ingredient list, the allergen statement and your address have to appear in one place, with nothing in between — no artwork, marketing copy or barcode dividing them (21 CFR 101.2(e)).

What makes a good nutrition label generator

Plenty of “generators” are really just drawing tools. You type numbers into boxes and hope they're right. A real nutrition label generator, and what this one does, is compute the label from your recipe:

Generated, not drawn

Each ingredient is looked up in USDA FoodData Central (380,000+ foods), summed by weight, divided by your servings, and rounded by the FDA's nutrient-specific rules: calories to the nearest 5 or 10, fats to the nearest 0.5 g below 5 g, sodium to the nearest 5 or 10 mg. The %Daily Values come from the current DV table. You can't make a rounding mistake, because you never do the rounding.

The whole label, not just the panel

The generator also builds your ingredient statement (auto-ordered by weight, sub-ingredients in parentheses) and detects Big-9 allergens for the “Contains” line, the two elements retail buyers check right after the panel. A claims checker even screens which nutrient claims (“low sodium”, “good source of fiber”) your recipe appears to qualify for.

Print-ready output

Export the generated panel as high-resolution PNG, true-vector PDF, or SVG at label resolution. Generation and preview are free; the finalized export is $9 once, with edits and re-exports free for 7 days, versus $500–1,000 for a lab analysis or $49+/month for incumbent software.

The errors automation removes

When a buyer or inspector rejects a label, it's usually one of a handful of repeat offenders. A generator that computes the panel makes each of them structurally impossible:

Wrong nutrient order. The sequence in 21 CFR 101.9(c) is fixed; the renderer emits it in order every time.
Missing Added Sugars line. Required since the 2016 format update, and still absent from many DIY templates. It's always generated here.
%DV from outdated Daily Values. Old templates still divide by pre-2016 values. Panelry computes against the current DV table only.
Hand-rounding slips. Typing 3.7 g of fat instead of the correct 3.5 g declaration. The rounding step is automated, so it can't drift.

One recipe, four panel formats

The builder generates the standard vertical panel plus the tabular, linear, and dual-column formats. Tabular and linear layouts are what the FDA allows for small packages (under 40 square inches of label space), and dual-column panels show per-serving and per-container numbers side by side, required for packages holding 200–300% of the reference serving. Switching formats is a toggle. The math underneath never changes.

Added Sugars, computed rather than guessed

The trickiest line on the modern panel is generated from your ingredients too. Honey, maple syrup, cane sugar, and fruit-juice concentrates count as Added Sugars; the lactose naturally in milk and the sugars in whole fruit do not. Because the generator knows what each ingredient is, it splits Total Sugars and Added Sugars for you instead of leaving you to interpret the rule.

FAQ

Common questions

How fast does it generate a label?

The panel generates live as you type. A typical 6-ingredient recipe takes about five minutes, most of it choosing USDA matches. There's a one-click sample recipe if you want to see it work first.

Is the generated label FDA-compliant?

It follows the published FDA format and math (21 CFR 101.9): nutrient order, exact rounding, %DV, Added Sugars, and the 2016 design. Always verify the final label before printing. Panelry isn't affiliated with the FDA.

Is this nutrition label creator free?

Generating and previewing is free with no signup. Exporting the finalized, print-ready panel is $9 one-time (or unlimited with Pro at $12/mo), no subscription required.

Can I generate a custom nutrition label?

Yes: custom ingredients from supplier spec sheets, your own serving sizes with RACC guidance, and your product name on the panel. The output is your label, not a generic template.

What about the ingredient and allergen lines?

Generated too: an FDA-ordered ingredient statement and a Big-9 “Contains” line with tree-nut species named. The free cottage-label tool covers the full non-panel label.

What font size does the Nutrition Facts panel need?

21 CFR 101.9(d)(1)(iii) sets the minimums: nutrient declarations and the footnote at 8 point or larger, the servings statement and 'Serving size' at 10 point, the 'Calories' declaration at 16 point and its numeral at 22 point. The tabular and linear small-package displays have their own lower floors. Under 101.9(d)(2) the 'Nutrition Facts' heading must be at least as large as everything else except the Calories numeral, which is allowed to be bigger. These are physical type sizes, so they hold at the exported file's own dimensions — scaling a panel down to fit a smaller package shrinks the type with it and can push the smallest text under 8 point.

How do I label a very small package?

Packages with under 40 square inches of labeling space may use the tabular or linear format, both of which Panelry generates. At 12 square inches or less, 21 CFR 101.9(j)(13) even lets you print an address or phone number for nutrition information instead of a panel, provided the label makes no nutrition claims.

Does honey count as Added Sugars?

Yes. Honey, maple syrup, agave, and fruit-juice concentrates all count toward the Added Sugars line, while the lactose in milk and the sugars naturally present in whole fruit do not. The generator classifies each ingredient for you.

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