Nutrition Facts Label Generator

About the Nutrition Facts Label Generator

Make the nutrition panel for a packaged food in one of three formats: the US FDA Nutrition Facts label, the Indian FSSAI nutritional information table, or the EU nutrition declaration. Enter the values per 100 g (or 100 ml) or per serving — or paste them, or bring them over from the recipe nutrition calculator — and the generator converts them, rounds each value the way the regulation says, works out the % Daily Value, % RDA or % reference intake, and draws the label.

Download it as SVG or PDF (vector, at actual size) or as a 300 dpi PNG. Everything happens in your browser. The label is only as good as the values you enter, and the format rules change, so have the finished label checked against the regulation — or by a food technologist or the regulator — before it goes on a pack.

What each label shows

• FDA Nutrition Facts (21 CFR 101.9): per serving — servings per container, serving size in a household measure and grams, calories, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, total sugars, added sugars and protein, then vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium. The % Daily Value uses the 2016 Daily Values: fat 78 g, saturated fat 20 g, cholesterol 300 mg, sodium 2,300 mg, total carbohydrate 275 g, dietary fiber 28 g, added sugars 50 g, vitamin D 20 mcg, calcium 1,300 mg, iron 18 mg and potassium 4,700 mg.
• FSSAI (Labelling and Display Regulations 2020, regulation 5(3)): per 100 g or 100 ml and per serve, with the per-serve % of RDA based on 2000 kcal, 67 g total fat, 22 g saturated fat, 2 g trans fat, 50 g added sugar and 2000 mg sodium (5 g salt). It lists energy, protein, carbohydrate with total and added sugars, total fat, saturated and trans fat (only when total fat is more than 0.5%), cholesterol (only for fats of animal origin, when fat is more than 0.5%) and sodium, plus the serving size and the number of servings per pack. For foods aimed at a particular age group, FSSAI allows the % RDA to use that group’s ICMR RDAs instead (direction).
• EU nutrition declaration (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011): per 100 g or 100 ml — energy in kJ and kcal, fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and salt (sodium × 2.5); optionally mono- and polyunsaturates, polyols, starch, fibre and vitamins and minerals present in significant amounts (15% of the nutrient reference value per 100 g, 7.5% per 100 ml for drinks). Values per portion and as % of the reference intakes may be added, with the statement “Reference intake of an average adult (8 400 kJ/2 000 kcal)”. The reference intakes are 70 g fat, 20 g saturates, 260 g carbohydrate, 90 g sugars, 50 g protein and 6 g salt.

How the values are rounded

• FDA (21 CFR 101.9(c)): calories below 5 → 0, to the nearest 5 up to 50 and the nearest 10 above. Fats below 0.5 g → 0, to the nearest 0.5 g below 5 g, then whole grams. Cholesterol below 2 mg → 0, 2–5 mg “<5mg”, then the nearest 5 mg. Sodium below 5 mg → 0, nearest 5 mg up to 140 mg, nearest 10 mg above. Carbohydrate, fiber, sugars and protein below 0.5 g → 0, below 1 g “<1g”, then whole grams. %DV to the whole percent; for vitamins and minerals 2% steps up to 10%, 5% steps to 50%, 10% steps above (below 2% shown as 0). Vitamin and mineral amounts use the increments in FDA’s guidance: vitamin D 0.1 mcg, calcium 10 mg, iron 0.1 mg, potassium 10 mg.
• EU (European Commission guidance on tolerances, table 4): energy to the whole kJ and kcal; fat, carbohydrate, sugars, protein and fibre to 1 g from 10 g, to 0.1 g below, and “<0.5 g” at 0.5 g or less; saturates “<0.1 g” at 0.1 g or less; salt to 0.1 g from 1 g, 0.01 g below, “<0.01 g” at 0.0125 g or less; vitamins and minerals to 3 significant figures (calcium, potassium and some others) or 2.
• FSSAI: the regulations set no rounding rules. This generator shows energy in whole kcal, milligrams as whole numbers from 10 mg (to 0.1 mg below) and grams to 0.1 g, and works out % RDA from the per-serve values as shown.

Energy and carbohydrate

“Work out energy” uses each format’s factors. FDA: 4, 4 and 9 kcal per gram of protein, total carbohydrate and fat (21 CFR 101.9(c)(1)(i)(B)). FSSAI: carbohydrate 4, protein 4, fat 9, dietary fibre 2 and polyols 2 kcal per gram. EU (Annex XIV): carbohydrate 17 kJ / 4 kcal, polyols 10 kJ / 2.4 kcal, protein 17 kJ / 4 kcal, fat 37 kJ / 9 kcal and fibre 8 kJ / 2 kcal per gram. Measured or calculated energy you enter is used as it is, and kJ is kcal × 4.184 unless you enter it.

Enter total carbohydrate including fibre (carbohydrate “by difference”, as in USDA data and most laboratory reports). The FDA label shows it as it is. The EU label shows carbohydrate without fibre, because EU carbohydrate means carbohydrate the body metabolises. The FSSAI regulations do not define carbohydrate, but their energy factors count fibre separately at 2 kcal/g, so the generator takes fibre out by default — switch to total carbohydrate if your laboratory or adviser says so.

Printing the label

The SVG and PDF are at actual size: the FDA label is 3 inches (76 mm) wide, set in Helvetica — 8 pt nutrients, a 6 pt footnote and the type sizes in Appendix B to Part 101. Print at 100%. The EU requires an x-height of at least 1.2 mm (0.9 mm if the largest surface of the pack is under 80 cm²); the 8 pt table type here has an x-height of 1.47 mm, so do not print it smaller than 82% of its size. The FSSAI minimum letter height depends on the area of the principal display panel — 1 mm up to 200 cm², 2 mm up to 500 cm², 3 mm up to 2,500 cm² and 6 mm above. The PNG is drawn at 300 dots per inch.

Sources

• US eCFR, 21 CFR 101.9 Nutrition labeling of food (version) and Appendix B to Part 101, Graphic enhancements used by the FDA
• US FDA, Guidance for Industry: Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels — Questions and Answers Related to the Compliance Date, Added Sugars, and Declaration of Quantitative Amounts of Vitamins and Minerals, and A Food Labeling Guide, Appendix H
• FSSAI, Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 — compendium, regulation 5(3) and Table I; direction on % RDA for different age groups; First Amendment Regulations 2026 (in force from 1 July 2027; changes for infant nutrition products)
• Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, Articles 30–35 and Annexes IV, XIII, XIV and XV
• European Commission, Guidance document for competent authorities for the control of compliance with EU legislation … with regard to the setting of tolerances for nutrient values declared on a label, table 4

Limitations

• Not legal advice. Labelling rules include much more than the nutrition panel — product name, ingredients, allergens, net quantity, dates, claims — and they change; check the finished label with the regulator or a food technologist.
• The FDA label is the standard vertical format for adults and children 4 years and over. Dual-column, tabular, linear and small-package formats, labels for infants, young children or pregnancy, and the “Not a significant source of …” shortcuts are not made.
• FSSAI values are per 100 g or ml with a per-serve column; the % RDA uses FSSAI’s adult reference values. Foods for a particular age group may use ICMR-NIN RDAs instead, which this generator does not do.
• EU vitamins and minerals are limited to vitamin D, calcium, iron and potassium. The label is in English with a decimal point; other EU languages and decimal commas are not produced.
• Values are rounded from what you enter: use average values from analysis or a reliable calculation. FSSAI allows the actual content to be at most 10% below the declared value at any time in the shelf life.

Privacy

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