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Select your Authority from the menu options. What you select here will determine what regulation years and recommendation profiles are available.
Regulation Year
If you are creating your product during a compliance grace period, you may be able to use the older regulations. The most recent date will always represent the latest regulations. Available regulation years depend on Authority selected.
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Depending on the Authority and Regulation Year you have selected, these will be some variation variations of Adult, Child, Infant, Pregnant/Lactating. Most often, Adult is the correct selection unless your product is specifically made for a child or an infant. Recommendation Profiles will affect the % daily values on your label, but not the quantitative values.
Select the recommendation profile from the menu options.
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The languages available are dependent on upon the Authority you selected.
Check the box to show two languages. You will be able to select those languages on the next screenyour label.
Label Templates
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The program will use the temple you selected to draw your label. In most cases, selecting Standard is the best option. However, depending on package size, labeling space and contents, you may be able to use Tabular or Linear. Click the Learn More link to help you decide which label to use.
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These options dictate how certain elements are displayed on the label. Note: These options are changing frequently as new regulations and label formatting options become available. The screenshot may not always accurately reflect the program.
Label Formatting
A Simplified label format may be used if 8 or more nutrients are present in your Recipe in insignificant amounts.
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use the arrow to expand the menu.
Select your option.
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3. Click Apply & Next to go to the next option or Apply & Close to close this dialog.
Voluntary Nutrients
Here is where you will find the available options for the individual voluntary nutrients you wish to display on your label.
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use the arrow to expand the menu.
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Click Apply & Close to close this dialog.
Approval and Download
When you have finished…
Click Download.
Choose from…finished setting up your label exactly as you want it, you can choose to Approve your label and/or Download a printable or editable version.
Approving your label will keep this version from being edited. To edit this label, you can make any modifications and the program will automatically create a new version. You will always be able to return to the original approved version.
To Approve your label
Click Approve at the top of the page
To download your label
Click Download Label
Select one of the following
Download SVG for an editable vector file that can be open and formatted in most vector-editing software
Download for Illustrator for an editable vector file that has been formatted to work with Illustrator’s nonstandard specs
Download PNG for a non-editable, high-resolution raster file
Choose where to save your file
Click Save.