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  • Type the name in the Name field.

Authority

The Authority (this will be the name of a country or region) dictates the regulations for this Label.

  • Select your Authority from the menu options. What you select here will determine what regulation years and recommendation profiles are available.

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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.

  • Select your regulation year from the menu options.

Recommendation Profile

Depending on the Authority and Regulation Year you have selected, these will be some 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.

Bilingual

Some Authorities allow for bilingual labels. The languages available are dependent upon the Authority you selected.

  • Check the box to show the nutrition data in two languages on your label and use the bilingual label layout.

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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SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

If your product contains only one serving, you can hide the serving per container.

  • Check Hide Servings per container

Recipe

This firs first line shows the gram weight for the Recipe, either as calculated by the program or as entered by you. This will appear in parentheses on the label.

There are special instances when you can hide the Recipe weight

  • Check Hide Recipe Serving Size

If your product is a liquid product and you have entered a volume conversion, you will want to show the mL amount on your label.

  • Check Show Serving Size Amount in mL (milliliters)

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  1. Click Download Label

  2. Select one of the following

    • Download SVG for an editable vector file that can be open opened 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

  3. Choose where to save your file

  4. Click Save.