Generating a Nutrition Facts Label

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This Quick Start assumes two things:

You have built the Recipe for this label; and
you have successfully obtained a login and password from your admin.

Note: Genesis Foods will automatically save your work every few seconds, but there are some actions that require a manual save.

First steps

Log in to Genesis Foods with your email and the password you received from your admin, if you have not already done so.
On the Dashboard, click New Label.

This will take you to the Label dashboard where you add a Recipe to your Label and make necessary adjustments.

Setup Details

Note: For version 1.0, only U.S. labels are available. As such, you cannot currently select different years, recomendation profiles or bilingual. This will change as more labels are added.

Name

Use the established naming best practices agreed on by your organization. The name entry can accommodate letters and numbers.

Type the name in the Name field.

Authority

The Authority (the country or region) dictates the regulations for this Label.

Select your Authority from the menu options.

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.

Select your regulation year from the menu options.

Recommendation Profile

Depending on the Authority and Regulation Year you have selected, these will be some variation of Adult, Child, Infant. Recommendation Profiles will affect the % daily values on your label.

Select the recommendation profile from the menu options.

Bilingual

The languages available are dependent on the Authority you selected.

Check the box to show two languages. You will be able to select those languages on the next screen.

Label Templates

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.

Click the template. A blue check will indicate your selection.

When you have finished setting up your label, click Continue to Label

Select Recipes

Here is where you choose the Recipe you want to generate a Label for.

Type full or partial words into the search field
Press Enter on your keyboard.
From the search returns, check the one you wish to add
Click Apply & Next to go to the next option.

To select a different Recipe

click the X on the pill and perform the search again

Serving Options

Most labeling situations require the display of a household serving size and number of servings per container.

Type the household serving size in the text field. It can be a combination of letters and numbers. Example: 1 cup.
Type the servings per container in the text field. It, too, can be a combination of letters and number. Examples: 4, About 6.

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

Check Hide Servings per container

Recipe

Here is 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)

Display Options

These are the various…

Mandatory Nutrients

Most of the mandatory nutrients have ….