The available Display Options depend on which label template you selected, but for the most part, your menu will look much like this:
Display Options: Standard Labels
Label Formatting
Use the Simplified format
The Simplified format may be used if 8 or more nutrients are present in your Recipe in insignificant amounts.
Check Use the Simplified format
When you check this, most of the insignificant nutrients will be moved to a footnote, and it will look like so:
Check “Use ‘Not a significant source of other nutrients’” to show that instead of the full footnote listing the specific nutrient names.
Vitamins and Minerals
Use all Abbreviations
Check Use all Abbreviations to display the shortest allowable, version of a nutrient or other label element.
Some examples:
Potass. for Potassium
Incl. for Includes
Vit. C for Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Hide quantitative values
The regulations allow you to show only the %DV for voluntary nutrients when they’re displayed on a label, unless you are making a claim about the nutrient. This option will hide the quantitative values (the mg, g, etc., values) for most of the voluntary nutrients.
Check Hide quantitative values
Note that the %DVs still appear.
Footnotes
Select the radio button for your desired footnote.
Make sure to check the regulations for those instances when you can hide the footnote. 21 CFR 101.9(d)(9)
Added Sugars Only
If your product is a single-ingredient sugar product, like honey or table sugar, you qualify for special formatting.
To use the special formatting
Check This is for a single-ingredient sugar product
Your Label will render without the “Added Sugars” text in its line, but with the %DV followed by a footnote indicator (99% of the time, this will be the dagger symbol). In addition, an explanatory footnote will appear, like so:
In most cases, you will also be able to use the Simplified label format for your single-ingredient sugar product.
Display Options: Tabular Labels
Vitamins and Minerals
Use all Abbreviations
Check Use all Abbreviations to display the shortest allowable, version of a nutrient or other label element.
Some examples:
Potass. for Potassium
Incl. for Includes
Vit. C for Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Hide quantitative values for voluntary nutrients only
The regulations allow you to show only the %DV for voluntary nutrients when they’re displayed on a label, unless you are making a claim about the nutrient. This option will hide the quantitative values (the mg, g, etc., values) for most of the voluntary nutrients.
Check Hide quantitative values for voluntary nutrients only
Note that the %DVs still appear.
Hide quantitative values for Vitamin D, Calcium, Potassium, Iron
The regulations allow you to show only the %DV for these core nutrients in some cases. Please check the regulations to make sure you are compliant when selecting this option.
Check Hide quantitative values for Vitamin D, Calcium, Potassium, Iron
Note that the %DVs still appear.
Footnotes
Select the radio button for your desired footnote.
Make sure to check the regulations for those instances when you can hide the footnote. 21 CFR 101.9(d)(9)
Added Sugars Only
If your product is a single-ingredient sugar product, like honey or table sugar, you qualify for special formatting.
To use the special formatting
Check This is for a single-ingredient sugar product
Your Label will render without the “Added Sugars” text in its line, but with the %DV followed by a footnote indicator (99% of the time, this will be the dagger symbol). In addition, an explanatory footnote will appear, like so:
Display Options: Linear Labels
Label Formatting
Use the Simplified format
The Simplified format may be used if 8 or more nutrients are present in your Recipe in insignificant amounts.
Check Use the Simplified format
When you check this, most of the insignificant nutrients will be moved to a footnote, and it will look like so:
Check “Use ‘Not a significant source of other nutrients’” to show that instead of the full footnote listing the specific nutrient names.
Vitamins and Minerals
Use all Abbreviations
Check Use all Abbreviations to display the shortest allowable, version of a nutrient or other label elements.
Some examples:
Potass. for Potassium
Incl. for Includes
Vit. C for Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Hide quantitative values for voluntary nutrients only
The regulations allow you to show only the %DV for voluntary nutrients when they’re displayed on a label, unless you are making a claim about the nutrient. This option will hide the quantitative values (the mg, g, etc., values) for most of the voluntary nutrients.
Check Hide quantitative values for voluntary nutrients only
Note that the %DVs still appear.
Hide quantitative values for Vitamin D, Calcium, Potassium, Iron
The regulations allow you to show only the %DV for these core nutrients in some cases. Please check the regulations to make sure you are compliant when selecting this option.
Check Hide quantitative values for Vitamin D, Calcium, Potassium, Iron
Note that the %DVs still appear.
Footnotes
Select the radio button for your desired footnote.
Make sure to check the regulations for those instances when you can hide the footnote. 21 CFR 101.9(d)(9)
Added Sugars Only
If your product is a single-ingredient sugar product, like honey or table sugar, you qualify for special formatting.
To use the special formatting
Check This is for a single-ingredient sugar product
Your Label will render without the “Added Sugars” text, but with the %DV followed by a footnote indicator (99% of the time, this will be the dagger symbol). In addition, an explanatory footnote will appear, like so:
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