Creating your EU Label
- Jill Hohnstein (Unlicensed)
This page assumes you have completed the steps for the Setup Details and are ready to continue with the specifics of creating a Label for the EU.
Label Templates
Because there is the possibility of additional templates, Genesis Foods requires you to select the Tabular template before you can click “Continue to Create Label.”
Click the template. A blue check will indicate your selection.
Click Continue to Create 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
Portion Options
Most labeling situations require you to display a portion size and number of portions per container or a consumption unit and consumption units per container.
LABEL PORTION OPTIONS
Show Per Portion Column
When that is checked, you must also enter the Portion Size Heading and Portions per container Text. If those options are not populated, the text field is outlined in red and you will not be able to continue.
Show Per Consumption Unit Column
When that is checked, you must also enter the Consumption Unit Heading and the Consumption Units Per Container Text. If those options are not populated, the text field is outlined in red and you will not be able to continue.
%REFERENCE INTAKE OPTIONS
These options control how the %RI is displayed on the label.
What best describes this product?
These options are used to correctly display the vitamins and minerals on the Label.
The default option is Food other than beverage. When this option is checked, vitamins and minerals will be displayed on the label when the %NRV is >= 15% NRV per 100 g/ml
If Beverage is selected, the vitamins and minerals will be displayed on the label when the %NRV is >= 7% NRV per 100 g/ml
If Single portion package checked vitamins and minerals will be displayed on the label when the %NRV is >= 15% NRV per portion
Label Options
Checking one or more of the %RI options will display those %RI values on the Label.
Show %RI per 100 gm/ml
Show %RI per Portion
Show %RI per consumption Unit
%RI column value formatting
Right-aligned vs. Left-aligned dictates column alignment
Display Options
This Display Options are where you find the tools to fine-tune your Label.
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.
Select the desired Display Options.
Click Apply & Next to go to the Mandatory Nutrients menu, Apply & Close to close this dialog and save changes or Cancel to close this dialog without saving changes.
LABEL FORMATTING
Decimal Separator
You can choose a comma or period
Display nutrient data per 100 g or 100 ml
The ml can be selected for beverages or other liquids only if a volume conversion has been entered
Show “Of Which” on a separate line
When this option is chosen the “of which” statement will appear on a separate line, after Fat and after Carbohydrate.
Show “Typical values” in heading
When this option is chosen, ‘Typical values’ is shown left-justified in the heading that shows the amounts.
FOOTNOTE
Show contains negligible amounts statement
When this option is chosen any mandatory nutrients (or voluntary nutrients that are selected for label display) that appear in insignificant amounts will be removed from the panel (if present) and placed in a statement at the bottom of the panel.
Show Salt statement
When this option is chosen the following statement will appear at the bottom of the panel:
Salt content is exclusively due to the presence of naturally occurring sodium
Mandatory Nutrients
This menu is where you can fine-tune individual mandatory nutrients.
Use the arrow to expand the menu.
Select the desired Mandatory Nutrients Option.
Click Apply & Next to go to the Voluntary Nutrients menu, Apply & Close to close this dialog and save changes or Cancel to close this dialog without saving changes.
FAT, SATURATES, CARBOHYDRATE, SUGARS, PROTEIN, SALT
Users creating EU labels can choose how mandatory nutrients should be displayed on the Label if they are present in insignificant amounts, like salt shown below. When that option is selected and your Recipes contains less than 0.01 grams of salt, you can select to display salt as 0 g on the Label.
ENERGY
The Energy amount can be calculated in one of three ways:
Unrounded: Unrounded nutrient values are used in the Energy calculation.
Rounded: Rounded nutrient values are used in the Energy calculation.
Aggregate: Energy values will be calculated by adding the energy values in all the foods associated with the label and using that as the energy value for the label.
Voluntary Nutrients
Here is where you will find the available options for the individual voluntary nutrients you wish to display on your label.
Voluntary nutrients are just that — voluntary — unless you make any sort of related nutrient claim on your label. Example: “High in Vitamin C.” When you make a claim, you must display the nutrient on your label.
As with some mandatory nutrients, you can choose how some voluntary nutrients should be displayed on the Label if they are present in insignificant amounts. These are:
mono-unsaturates
polyunsaturates
polyols
starch
Fibre
The remaining nutrients can only be shown or hidden. They will have no additional display options.
To show a nutrient
click the Show (eye) icon
To hide a nutrient
click the Show (eye) icon for a currently displayed nutrient
To modify using the options
Use the arrow to expand the menu.
Select the desired Voluntary Nutrients Options.
Click Apply & Close to close this dialog and save changes or Cancel to close this dialog without saving changes.
See this page for a description of all the available Voluntary Nutrients Options. Note: Not all nutrients will have options.
EU Label: Ingredient/Allergen Statement Options
ALLERGENS DISPLAY
In the EU, allergens are wrapped into the ingredient statement. In the cases where an ingredient is also an allergen, it can be displayed either alone and bolded or after then ingredient.
Like so: Whipped Cream (cream, sugar, salt) (Milk), Walnuts (Walnuts)
A checkbox in the Ingredient Statement editor controls this.