U.S.: Mandatory Nutrients Options

When you create a label, Genesis Foods will automatically apply the rounding rules for label display. Some nutrients have additional display options. Those are covered here.

The Mandatory Nutrients Menu is accessed on the Label page in the Label Creation section:

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Use unrounded values to determine %DV

Check Use unrounded values to determine %DV to tell the program to use the unrounded nutrient values, rather than the label rounded values, to determine the %Daily Value for the label nutrients.

Calories

• Choose Total of all ingredients to tell the program to add the calories values of the individual ingredients to determine the recipe calorie amount.

• Choose 4-4-9-7 to tell the program to use the calorie equivalents for carbs, protein, fat and alcohol to determine the recipe calorie amount. This will be disabled if any of the protein, carbs or fat values are null.

Cholesterol

• Choose When amount is between 2 mg and 5 mg, display as “<5 mg” to show that on your label instead of the exact mg amount

Total Carbohydrates

• Choose When amount is between 2 mg and 5 mg, display as “<5 mg” to show that on your label instead of the exact mg amount

Dietary Fiber

• Choose When amount is less than 1 g, display as “<1 g” to show that on your label instead of the exact g amount

Total Sugars

• Choose When amount is less than 1 g, display as “<1 g” to show that on your label instead of the exact g amount

Added Sugars

• Choose When amount is less than 1 g, display as “<1 g” to show that on your label instead of the exact g amount

Protein

• Choose Show %DV to show the %DV on your label. This requires that you have entered a PER or PDCAAS value for your Recipe

• Choose When amount is less than 1 g, display as “<1 g” to show that on your label instead of the exact g amount

Vitamin D

• Choose Show IU in parentheses after mcg to show that unit equivalent on your label.

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