Nutrition Labels and Recipe Costing for Packaged Food Brands

A formula changes many times before it reaches a shelf. When you swap the sweetener or cut the sodium, choose New version. KitchenSync makes a linked copy and leaves the original as it was. Mark the version that goes to production as primary. Each version has its own nutrition, label and cost, so you can check all three before you commit to a change. See recipe versioning.

A co-packer or a larger kettle changes the batch size, not the formula. The recipe multiplier scales every amount at once, and the recipe shows the batch cost and the cost per unit of weight. Record the price each supplier quotes for an ingredient and the formula is costed at the lowest unit price. See recipe costing and ingredient pricing.

Save each package as a packaging format with its serving size, net weight and label format: vertical for a standard panel, dual column for per serving and per package, linear for small packages. Check the formats a product is sold in, then export each label as a PNG or download them all as a zip. There are no per-label fees. See the nutrition label generator.

The ingredient list is written in descending order by weight. The allergen statement has a Contains line and a May contain line. Allergens are detected from USDA ingredient descriptions for the FDA's nine major allergens, and you can correct them on any ingredient. Both texts have a copy button, so they reach your package designer as written. See the ingredient list generator and allergen detection.