Changelog

New

• Every blog article now ends with a "Was this article helpful?" vote and a form to ask a question about the article. Questions go privately to our support team, who reply by email.

Improved

• Free tools now has its own menu in the main navigation bar, listing tools by category with a link to all free tools.

Improved

• More food pages in the nutrition database now answer the questions people search for, for example how much protein is in jasmine rice, answered on the white rice page.

New

• Three new guides with full charts: carbs in vegetables, calories in fruit and protein in meat and fish. Each links to the food pages it covers.

Improved

• Nutrition database food pages now include short answers to common questions about each food.

Fixed

• GCC-style labels now show a space between the Arabic and English nutrient names.

New

• New free tools: HFSS Calculator, Nutri-Grade Calculator, PPDS Label Maker, Mexico Octagon Generator, Canada High in Symbol Preview, UK 14 Allergen Chart, QUID Calculator, Brazil Lupa Checker, Veg / Non-Veg Symbol, Label Sheet Maker, Product Spec Sheet, Label Proof Compare and Food Testing Lab Finder. The HFSS Calculator shows the proposed 2018 model next to the current 2004/05 result.
• UK label formats in the generator now show an HFSS score card.

Improved

• The mobile editor header, homepage pricing, colour contrast and several other details were improved after a usability review.

New

• Signed-out visitors now enter their email once before their first label download, with an optional box for product news.

New

• Teams get Owner, Editor and Creator roles, a "last edited by" line, version history and team alerts.
• Account settings add a profile picture, structured addresses and a password strength meter.

Fixed

• Nutrition database labels now say "Added Sugars not reported" when the source has no value, instead of showing 0 g.
• Long serving sizes now fit inside the nutrition database label header.

New

• New guides: nutrition labels for hot sauce and nutrition labels for beverages.

Improved

• Every free tool now works in all the languages the site is translated into, and the translated tool pages list every tool.

An accuracy review of the free tools' reference pages, run while translating them, found mistakes in our English copy and one in a calculation. Each is listed with what it said and what is correct. All are fixed on every page and in every language where the copy appears.

• Unit Converter, vitamin E: converted synthetic (dl-alpha-tocopherol) vitamin E at 0.9 mg per IU. The correct factor is 0.45 mg per IU (natural d-alpha-tocopherol is 0.67 mg per IU, which was already right). Any synthetic vitamin E value converted with the tool before this date should be recalculated.
• Claim Validator, %DV Calculator and Nutrient Ranking: called the 21 CFR 101.13(h) levels "disqualifying levels". They are disclosure levels: a food above them can still carry a nutrient content claim, but the claim must be accompanied by a disclosure statement such as "See nutrition information for fat content". The levels that bar a health claim outright are the disqualifying levels in 21 CFR 101.14(a)(4).
• FDA Label Checklist: had the two US exemptions the wrong way round. The low-volume exemption is the one based on employees and units sold and claimed by filing an annual notice with FDA (21 CFR 101.9(j)(18)); the small-business exemption is based on annual sales and needs no notice (21 CFR 101.9(j)(1)).
• FDA Label Checklist: said none of its answers removes an obligation. A requirement that does not apply by definition is the exception: a single-ingredient food needs no separate ingredient list.
• RACC Lookup: used an 8 oz reference amount for a soft drink. The RACC is 12 fl oz (360 mL), so a 20 fl oz bottle is about 167% of it and is labeled as one serving, the whole bottle.
• Recipe Scaler: said scaling a batch changes servings per container. Scaling changes the yield (how many packages you get); servings per container changes only when the package size changes, and the per-serving panel does not change at all.
• Bucket Fill Calculator: its FAQ said the tool assumes a cylinder. It does no geometry: it multiplies the container volume you enter by the fill percentage and the density.
• Mexico Warning Seals: said the caffeine and sweetener legends apply to products aimed at children. They apply whenever the product contains caffeine or non-caloric sweeteners, and they advise against consumption by children. The page also listed Ecuador among warning-seal countries; Ecuador uses a traffic-light system.
• Net Weight / Yield: said a 15% moisture loss concentrates nutrients by 15%. It concentrates them by about 17.6% (1 ÷ 0.85).
• Shelf Life Calculator: called a product with pH above 4.6 "a low-acid canned food or an acidified food". A shelf-stable canned product in that range is a low-acid canned food (21 CFR 113); an acidified food (21 CFR 114) is a low-acid food brought to pH 4.6 or below by adding acid.
• Food Cost Calculator: told readers to divide by units sold where it means units actually yielded, and overstated the effect of a 12% cost understatement on a 40% margin: it cuts the real margin to about 32%.
• Plastic Resin Safety: answered "No" to whether any of the plastics can take hot food. Polypropylene (5) is the usual material for microwave and hot-fill containers, within the conditions the supplier states for that item; PET (1), PS (6) and PVC (3) should not be used with hot food.
• QR Code Generator: described the phone number required with a bioengineered-food digital-link disclosure as a text-message option. Under the USDA standard it is a number to call for more information; disclosure by text message is a separate option.
• Nutri-Score Calculator: said the algorithm was revised in 2023. The update was adopted for foods in 2022 and for beverages in 2023.
• FDA Label Checklist: said every US label must carry an ingredient list and a Nutrition Facts panel. The ingredient list is required where a food has more than one ingredient, and the Nutrition Facts panel unless an exemption applies.
• Food Cost Calculator: described prime cost as labour plus overhead. Prime cost is food cost plus labour; overhead is not part of it.
• %DV Calculator: cited only 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv) for the reference values; the macronutrient values are in 101.9(c)(9). It also said the disclosure applies when a food exceeds the levels for fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium; exceeding any one of them triggers it. And it described the infant category as under twelve months; it is through twelve months.
• UK Traffic Light Checker: said drinks use roughly half the food thresholds. That holds except for the low threshold for salt, which is the same for drinks as for food.
• Nutri-Score Calculator: said the colour scale runs to red. Grade E is dark orange.
• Food Comparison: listed twelve of the fourteen nutrients it compares; the list now names all fourteen, including saturated and trans fat separately.
• Recipe Scaler: said cooking times change with mass but not with quantity. Cooking and cooling times depend on the depth and shape of the mass in the vessel, so they do not scale in proportion to the quantity.
• Net Weight / Yield, FDA Label Checklist and PDP Type Size FAQ: an earlier version of this entry gave 21 CFR 101.105 as the net quantity section for food, and these pages were updated to match. The correct section is 21 CFR 101.7, with the type-size requirements in 101.7(i). All three pages now cite 101.7 in every language.

Other fixes this week

• The free tools' reference guides and FAQs are back on all 31 tool pages, and the 14 tools that did not have a guide now have one.
• The tool reference pages are now translated into Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi and Urdu.
• Unpublished draft blog posts now return a proper "page not found" response, and tool pages no longer link to them.
• Links to retired food pages now lead straight to the nutrition database.
• Translated tool pages now provide FAQ data to search engines in their own language only.
• Food-category introductions in Japanese, Chinese, Russian and Arabic were rewritten to match the foods each page lists.

New

• Added links to cancel or manage your subscription.

Improved

• The promotional banner now appears on every page, including the label generator.

Fixed

• Market tabs and the label preview now fit properly on mobile screens.

New

• Twelve Brazilian foods from Brazil's TACO food composition table were added to the nutrition database in English and Portuguese.
• Foods from the Swiss Food Composition Database were added, including quark, Sekt, Spätzle, Schnitzel and Döner, along with a table of data sources.
• 27 more foods were added based on search demand, and 18 existing foods are now available in German, Spanish and Portuguese.

Fixed

• Improved the grammar of French and Portuguese introductions on food pages.

New

• The nutrition database adds new foods including tamale, chilaquiles, pozole, tequila, döner and pasta salad, with printable PDFs.

Improved

• Food pages now describe the specific dataset their nutrition data comes from.

New

• A new label reader turns an uploaded label, spec sheet or recipe file into any of 152 label formats.
• A new pre-press check reviews your label artwork before printing.
• A lifetime deal banner now appears above the navigation bar in 11 languages, and pricing links can open directly on the Lifetime option.
• 364 more nutrition database food pages are published in German, Portuguese, French and Spanish, with local food names, search aliases, local default servings and translated serving labels.
• Printable calorie table PDFs (374 tables) and food ranking pages were added to the nutrition database.

Improved

• Switching language on an untranslated database page now keeps you on the English page with a notice in your language, instead of sending you to the hub.
• Derived serving weights in the nutrition database now round to whole grams from 50 g up.

New

• Nutrition database hub and category pages now offer printable calorie table PDFs in all languages.

Improved

• Nutrition database pages now use local default serving sizes and unit words, open with a direct answer, and include an FAQ about the data.

Improved

• The Product menu in the navigation is now translated in every language.

Fixed

• Large page headlines on translated pages now resize more reliably to fit their space.

New

• All 68 blog articles are now available in full in Russian and Hindi, so every article is published in all nine translated languages.
• The nutrition label template page and its 15 format pages are now available in all nine translated languages.
• The first 19 regulation pages, covering the US Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts formats and nine national supplement schemes, are now available in all nine translated languages.
• The inventory feature page is now translated into all nine languages, and the glossary is now available in Hindi.

Improved

• Translated blog posts are now served at their own language address rather than redirecting to the English original.

Fixed

• Translated blog posts now show their own translated page title and search description instead of the blog's general title.

New

• All 68 blog articles are now available in full in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese.
• The glossary page is now available in Japanese.

Improved

• Translated articles keep each country's official printed label wording (such as EU, Canadian, Mexican, Chilean and Brazilian terms) in its original language, so it matches what must appear on pack.

Fixed

• Translated blog posts now show their translated headline and summary instead of the English ones.
• Clicking from one translated blog post to another no longer loads the English article or a shortened summary in place of the full translation.
• Corrected regulatory details in several English blog articles, including the sodium rounding steps, the added sugars %DV rule for children 1 through 3, and the low cholesterol claim condition.
• Corrected the dual column example, the small business exemption citation and the count of vitamins and minerals with RDIs in the English blog articles.
• Corrected Brazil's front-of-package warning text to the singular form the regulation prescribes, and the French wording of Canada's front-of-package symbol in blog articles.
• The homepage label formats section no longer scrolls sideways on phones, and the sample label is no longer cut off.

New

• After exporting a label, signed-out users are now offered the option to create an account.

New

• A "Try it with a sample product" button on the homepage opens the generator with an example product loaded.

Improved

• The 15 most-used regulation pages now carry in-depth guidance written from primary sources, with sources listed and seven to eight FAQs each.
• The generator's first-run tutorial now has six steps covering the label, format list, inspector, compliance checks, product form and export, without scrolling the page.
• The About page now explains how regulation content is checked, and the Customers page describes who the tool is built for and how each group uses it.
• Pages load faster because tracking scripts now load after the page is ready.

Fixed

• Corrected several regulation details, including Canada's transition dates, Mexico's phase dates and China's effective date, plus official source links for Mexico and Brazil.
• Old links to translated copies of English-only pages, such as legal pages and the changelog, now redirect to the English page.

New

• Food pages now show the label in Canadian bilingual, EU and UK formats alongside the FDA panel, which you can download as SVG or PNG.
• Published 18 new blog articles on FDA labeling topics, including daily values, serving sizes, added sugars, the healthy claim and front-of-package labeling.

Improved

• Food pages now link to other forms of the same food, such as egg, fried egg and egg white.

Fixed

• Serving sizes on food pages now use the correct singular and plural units.
• Labels on food and template pages now fit their column instead of being cut off, and the download area has a cleaner layout.

Improved

• The homepage benefits section is now a carousel with arrows and dots that advances automatically and pauses when you hover.
• Homepage audience cards, template examples, market showcases and the most popular pricing card have a new colorful design.
• Homepage text now runs wider for easier reading, and the small labels above section titles have been removed.

Improved

• Each of the 12 markets in the homepage formats section now has a fuller description of its panel, regulation and what the generator handles, in 11 languages.
• The homepage has new sections on who the generator is for, how it works and a nine-question FAQ.

New

• New brand look with a new logo and icon, applied across the generator, tools, account, inventory and content pages.
• A guided product tour now introduces the generator and the free tools.

Improved

• The homepage now opens with an interactive preview of the generator, including the full format list, label inspector, and light, dark and label-language modes.
• Mexico NOM-051 warning octagons no longer print the word "SELLO", and their text is sized to fit the longest word.
• The site now opens in light mode on your first visit; a saved dark mode choice is kept.
• The homepage now shows key figures with animated counters and a scrolling list of countries.

Fixed

• The language switcher no longer links to translated pages that do not exist, such as blog posts, which previously sent readers back to the English page or to a missing page.

Improved

• Every free tool page now has an FAQ (137 questions across 30 tools), with front-of-pack timelines checked against current sources.
• The label formats sidebar in the generator is now open by default on desktop.
• The product name field in the generator is wider, so longer product names are no longer cut off.

Fixed

• The homepage now describes the Free plan accurately: three US FDA formats and JPG download, with no account, card or watermark needed.

New

• Added market guides for the US, Mexico and Australia, linked from the regulations hub and the related format pages.
• Free nutrition label templates for 15 formats, plus a blank Nutrition Facts label, each with a downloadable PNG image.
• Two new free tools: the FDA Label Checklist and the Allergen Matrix.
• New blog post on California's AB 660 date labeling law.

Improved

• The Canada, EU and UK pages are now full labeling requirement guides with FAQs, and the Supplement Facts generator page now covers panel types, nutrient order and units.
• The FDA rounding rules guide now includes the full rounding table and a worked label, and the DV and recipe nutrition calculators gained explainers and FAQs.
• The generator now opens on an example product, and its compliance badge shows your actual checker score.
• Regulation pages and country guides now show which source they were reviewed against and when the page was last updated.
• Feature and landing pages now show a real screenshot of the generator and real example labels for US, EU and Canadian formats.
• Content pages now show breadcrumbs, keyboard navigation is easier with a skip link and visible focus, and the homepage sample label now appears on mobile.

Fixed

• The site now states the correct number of US label formats (15).

Fixed

• Net quantity of contents is now cited as 21 CFR 101.7 throughout the generator's output.

New

• You can now export labels without an account: signed-out visitors get the same three US FDA formats and JPG export as the Free plan.
• Nutrition Facts Search, Branded Food Search and Food Comparison now suggest foods as you type.

Improved

• Watermarks have been removed from exports on every plan.
• The free tools menu now uses three columns, and the Recipes tab is hidden for signed-out visitors.
• The homepage now shows a real label produced by the generator, and the headline no longer jumps while fonts load.

Fixed

• Food Comparison no longer shows results from an earlier search under a newer search term.
• The label no longer flashes to full size when you open or close the generator sidebar.
• The selected option in the font picker is now readable in dark mode.

New

• Four new free tools: Health Star Rating, Mexico Warning Seals, Nutri-Score Calculator and UK Traffic Light Checker.

Improved

• The label formats sidebar in the generator can now be opened and closed with a menu button.
• Signed-out visitors now see a Log in button in the generator, and the recipes page now requires signing in.
• Exported files now take your document's name when no other file name is set.
• Feature, industry and comparison pages now include illustrations of the app, and each blog post has a topical illustration.
• Removed the countdown clock from the pricing page; the notify-me option remains.

Fixed

• Fixed issues in the front-of-pack label calculations.

New

• The regulations hub now includes a full table of all 152 label formats, with country, regulation and effective date.
• Each regulation page now has a "Common questions" section covering whether a nutrition declaration is mandatory, when the rule took effect and which format applies.
• Twelve regulation explainer articles are back on the blog, available in all ten languages.

Improved

• Exports are no longer capped per month on any plan.
• Every format on the regulations hub is now filed under a region, including new Europe (non-EU) and Eurasia and Central Asia groups, so nothing sits under "Other".
• Regulation pages now link to related formats from the same country or region and to the free tools that apply, and coverage page countries link straight to their regulation page.
• Free tool pages now suggest three related tools and link to the regulations they implement and to related guides.
• Pages load faster: the initial download is smaller, fonts no longer delay the first paint, and repeat visits reuse cached files.

Fixed

• Plan feature lists on the homepage and pricing page now match what each plan includes, in every language, and the middle plan is consistently called Pro.
• Team invitation links sent by email now open correctly.

Improved

• All 152 regulation pages now include a requirements summary, with supplement reference tables, footnotes and mandatory statements for nine markets including Japan, the EU and Canada.
• Front-of-pack pages now describe their scheme in detail, and countries sharing one standard (Central America, CARICOM, Gulf states) name it and link to each other.
• Translated pages in nine languages are now properly linked, links keep you in your language, and the language menu no longer points to pages that do not exist.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where listing, creating and costing ingredients and recipes could fail, along with attachment uploads.
• Redeemed promo codes now upgrade your plan correctly.
• Direct links, bookmarks, password-reset links and team invite links no longer redirect to the homepage or show "not found" after the page loads.
• The cookie banner's Accept all and Reject all buttons work again, and the banner no longer reappears after you have made a choice.
• The homepage now shows current plan prices and an accurate description of the Free plan.
• Embedded labels now apply their theme and fonts correctly.
• Removed the Email button from the label workbench, and corrected the API documentation for the export endpoint.

New

• The homepage now shows the current lifetime deal, as a stamp beside the label preview on desktop and a badge under the buttons on mobile.

Improved

• The pricing page now shows the lifetime price band that is currently open, so a sold-out band disappears straight away.
• Every price now notes that it excludes tax, since VAT or sales tax is added at checkout based on your location.
• The line showing what the lifetime price rises to next is now highlighted instead of shown as grey fine print.
• Regulation pages for 128 label formats now show real details such as the official citation, effective date, mandatory nutrients, energy units, label language and front-of-pack scheme.
• 62 more country pages, including Azerbaijan, Uganda, Kazakhstan and Trinidad and Tobago, now have country-specific titles.

Fixed

• The advertised lifetime price is now applied at checkout, including when you switch to a lifetime licence from the monthly checkout.
• Links to retired blog posts now redirect correctly, and the regulation "Deep dive" and popular posts sections show only published posts.
• The blog RSS feed now links to the correct website.

New

• Before launch you can leave your email on the pricing page and reserve the plan you want, with a countdown shown as labelled day, hour, minute and second tiles.
• Checkout for paid plans is set up ahead of launch, with purchases tied to your account email and purchase emails covering first steps, plan limits and refunds.

Improved

• Links in body text are now underlined so they stand out without relying on colour, and footer social links have larger tap targets.
• Lifetime licences are now sold in limited price bands that rise as each band sells out, with 5 years of updates included.
• The refund policy is now 7 days for monthly, annual and lifetime plans, stated the same way on the refunds page and in every language.

Fixed

• Pricing plan cards and comparison tables now stack into one or two columns on phones and tablets instead of running off the screen.
• Removed sideways scrolling on small phones across the site, including the header on 320px screens and the Recipe Scaler on mobile.
• Plan reservations, the pricing email box and the newsletter signup now tell you when a save fails and keep your entry so you can retry.
• Fixed an issue that blocked label exports and stopped plan changes from being applied to accounts.
• Security hardening for account and billing data.

New

• Five new free tools: Nutrition Facts Search, Branded Food Search, Food Comparison, Nutrient Ranking and Recipe Scaler.
• Nutrient Target Checker: shows Dietary Reference Intakes for 11 nutrients by age, sex and life stage, including pregnancy and lactation.
• PDP Area and Type Size Calculator gives the principal display panel area and minimum type sizes in inches, millimetres and points.
• Canada Front-of-Package Symbol Checker (SOR/2022-168) shows which nutrients trigger the "High in" symbol, in English and French, using the correct threshold band.
• The pricing page shows a countdown to 1 September 2026, when checkout opens, and a waitlist signup in the meantime.

Improved

• Faster homepage and blog posts, a mobile-friendly cookie banner, better text contrast, and accessible labels on the language and menu buttons.
• The blog uses numbered pages instead of a Load more button, and shows a reload notice if a post fails to load.

Fixed

• Barcodes now render on a solid white background, so they display in dark mode and downloaded PNGs scan on dark artwork.
• The Coverage page now loads correctly, and affiliate referrals are credited correctly.
• Security hardening for pages that require sign-in.

New

• Added Urdu as a site language, with right-to-left layout.
• Promo codes: redeem a code on the My Account page for time-limited full access and see its status.

Improved

• Faster page loads: the generator, inventory, recipes, dashboard and account pages now load on demand, cutting the main download from 6.3 MB to 1.9 MB.
• The blog is now a Resource Center with category tabs, search and popular posts, and FAQ pages have a jump-link table of contents.
• The API documentation now uses a three-pane reference layout with a sticky navigation menu and code examples.
• Every page now has its own title, description and social sharing preview.
• Visual updates: a solid navigation bar, a larger logo, better contrast on tool icons and the lifetime plan card, and placeholder ad slots removed.

Fixed

• Fixed a performance issue that could make the label generator unresponsive.
• Fixed a team permissions bug, and team settings now show translated text in every language.
• Fixed broken links, including on the Urdu pages, and an error on some blog posts.

New

• Inventory and lot tracing: manage raw materials, finished goods and suppliers, import items from saved recipes, log production runs, and follow a 7-step setup checklist.
• Production runs prefill the earliest-expiring lot (FEFO) and, when closed, offer a print-ready batch label with the saved nutrition label, lot code, date and quantity.
• Recall tracing follows a lot forward and backward through production runs, and downloads a one-click recall report PDF with a sign-off block.
• Live label embeds: Professional plans and above can place an auto-updating nutrition label on any website with a one-line script or iframe.
• The label editor shows live FDA nutrient content claim alerts with CFR citations, and an overrides panel lists hand-edited values with a reset to automatic.
• My Account page: change email or password, turn on two-factor sign-in, and manage your subscription, billing history, team, addresses and the affiliate program.
• New help pages: FAQs for labels, recipes and inventory, an API reference, a feature index, and a coverage page listing all 114 supported countries.

Improved

• Recipes have their own page with recipe, ingredients, statement, allergens, cost, breakdown and card tabs, and drafts now autosave to the cloud.
• Downgrading now includes a 60-day grace period with a dashboard countdown and options to export a JSON backup or delete data.

Fixed

• Security hardening for billing, plan limits, file exports and inventory pages.

Improved

• Pricing page: the lifetime plan now appears near the top, with larger section headings and widths aligned to the header and footer.

New

• Nutrition label generator with 152 label formats covering 114 countries, a recipe engine and cloud save for your work.
• The site is available in 10 languages, with translated pages and language-specific web addresses.
• Pricing with four plans plus a lifetime option, including published plan limits and billing rules.
• Added a contact page and a 404 page for broken links.

Improved

• The label generator now requires sign-in, while the free tools stay open to everyone without an account.

Fixed

• Fixed mobile layout, sign-in, cookie banner and right-to-left language display issues.
• Fixed label zoom and fit-to-screen behavior in the generator.
• Fixed an autosave issue that could cause unsaved changes to be lost, plus several issues in the free tools.

• Recipe version history with automatic snapshots.
• Cost history charts on the Ingredients dashboard.
• Newsletter signup form in the footer.
• 50 new blog posts covering FDA and EU labeling, supplements, recipes and food business operations.

• Full-width mode for the Recipe, Ingredients, Allergens and Cost tabs.
• New Recipe and Ingredients dashboards.
• The Custom Ingredient form expanded to six sections.
• Ingredient cost history.

• Choline added to the optional vitamins, with daily values for adults (550 mg), children (200 mg) and infants (150 mg).
• Standard label: right-aligned amounts, hairlines between vitamins, and biotin and iodine shown in mcg.
• Optional macronutrients can be added to the standard label.

• US FDA Supplement Facts panel for adults (21 CFR 101.36).
• Supplement Facts variants for children 1 to 3 years, infants, and pregnant and lactating women.
• PDCAAS protein quality score.
• Recipe scaling, for example 2x or 0.5x.

• India Nutrition Rating (INR) star label format.
• Updated Nutri-Score algorithm.
• FDA Nutrient Content Claim Validator tool.
• RACC Lookup tool with 79 FDA reference amounts.

• 46 new country formats, including Chile, Mexico (NOM-051), Argentina (Law 27.642), Brazil (ANVISA), Panama and Central America.
• Country-specific rounding rules.