Tabular Format (Full Width): FDA Nutrition Facts format
Wide table format. An FDA Nutrition Facts layout under 21 CFR 101.9, generated free with correct rounding and Daily Values.
Reviewed against 21 CFR 101.9 (Nutrition labeling of food) · Page updated September 16, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements for Tabular Format (Full Width)
Packaged food sold in the United States must carry a nutrition declaration under 21 CFR 101.9 (Nutrition labeling of food). This page covers the Tabular Format (Full Width) format: Wide table format. A compliant nutrition label declares 15 mandatory nutrients: calories, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, total sugars, added sugars, protein, vitamin d, calcium, iron and potassium. Values are declared per serving, with serving sizes set by the racc tables in 21 cfr 101.12, with energy in kcal, and sodium rather than salt. The panel is headed "Nutrition Facts". English is required on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. NFL builds a print-ready nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for the United States automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
When to use the full-width tabular Nutrition Facts label
The full-width tabular Nutrition Facts label is what FDA calls the tabular display in 21 CFR 101.9(d)(11)(iii). It is an in-force alternative to the standard vertical panel for packages that do not have enough continuous vertical space for the required Nutrition Facts components through the mandatory declaration of potassium. FDA describes that space as approximately 3 inches.
Using the tabular display is voluntary once that space condition is met, but it is not a free design choice. A package that can hold the vertical panel must use it, because 21 CFR 101.9(d) sets the vertical format as the default and permits the tabular display only under the conditions in paragraph (d)(11).
The 3-inch test is a layout test, not a package-area threshold. The small-package tabular format in 21 CFR 101.9(j)(13) is a separate in-force regime with its own eligibility rules and smaller type sizes, so the two should not be mixed up.
Source: 21 CFR 101.9(d)(11), eCFR.
How the full-width tabular layout is arranged
The tabular display turns the vertical panel on its side. The "Nutrition Facts" heading, servings information, serving size and the Calories area sit in a block on the left, and the nutrient amounts and percent Daily Values run across the remaining width in columns.
The general formatting rules in 21 CFR 101.9(d)(1) stay mandatory. The panel must be set off in a box with hairlines, printed in black or one-color type on a white or other neutral contrasting background whenever practical, and use an easy-to-read type style with upper and lower case letters.
One rule does relax. The "Nutrition Facts" heading is mandatory, but 21 CFR 101.9(d)(2) expressly excepts the (d)(11) tabular display from the usual requirement that the heading run across the full width of the nutrient information. That is what allows the heading to sit in the left-hand block instead of spanning the whole panel.
Source: 21 CFR 101.9(d)(1) and (d)(2), eCFR.
Type size rules for the 21 CFR 101.9 full-width tabular display
The type size minimums for the (d)(11) tabular display are mandatory and differ from the vertical panel in a few places:
- the word "Calories" in bold or extra bold, at least 10 point, instead of 16 point on the vertical panel;
- the number of calories in bold or extra bold, still at least 22 point, because the reduced 14 point size applies only to the small-package tabular and linear formats;
- "Serving size" in bold or extra bold, at least 9 point, with an 8 point fallback on any package size if the declaration does not fit;
- servings per container at least 10 point;
- nutrient names and amounts covered by (d)(7) and (d)(8) at least 8 point; and
- headings and footnote text covered by (d)(4), (d)(6) and (d)(9) at least 6 point.
Caloric conversion information under (d)(10) is voluntary, and when it is given it must also be at least 6 point.
Full-width tabular versus other FDA nutrition facts label formats
A switch to the full-width tabular layout does not drop any declaration. Every nutrient, amount and percent Daily Value that 21 CFR 101.9 makes mandatory for the food in a vertical panel stays mandatory in the tabular display.
The vertical panel remains the in-force default. The full-width tabular display is the next step when vertical space is short. The small-package tabular and linear formats under 21 CFR 101.9(j)(13) are for packages of 40 square inches or less, and the reduced type sizes and abbreviations allowed there cannot be borrowed just because a (d)(11) tabular display is being used. FDA also provides a separate tabular dual-column format in 21 CFR 101.9(e)(6)(ii) for products that need two columns.
English is mandatory for required label information under 21 CFR 101.15(c), except for products distributed solely in Puerto Rico or another US territory where another language predominates. If the label makes any representation in another language, all required information, including the Nutrition Facts, must also appear in that language.
Source: 21 CFR 101.9 and 21 CFR 101.15, eCFR.
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Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-03.
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