The 9 major food allergens under US law, the name to print for each on a label, and how the Big 9 compares with the old 8 and the EU's 14.
Updated 2026-10-03
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Short, plain explanations of the label rules small food makers ask about.
Supplement Facts vs Nutrition Facts, side by side. Which products use each panel and how serving size, zero amounts, and blends differ under FDA rules.
Updated 2026-10-01
Work out nutrition facts for a recipe by hand. Look up each ingredient, add up the batch, divide by servings, and round with FDA rules. Worked example.
Updated 2026-09-30
What percent daily value means on a Nutrition Facts label, the FDA Daily Values table, the %DV formula with a worked example, and the 5/20 rule.
Updated 2026-09-29
The FDA reference amounts customarily consumed for baked goods, candy, snacks, jams, sauces, and drinks, and how each RACC sets the serving size.
Updated 2026-09-24
Start a cottage food business in seven steps: check your state law, pick foods, register, train, label, price, and sell. With an eight-state rules table.
Updated 2026-09-23
What goes on a cottage food label: the product name, the ingredient list, allergens, net weight, your address, and the home kitchen disclosure your state sets.
Updated 2026-09-21
Price baked goods in five steps: ingredient cost, packaging, labor, overhead, and markup. A worked example for a batch of 24 cookies, with a table.
Updated 2026-09-21
How to turn a batch into grams per serving, how FDA reference amounts set the serving size for packaged food, and how to write the serving size line on the label.
Updated 2026-09-16
Three ways to get Nutrition Facts numbers for a food product, what each costs, when you can skip the panel, and how to print it.
Updated 2026-09-16
The nine major allergens, the two ways to declare them, and the exact form of the "Contains" line.
Updated 2026-09-12
Most home food businesses are exempt from the Nutrition Facts panel. Here is the federal exemption, what cancels it, and what your state may add.
Updated 2026-09-12
How to write the ingredient statement on a food label: order by weight, common names, sub-ingredients, spices, and allergens, with a finished example.
Updated 2026-09-12
FDA net weight rules in plain words. The units, the front panel position, the type size, and how to weigh the food without the container.
Updated 2026-09-12
How to print food labels at home on a regular or thermal printer, which labels hold up in the fridge or freezer, and free templates.
Updated 2026-09-12