Blank Nutrition Facts Label Template

No. On its industry resources page for the label changes, FDA answers the question directly: "FDA has not provided label templates in the past and we do not plan to do so now." It suggests that companies use its sample labels and graphic illustrations as visual guides when they format their own labels, and adds that the private sector is equipped to provide labeling templates.

The label images FDA offers for download are not a template either. That page says: "For educational purposes only. These labels do not meet the labeling requirements described in 21 CFR 101.9." The templates on this page are built from the paragraphs of 21 CFR 101.9 and the graphic specifications FDA recommends in Appendix B to Part 101. FDA does not approve labels before sale, so no template is "FDA approved": the format and type sizes are handled here, and the numbers are your responsibility.

The standard vertical label is the default for most packaged food (101.9(d)). The vitamins side by side version puts vitamin D with calcium and iron with potassium on two lines to save height (101.9(d)(8)). A package that holds 200% to 300% of the reference amount, such as a pint of ice cream, must show a dual column label with one column per serving and one for the whole package (101.9(b)(12)(i)). The simplified format is for foods with insignificant amounts of eight or more of the 15 core nutrients, such as a soda (101.9(f)).

If the panel has less than about 3 inches of continuous height, the tabular format is allowed (101.9(d)(11)(iii)). A package with less than 12 square inches of label area, or with 40 square inches or less when no panel can hold a standard vertical label, may use the tabular format, and the linear format only when tabular will not fit either (101.9(j)(13)(ii)(A)). So the right format depends on your package, not on the label sheet; the format helper in the editor below works it out from your measurements.

FDA sets minimum type sizes, not a minimum label size. On the standard label, nutrient lines must be at least 8 point, "Calories" at least 16 point and its number at least 22 point, with smaller minimums for the tabular and linear formats (101.9(d)(1)(iii)). At those sizes, the smallest each blank can be, width by height, is 2.18 × 4.23 inches for the standard template, 2.56 × 3.95 for vitamins side by side, 3.07 × 4.36 for dual column and 2.18 × 3.21 for simplified. The tabular template takes its size from its content, 6.68 × 1.73 inches, and the linear one starts at 1.76 × 2.09 inches and gets shorter as it gets wider.

On label sheets, with 1/8 inch kept clear inside each edge (the safe area of the food label maker) and the label tried both ways round, a 3.5 × 5 inch OnlineLabels OL5100 label takes the standard, side by side, dual column, simplified and linear templates. A 4 × 3 1/3 inch label compatible with Avery® 5164 takes the linear one, and the simplified one only turned 90°, while OnlineLabels OL8250 and labels compatible with Avery 5163 and 22822 take only the linear one. A 2 × 2 inch label compatible with Avery 22806 is too small for any of them, and the tabular template is too wide for all of these sheets. The table measures each format filled in with typical values, so a long serving size or extra vitamins may need more room.

Every number on the label is rounded by its own FDA rule, so copying amounts from a lab report onto a blank by hand is where most mistakes happen. Calories round to the nearest 5 up to 50 and to the nearest 10 above. Fats round to 0.5 g under 5 g and to 1 g above. Sodium rounds to 5 mg up to 140 mg and to 10 mg above. The % Daily Value compares each amount with its Daily Value, such as 78 g for total fat or 2,300 mg for sodium, and vitamins and minerals use 2%, 5% and 10% steps.

That is why each card has Fill in this template. It opens the editor below in that format, starting from FDA’s sample values (Clear empties them). Enter the servings, the serving size and the actual amounts per serving: the values are rounded, the % Daily Values worked out, and the Checks tab flags anything that does not add up, citing 21 CFR 101.9. Your label is saved in this browser; save a project file, or sign in and choose Save to account, to open it elsewhere.

The editor makes English labels for adults and children 4 years and over. Labels for infants, children 1 to 3 years and pregnant or lactating women use other Daily Values and are not supported yet. If you fill in a printed blank by hand or in another program instead, keep the printed units and % signs, use the same rounding rules and set each value at no less than the template’s type sizes.

Word in Microsoft 365 can insert the SVG or the PNG, and Google Docs and Canva take the PNG, which is 300 dpi, so it prints sharp at its real size. Illustrator, InDesign and Inkscape open or place the PDF, EPS or SVG, the vector files a packaging printer wants.

The text in every file is converted to outlines, so the printer needs no fonts, but it also means the words and numbers cannot be retyped inside the file. Fill in the template here first and download the finished label, or set your own text in the blank places at no less than the template’s type sizes. Place the label at its true size and never scale it down, or the type falls below FDA’s minimums.

Teachers use a blank nutrition facts label for lessons on reading food labels: students copy the numbers from a real package and compare serving sizes, calories and % Daily Values. Another favorite is to invent a food, fill in its label and explain each line.

The classroom sheet prints two blank standard labels at one and a half times their size on one Letter or A4 page, so each number has room to be written by hand. For a cereal box book report, pair it with the cereal box template: students fill in a label for their cereal and glue it on the box they made.

Usually not. Most states do not ask for a Nutrition Facts panel on cottage food unless the label makes a nutrition claim such as "low fat" or "sugar free". State rules vary, so check yours; the cottage food label maker sets up the label for your state.

Stores often ask for a label anyway. When you need one, fill in this template with numbers from a lab or a recipe analysis, then choose Put on a food label under the editor’s downloads. The finished panel opens in the free food label maker, where Design with AI can paint the label’s artwork around the exact panel, using credits.