AI Honey Label Design Generator

The container shapes the label. A classic 1 lb glass jar has a label area about 4.25 × 2.5 in, and a 1 lb queenline jar about 3.75 × 2.5 in, so a 3 × 2 in front fits both with room around it. An oval of 3 1/3 × 2 in suits 16 oz and larger jars and gives the label a classic look.

A 12 oz plastic honey bear has a flat front panel about 2 in tall and 1.5 in wide, which is why the bear type is an upright 1.5 × 2 in label. A small hexagon jar of about 4 oz stands about 2.5 in tall, and a 1.5 in round sits on one of its faces. Mason jars of honey take a front label on the glass and a 2 in round on the lid.

Then pick the type here and set your exact size. Honey is sold by weight, so a 12 oz bear holds 12 oz of honey even though it holds 8 fluid ounces of water, and its label says NET WT 12 OZ (340 g).

A food that is only honey is called honey, and its honey label may name the floral source, such as Clover Honey or Orange Blossom Honey, when that plant is the chief source of the nectar. Pure honey is a single ingredient, so it needs no ingredient list (FDA).

The net weight goes on the principal display panel, on its own line in the bottom 30% (21 CFR 101.7); a 1 lb jar reads NET WT 16 OZ (1 LB) 454 g. On a round jar the panel is 40% of the height times the circumference (101.1), which on a 1 lb jar calls for net weight letters at least 1/8 inch tall. The flat front of a bear or one face of a hexagon jar is a small panel of its own, where 1/16 inch letters are enough.

The name and address of the packer or distributor complete the label (101.5). Honey imported into the US also names its country of origin in English (19 CFR 134.11), and honey from your own hives may name your town or county with pride.

Honey mixed with a syrup is named as a blend, such as Blend of honey and corn syrup, with an ingredient list; honey with a flavor added is named for it, such as raspberry flavored honey, with honey and natural flavor in the ingredients (FDA). The honey name field prints whatever name your jar has earned.

Raw is a word buyers love, and it goes on a honey jar label when it describes your honey truly. Organic needs certification, and small producers selling under $5,000 a year of organic products may sell as organic without it, though not with the USDA organic seal (7 CFR 205.101, 205.310).

That is why the generator never adds raw, organic, pure, local or a floral source on its own. Quote them in your description or type them in the honey name, and they print exactly as written.

Federal rules do not ask for an infant warning on a honey label, though health agencies advise that children under one year old should not eat honey (USDA FSIS). Some states ask for one from small home producers: Virginia for exempt honey producers (Va. Code 3.2-5130) and Hawaii for home honey producers (HRS 328-79).

When honey carries a Nutrition Facts panel, pure honey shows the percent daily value for added sugars with a † note that explains it, rather than grams of added sugars (FDA). Many small sellers qualify for an exemption from the panel (101.9(j)).

Words like these belong in exact type. Text & barcode under a design opens it in our free label maker, and our cottage food label maker writes your state’s wording, so the art and the required lines print together.

Let the nectar choose the colors: pale cream and lavender for a light clover honey, deep amber and brown for buckwheat, orange and green for orange blossom. A small bee, a skep, a honeycomb or the flowers your bees visit makes the honey label read at a glance, and a hexagon frame says honey before a word is read.

Make the honey name the loudest line after the apiary, and add the place or the harvest year in small type. Across a range, keep the apiary name and the layout the same and let color carry each variety, so a shelf of jars reads as one family.

Start your brief with the honey and the buyer, such as “a raw buckwheat honey for a farmers market, dark and bold”, then add a style direction. Add your logo as a reference image and it stays your mark on every jar.

Every honey label type with a sheet size prints at home on standard Letter label sheets: the 3 × 2 in front is compatible with Avery® 22822, eight to a sheet; the oval with Avery® 22820, eight to a sheet; the hexagon round with Avery® 8293, twenty to a sheet; and the lid round with Avery® 22807, twelve to a sheet (Avery). Text & barcode opens your design on its sheet in the label maker.

For a print shop, download the print PDF: the trim size plus 1/8 in bleed, a TrimBox and a CutContour cut line on its own layer, or a 300 dpi PNG. To see the label on a jar first, In a scene takes it to our AI packaging mockup generator.

Each design costs 5 to 20 credits depending on the mode and resolution you pick, and plans start at 800 credits a month (pricing). Labeling jams and pickles too? See AI jar label design.