To use the manual override feature, click on ‘Customize Label’ and then select ‘Manual Label Override’. From there, you can manually adjust any aspect of the label, including values, servings, and %DV. Remember to click ‘Save’ to reflect your changes on the label accordingly. This feature gives you complete flexibility and control over your nutrition facts panel.
To Access this Feature: Click on the “Menu Label Report” button located on the left sidebar of the Food Label Maker platform.
Then, click on create a “menu label report” at the top right corner.
Start by setting up your report:
-Name Your Report: Enter a name for your report and include a section title (e.g., Dessert).
-Select Recipes and Specify Quantities: Search for and select the recipes you wish to include in your report by typing their names in the search bar. For each chosen recipe, specify the desired quantity and select the appropriate measurement unit.
Here’s how you can customize your report:
-Click on “Customize Nutrients” to enable or disable specific nutrient fields according to your needs.
-Rearrange Nutrients: Use the “Rearrange Nutrient Order” option to modify the order in which nutrients are displayed on your report.
Recipe yield refers to the total amount of food or servings that a recipe will produce. In other words, it’s the final quantity of the prepared dish after following all the steps and instructions in the recipe.
Recipe yield is often expressed as a number of servings or as a weight or volume measurement. For example, a recipe for a batch of cookies might yield 500 g or 24 cookies, or a recipe for a pot of soup might yield 16 fl oz or 6 servings.
Sometimes you will need to manually adjust your recipe yield to account for moisture loss due to cooking, drying, freezing…etc.
Manually adjusting the recipe yield will only change the value of the Serving Size on your label, so that you are showing the correct weight of your package to consumers. It will not change the nutrition facts calculation as it only accounts for Moisture loss.
Create and save sub-recipes easily in your account and insert them in any of your main recipes.
Follow these simple steps:
Scaling a recipe means adjusting the ingredient quantities and/or the yield of the recipe to make more or less of the final product. There are a few different reasons why you might need to scale a recipe:
With Food Label Maker, you can scale a recipe up or down with a few simple clicks.
If you want to scale up your recipe 10 times, enter 10. If you want to scale down your recipe use a decimal between 0 and 1. For example enter 0.5 to scale down your recipe by half.
Once you do that, the tool will generate a new recipe with the ingredient quantities adjusted based on your scaling factor. For example, if the original recipe calls for 1 cup of flour, you would multiply 1 by 1.5 to get 1.5 cups of flour for the scaled recipe.
To account for ingredient wastage due to preparation, processing, or cooking, you can follow these steps:
For example, if you needed 1 kg of flour for a recipe and ended up with 100 g of flour leftover, the amount of wasted flour would be 1 kg – 100 g = 900 g. The percentage of wastage would be (900 g / 1 kg) x 100 = 90%.
In Food Label Maker, you can specify the % waste of each ingredient. This is found in the recipe builder page next to each ingredient.
By keeping track of ingredient wastage, you can identify areas where you can improve your recipe or cooking process to reduce waste and save money.
Food Label Maker allows you to get the nutrition breakdown of your recipes including all macros, vitamins, and minerals broken down by the contribution of each ingredient. Find out what ingredient is driving your calories, salt, sugar or fat or what ingredient can help you increase your fiber content.
To access your recipe’s Nutrition data simply click on the Nutrition Breakdown tab in the recipe builder page.
Here’s a good case study on how this feature can be used:
The FDA requested food manufacturers and restaurants to cut the salt in their products, with the aim to reduce America’s overall sodium intake by 12%.
With Food Label Maker’s Nutrition breakdown feature, you can find out what ingredient is increasing your salt content with a simple download. We remove the guess-work out of identifying the problem and give you all your product’s nutrition facts (macros, vitamins, and minerals) so you get full visibility on your recipe’s nutrition.
In addition to salt, find out which ingredient is driving your calories, fat, or sugar content up and make changes to help comply with local regulations.
Want to decrease fat, for example? swap the butter with a different ingredient or reduce its quantity.
Want to be able to claim high fiber or high protein? Check which ingredients can help drive those nutrients up and increase their quantities
Need more help on how to use this feature? Take a look at our quick video tutorial below:
Generate a comprehensive recipe card with its Ingredients, directions, nutrition facts, picture, and allergens using Food Label Maker with just a few clicks!
Here are some of the advantages to using recipe cards in your food establishment:
For more information on how to access this feature, check out our quick tutorial here:
Amino acid patterns indicate the distinct sequences of amino acids in proteins, as well as the composition and proportions of these amino acids in a food item. They reveal the types of amino acids present in each product and are essential for determining the limiting amino acid score used in calculating the PDCAAS (Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score) adjustment for a recipe.
To access it on Food Label Maker, click on Manage Recipe and then select Amino Acid Pattern Report.
As per FDA regulations a food can be labelled as:
According to the FDA, you must declare the daily value of protein if you are making any protein content related claims (such as. high in protein, contains an XX amount of protein….etc.), or if your product is intended for children under the age of 4. Otherwise, declaring daily value of protein is voluntary.
Food Label Maker offers a feature that displays the %DV (Percent Daily Value) of protein for specific protein claims. Make sure to adjust the PDCAAS before making the claim, this score represents a ratio of the complete proteins in an amino acid. The DV calculation must take into account the amount of complete protein rather than the total protein only, therefore the PDCAAS must be calculated.
To access this feature, click on
This will ensure that the protein %DV appears on the label as desired.