Nutrition Facts panels, worked out from the recipe

What it does

• The Nutrition Facts panel — set in the layout of 21 CFR 101.9(d), with Calories rather than kilojoules and percent Daily Value rather than European reference intakes.
• All three displays — the standard vertical panel, the tabular display of 101.9(d)(11), and the linear display for small packages.
• Serving sizes from the reference amounts — the RACC tables of 21 CFR 101.12, not a number you pick yourself.
• US nutrition data — the US market calculates on USDA values and on nothing else; every ingredient shows its source next to its name.
• Your own ingredients — enter values from a supplier’s specification wherever the built-in tables do not have the product.

Which rules it follows

The United States does not label to the European rules, so Foodlex does not either once the market is set. The panel follows 21 CFR 101.9, the section headed “Nutrition labeling of food”, and the serving size follows 21 CFR 101.12, headed “Reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion”.

Which display you may use is a question of package size, not of taste. The regulation allows a “tabular display… as provided for in paragraph (d)(11)”, and it allows the panel to be set in a “linear (i.e., string) fashion rather than in vertical columns if the product has a total surface area available to bear labeling of less than 12 square inches”. Foodlex builds all of them; which one fits your package is yours to decide.

📘 Wording quoted from the primary source on 21 October 2026: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, edition of 1 October 2026, via the eCFR.

What it does not do

• No filing with the FDA, and no review of whether an exemption under 101.9(j) applies to your business.
• No check of nutrient content claims or health claims against the US rules — the claim library in Foodlex is the European one.
• No front-of-pack graphic.
• Billing is in euros.

Frequently asked questions

Does Foodlex build a US Nutrition Facts panel, not a European one?

Yes, when the market is set to the United States. Foodlex then works to 21 CFR 101.9, headed “Nutrition labeling of food”, instead of the European rules: Calories rather than kilojoules, percent Daily Value rather than reference intakes, and the layout of 101.9(d). The standard, tabular and linear displays are all supported.

Where does the serving size come from?

From the reference amounts in 21 CFR 101.12, the section headed “Reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion”. Its tables set the reference amount for each food category, and the serving size on the label is derived from it rather than chosen freely.

Which nutrition data does the US market use?

USDA values, and nothing else — no German, British or French tables mixed in. Every ingredient shows the source it came from next to its name. Where a product is not in the USDA tables, you enter the values from your supplier’s specification.

Is a Foodlex panel enough to put a product on the US market?

No. Foodlex calculates and sets the panel; it does not review your product for claims, it does not file anything with the FDA, and it does not decide whether an exemption under 101.9(j) applies to you. Those stay with the firm placing the product on the market.