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Which ingredients are available?

You can browse ingredients available to add to your recipe formulation below: Ingredient List

Graphic Design Packaging Resources

ClayTowne ClayTowne will help you design your label and food packaging. Email: clay@claytowne.comCell: 831-566-3046Skype: clay.butler http://www.claytowne.com/beats-digging-ditches/  

Packaging Resources

Tin PackagingIf you need any tin packaging, you can visit http://www.tinwerks.com/sales@tinwerks.com630-628-8600  

How do i print my nutrition facts labels?

OnlineLabels.comAfter reviewing a bunch of options, we found OnlineLabels.com to be a great source for blank, print-it-yourself labels and Consolidated Label to be an excellent choice for high-quality pre-printed labels and shrink sleeve...

What does Menutail use as their data source?

Our data is based off the official USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (USDA SR).http://www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata/sr

What are my pricing options?

Pay Per Label: In this service, you pay for as many labels as you need. When you use this service, you can't reformulate your product after submission. This is good for those who just have a few labels they need to do analysis for. Monthly Subscri...

Is my data secure on Menutail?

At Menutail, we care greatly about the security and privacy of your data.  In this post, we are going to talk a little bit about how the data travels, and how it is stored. As you enter your recipe formula, your connection is first secured with SSL. ...

What if Menutail doesn't have my ingredient?

If Menutail doesn't have the ingredient, you can manually import it.  Note though importing the older nutrition facts labels will not work in the ne 2016 workflow because different micronutrients are now declared.

Do I have to send Menutail a food sample?

No, you don't have to send any food samples to Menutail. According to the FDA, you are allowed to use a nutrition database for analysis. You can read our entire thoughts at our blog post. 

Do you have a fact sheet I can download?

We've created a fact sheet and overview below: PDF Sample Labels 

Do you support the new redesigned FDA nutrition facts labels?

Yes we do! You can check out our blog post for more details:  New Guidelines for Redesigned FDA Labels 

How to import lab data into menutail

How to create ingredient aggregations

Pre Work for Nutrition Facts Analysis

How do I create a nutrition label?

This is a tutorial on how to create the new redesigned fda nutrition facts label.  It goes over regular label,dual column label, a label which is rounded up.

Ebook guide to the new nutrition facts labels

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Racc Lookup Tool

We have any easy to use RACC Look-up tool.  You can click the link below. Racc Lookup Tool

What is RACC?

RACC stands for 'reference amounts customarily consumed' per eating occasion and is an FDA defined term.  Basically it stands for one typical serving size For example, the RACC for cookies is Product Category Reference Amount Label Statement Cooki...

History of nutrition facts labels changes

1990: Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) passes. It requires all packaged foods to bear nutrition labeling, like the one below. May 27, 2016: FDA issues final rulings for new redesigned label for food manufacturers.  An ex...

What is cloud based nutrition analysis

Cloud based nutrition analysis means that all of your analysis is done entirely over the Internet through your web browser.  This means you can use a: Mac PC Chromebook To do your formulation.  The advantages to this also are: There is no need ...

What is a vector PDF?

When you generate your nutrition facts label on Menutail, you get a vector PDF back.  A vector PDF allows your label designer to scale your nutrition facts label as large or as small as you need without the loss of image quality. The image below shows ...

What is nutrition analysis?

Nutrition analysis refers to the ability to find the nutritional content of a given food item.  Most of the time, this data is returned: Macronutrients                    Micronutrients Total Fat (...