Plain-language guides to Canadian and US nutrition labelling, the government food data behind every number, and how to read a Nutrition Facts table.
What must appear in English and French on a Canadian food label, the local and specialty food exemptions, Quebec's rules, and the bilingual table options.
Read guide → CanadaCanada has no small-business exemption for Nutrition Facts tables. Who is exempt, what ends the exemption, the CFIA format rules, and the common mistakes.
Read guide → CanadaHow reference amounts set a Canadian serving size, the rounding rules for Calories, fat, sodium, carbohydrate, and protein, and the mistakes to avoid.
Read guide → CanadaWhich foods and venues are exempt from Canada's Nutrition Facts table, what ends an exemption, and a decision list for market vendors and small producers.
Read guide →How the RACC sets a US serving size, the single-serving and dual-column package rules, the FDA rounding increments, and the mistakes to avoid.
Read guide → United StatesThe FDA Nutrition Facts panel rules a small producer must get right before printing: serving size from the RACC, nutrient order, rounding, and claims.
Read guide → United StatesWho needs an FDA Nutrition Facts panel, the small business exemption thresholds and notice, what ends the exemption, and the format and rounding rules.
Read guide → United StatesWhen a US packaged food needs a Nutrition Facts panel, the two small business exemption routes and their exact thresholds, and what ends an exemption.
Read guide →Cottage food labels answer to state law. The Nutrition Facts panel answers to the FDA. Mixing the two up is the most common mistake in this category.
Read guide → Cottage foodArizona's statement is the only one that mentions pet allergens, and its label is the only one carrying a web address. The full wording, and what sits with it.
Read guide → Cottage foodWhat a California cottage food label must carry, the Class A and Class B sales limits, and the 12-point home kitchen statement people most often get wrong.
Read guide → Cottage foodColorado caps sales at $10,000 per product rather than per business, and makes you train before you sell. The required wording, and how the cap actually works.
Read guide → Cottage foodFlorida needs no cottage food licence, but the wording is exact: 10-point capitals in a colour that contrasts. The statement, and everything around it.
Read guide → Cottage foodGeorgia dropped its licence and sales cap in 2025 but kept a label rule that names the typeface. What to write, in which font, at what size.
Read guide → Cottage foodIllinois asks for fields no other state does: a production date, your local government unit, and a registration number. A field-by-field walk through the label.
Read guide → Cottage foodIndiana asks for no licence and sets no sales cap. The 10-point statement, why it says "production area", and the weight-and-volume rule people miss.
Read guide → Cottage foodMaryland asks little of a direct-to-consumer cottage food business. Sell through a shop and you owe a safety course and label approval.
Read guide → Cottage foodMassachusetts has no cottage food law. A home kitchen is a food establishment, permitted and inspected by your town, so the binding answer is a local one.
Read guide → Cottage foodMichigan allows hand-printed cottage food labels if they meet the size, ink, and contrast rules. Plus a $75,000 tier with an unusual condition attached.
Read guide → Cottage foodMinnesota runs two registration tiers, requires a sign as well as a label, and bans shipping. All three change on 1 August 2027.
Read guide → Cottage foodMissouri is the rare state that does not dictate your disclosure wording. What the statute asks for, the recommended version, and the cap it dropped in 2022.
Read guide → Cottage foodNew Jersey is the only state that puts a regulation citation on your label, and it wants the same sentence on a sign where you sell. The wording and the permit.
Read guide → Cottage foodNew York sets no cottage food sales cap at all. What the Home Processor exemption puts on your label, starting with net quantity in two units.
Read guide → Cottage foodNorth Carolina inspects your kitchen once, for free, then lets you sell with no cap and no required disclaimer. What that trade actually buys you.
Read guide → Cottage foodOhio asks for no licence, registration, fee, or sales cap. The label statement is still mandatory, and the permitted foods list is what actually limits you.
Read guide → Cottage foodPennsylvania has no cottage food law. You register a Limited Food Establishment and get inspected, which is why your label carries no home-kitchen disclaimer.
Read guide → Cottage foodNo permit, no sales cap, and you may sell to grocery stores and by mail. The trade is the longest required label statement in the country.
Read guide → Cottage foodTennessee requires no permit and sets no sales cap, but wants a lot number for recalls and a spoken disclosure on phone orders. What the label carries.
Read guide → Cottage foodThe Texas cottage food statement changed on 1 September 2025. The current wording, and the three labels most likely to be wrong right now.
Read guide → Cottage foodVirginia sets no limit on baked goods but caps pickles at $9,000 and honey by the gallon. The required wording, its placement, and the phone number rule.
Read guide → Cottage foodWashington reviews your actual label as part of the permit application, so the design comes before the first sale. The wording, the fee, and the $35,000 cap.
Read guide → Cottage foodWisconsin has no cottage food law. A court order covers baked goods only, which is why cookies are legal to sell from home and fudge is not.
Read guide →Ten nutrition label errors small producers make, from a wrong ingredient match to reusing an old export, with the fix for each.
Read guide → GuidesWhat to look for in a nutrition label generator: data sources, regulator coverage, print output, audit trail and pricing model, with the trade-offs explained.
Read guide → GuidesRecipe to printed label in Nutrifax: import, check ingredient matches, set servings, choose the CFIA or FDA format, export PDF or PNG, or tile onto Avery 5163.
Read guide → GuidesWhat an inspector or retailer asks for behind a nutrition label, what the Nutrifax audit report contains, and how to keep records that survive a recipe change.
Read guide → GuidesHow to print Nutrifax nutrition labels on Avery 5163 sheets (2 x 4 inch, 10 per page): the sheet export, printer settings, test prints, and alignment fixes.
Read guide →Build a recipe and generate a print-ready FDA or CFIA Nutrition Facts label in minutes. Free.