How to Prepare an Inspection-Ready Nutrition Audit Report

Neither the CFIA nor the FDA requires a lab test to produce label values. Both accept values calculated from food composition data, and both can test your product against the label. When a value is questioned, what settles it is the calculation: which source food each ingredient was matched to, the quantity used, and what each contributed. An inspection-ready record is that calculation, saved with the recipe version it came from.

What the record set should contain

• the recipe version used for the label: every ingredient, quantity, and unit, plus the yield and serving
• the source of each nutrient value: the dataset (Canadian Nutrient File or USDA FoodData Central) and the specific food record matched
• the per-ingredient contribution to each nutrient, and the totals
• the label as printed, after rounding
• the date, and which batch or package the label went on

What the Nutrifax audit report contains

Nutrifax generates a multi-page PDF from the same recipe version as the label:

1. A title block: recipe name, version, serving, yield, and date.
2. An ingredient summary: each ingredient, the source food it was matched to, the dataset, the measure, and the gram weight used.
3. The Nutrition Facts table or panel as generated.
4. A calculation audit trail: for each nutrient, what every ingredient contributed and the total.

Audit reports need Recipe Pro or Label Pro. Label generation itself does not.

Where the gaps usually are

• no saved copy of the recipe as it was when the label was printed
• values typed into a design tool by hand, with no source
• a label regenerated after a recipe change while the old report is kept, or the reverse
• files spread across devices, so the version on the package cannot be matched to a report

Workflow

1. Finalise the recipe version in the builder.
2. Generate the label.
3. Generate the audit report from the same recipe version.
4. Save both under one folder named for the product, version, and date.
5. When the recipe changes, regenerate both. A report from an old version proves the wrong thing.

File naming that holds up

• product-name_recipe-v3_2026-09-04_label.pdf
• product-name_recipe-v3_2026-09-04_audit-report.pdf

The version and the date do the work. Six months on, you can match a jar on a shelf to the calculation behind it.

Related pages

• How to Generate and Print Nutrition Labels in Nutrifax
• Canada Nutrition Label Requirements
• US Nutrition Label Requirements: Who Needs One
• Canada nutrition label generator (CFIA)
• FDA nutrition label generator

Sources

• CFIA: Nutrition labelling (industry)
• Health Canada: Canadian Nutrient File
• USDA: FoodData Central
• FDA: Food labeling and nutrition
• eCFR: 21 CFR 101.9 (Nutrition labeling of food)

Disclaimer

Educational content only; not legal advice. Confirm the final label against current regulations for your product and jurisdiction.