# We make your Nutrition Facts labels. Your first one is free.

Send a recipe and the spec sheets for the ingredients you buy in. We return a print-ready FDA-format label, checked line by line, and you approve it before you use it.

Send a recipe (hello at mail dot bettermenu dot live)

[Talk to a founder](https://cal.com/harit/bettermenu)

[See the prices](#prices)

## How does it work?

1. You send the recipe The recipe with weights, the serving size you sell, and spec sheets for anything you buy in, such as a sauce or a mix.
2. We build the label in Formulate AI matches each ingredient to a USDA food and estimates a weight only when no USDA portion fits, and we confirm every match. Your supplier’s numbers go in from the spec sheet. The compliance engine does every calculation, rounding and %DV under fixed FDA rules (21 CFR 101.9), with no AI in it. We send recipe lines only to AI providers that do not train on them and keep none of them after answering.
3. You approve it We send the label pack. Anything we could not settle from what you sent comes back as a question first, never a guess.

Figure: Sample Nutrition Facts label, Honey almond granola (sample): serving size 2/3 cup (60g), 240 calories per serving.

A sample label, as it comes back: the FDA-format panel with its proof footer.

## Who checks the label before it comes back?

Our founder checks every label line by line against a written checklist before we send it. Anything that cannot be settled from what you sent comes back to you as a question, never a guess.

What the founder checks on every label

- Every ingredient matches the right USDA food, or your supplier’s spec sheet
- The weights add up to the batch, and cooked or raw is right for each line
- The serving size fits your food’s category and its reference amount (RACC)
- Every zero on the label is a real zero, not missing data
- Each added sugars decision has a reason
- The rounding and %DV are what the compliance engine produced, untouched
- The product name and recipe version are the ones you asked for

## What do I get with each label?

A label pack: the label files, the working behind every number, and a list of anything you should confirm.

- Label files A single-column FDA-format Nutrition Facts panel as PDF, PNG and JPEG, with a proof footer that names its recipe version.
- Nutrition workings Each ingredient’s weight, its data source (a USDA food or your spec sheet), and what it adds to each required nutrient in one serving, with the unrounded amounts beside the label’s.
- Added sugars sheet Which ingredients add sugars, how many grams count, and why.
- Serving size note Your food’s category, its reference amount (RACC) and the household measure, with the reason for each.
- Assumptions and questions Every estimate we made, such as a weight with no USDA portion, and anything you should confirm, on one list.
- Every version kept The recipe stays saved with each version, so a revision shows exactly what changed from your last label.

Not included: other label formats (dual-column, tabular or linear), an ingredient statement, an allergen statement, lab testing and package artwork. FDA does not review labels, and you are responsible for the label you print. [Which format does my package need?](https://bettermenu.live/tools/label-formats/)

## What does it cost?

Your first label is free. After that you pay per label, less for 5 or more ordered together, or a monthly plan includes 10 new labels and every revision.

- Free your first label The full label pack, to check against your own numbers
- $99 a label Returned within 2 business days
- $79 a label, for 5 or more Ordered together; we give you a date for the batch
- $35 a revision A change to a label we made, such as a new supplier

### Monthly label plan

$750 a month

- 10 new labels a month
- Every revision to labels we made
- $69 for each new label above 10

Billed monthly through Stripe, by card or invoice. Cancel at any time. Unused labels do not carry over.

Launch prices: what you pay now holds for 12 months.

This free label is one we make for you. It is not the same as Studio’s Free plan, where you make labels yourself and exports carry a DRAFT watermark.

Send a recipe for your free label (hello at mail dot bettermenu dot live)

## Which way costs you less?

Put in how many labels you make in a month and how you make them today. The calculator says which way is cheapest, including when that is your own.

New labels a month

6

Revisions a month

4

How you make labels today

Lab testing

Another label service

A university food lab

In-house, with software

Hours each

Cost an hour

Software

Paying per label (cheapest)

$614a month

6 at $79, plus 4 revisions at $35

The monthly label plan

$750a month

10 new labels and every revision included

Your current way

$1,270a month

22 staff hours at $55, plus $60 software

At these numbers, paying per label costs least, by $136 a month.

In-house: staff hours for each new label, the cost of an hour, and software a month. A revision done in-house counts as a third of a new label’s time. Starting costs for other ways are typical published prices; put in your own.

## How much does a Nutrition Facts label cost?

It depends on how the numbers are made: from your own staff time, to a lab analyzing a sample of your food. Database analysis, from your recipe, is the low-cost way.

What a Nutrition Facts label costs, by how the numbers are made

| How it is made | Typical cost |
| --- | --- |
| Software you run yourself | From about $29 a recipe, or a monthly plan, plus your staff time |
| A done-for-you label service | From about $69 a recipe |
| A university food lab | About $150 to $300 a product, often taking weeks |
| Lab analysis of a sample | About $800 to over $1,600 a product |

Read November 2026 from published price lists: [NC State Ei4f, services and costs](https://foodbusiness.ces.ncsu.edu/2023/03/ei4f-services-and-costs), [Kansas State KVAFL, fees](https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/kvafl/fees-information), [University of Tennessee Food Science, services](https://foodscience.tennessee.edu/services/), [Envitro Labs, full Nutrition Facts panel](https://envitrolabs.com/?p=4172).

## Who is it for?

Anyone who needs FDA-format labels and would rather not make them in-house.

- [Co-packers](https://bettermenu.live/solutions/co-packers/) Labels for many client recipes at once, or a backlog while you hire.
- [Food brands](https://bettermenu.live/solutions/food-brands/) A first label, or one for each new product.
- Meal-prep companies A menu that changes every week is where the monthly plan pays off. Formulate makes no cooking-loss adjustment, so for cooked meals we label from the recipe as sold or from a cooked weight you give us.

Questions

## More questions

### How fast do I get the label?

Within 2 business days for one label, counted from a complete recipe and spec sheets. For 5 or more we give you a date for the batch.

### What do you need from me?

The recipe with a weight for each ingredient, the serving size you sell, the product name, and a spec sheet for each ingredient you buy in. If you only have volumes, such as cups, send them and we confirm the weights with you.

### Who is responsible for the label?

You are. We build it from what you send and check it before it comes back, and you approve it before you print. FDA does not review Nutrition Facts labels.

### Do I need a lab test instead?

Usually not. Many brands label from ingredient data, as we do. For recipes where baking, frying or drying changes the weight a lot, a lab test is a good way to confirm the numbers, and we tell you when we think yours is one.

### What if a supplier changes an ingredient?

Send the new spec sheet. We update the recipe and send a new label, and the version history shows what changed. That is a revision, and the monthly plan includes it.

### Do you keep my recipes private?

Yes. We will sign your NDA, and we share your recipes with no one. We send recipe lines only to AI providers that do not train on them and keep none of them after answering.

### Can I make labels myself later?

Yes. Whenever you want, we move your recipes, with every version, into a Studio account of your own. Making labels there without the DRAFT watermark needs the Starter plan.

### How do I pay?

By card or invoice through Stripe. A single label or a batch is paid once you approve it. The monthly plan is billed monthly and you can cancel at any time.

## Send one recipe. Check our numbers.

Your first label is free, with the full label pack.

[Talk to a founder](https://cal.com/harit/bettermenu) [See the prices](#prices)

Source: https://bettermenu.live/solutions/nutrition-label-service/