# Aggregate Nutrition Facts Label

One panel with a column for each food, named to the right of “Nutrition Facts”.

One panel with a column for each food in the pack. You may use it for variety packs of separately packaged foods, and for containers used interchangeably for the same type of food.

**URL:** https://bettermenu.live/tools/label-formats/aggregate/
**Provider:** BetterMenu (https://bettermenu.live)
**Rule:** Allowed for variety packs. [21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(i)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(i)), [21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii))
**Source:** FDA 21 CFR 101.9, eCFR as of 2026-02-12
**In BetterMenu Studio:** Studio works out the per-serving and per-package numbers from your recipe today. It exports the standard vertical panel. Aggregate export is not available yet. Studio gives each food’s numbers when you save each one as a recipe, and your designer sets them in the aggregate layout.

These pages are for conventional foods and drinks, not dietary supplements or medical foods.

## Do I need this?

Allowed if it is a variety pack, or a container used interchangeably for the same type of food.

The page asks one question at a time, only while the answer can still change the result:

- Is it a variety pack, or a container used for different foods of one type? (Yes / No) A pack of separately wrapped foods, or a container used interchangeably for the same type of food, such as a round ice cream container.
- How tall is the tallest open space for the panel? (Under about 3 in / About 3 in or more) One unbroken space, measured top to bottom.
- Who is the food made for? (Everyone 4 and older / Infants through 12 months / Children 1 through 3 / Infants and children 1 through 3 / Pregnant or lactating women)
- How much does one package or one unit hold? (Package: 200% to 300%, sold individually / One unit: 200% to 300% / Package: over 150%, under 200% / Popcorn package: 200% to 300% / Random weight, like cheese: 200% to 300% / Raw fruit, vegetable or seafood: 200% to 300% / Something else) Compared with its reference amount (RACC).
- Do you promote it for a use of twice or more, or half or less, its reference amount? (Yes / Yes, but it is a bulk ingredient such as flour, a multipurpose food such as butter, or a multipurpose baking mix / No) For example, cream substitute promoted for cereal. Half or less is BetterMenu’s reading of the rule’s “twofold or greater”.

Decision rules, from the same logic as the page:

- If variety pack is “Yes” and panel height is “Under about 3 in”, then: FDA doesn’t settle this. FDA shows no sample of this case. Our reading of “to the maximum extent possible” is to keep it vertical with one column per food.
- If variety pack is “Yes” and package size is “Package: 200% to 300%, sold individually” or “One unit: 200% to 300%” or “Popcorn package: 200% to 300%”, then: FDA doesn’t settle this. FDA shows no sample of this case. Our reading of “to the maximum extent possible” is to keep it vertical with one column per food.
- If variety pack is “Yes” and promoted use is “Yes”, then: FDA doesn’t settle this. FDA shows no sample of this case. Our reading of “to the maximum extent possible” is to keep it vertical with one column per food.
- If variety pack is “Yes” and panel height is “About 3 in or more” and who it is for is “Everyone 4 and older” or “Infants through 12 months” or “Children 1 through 3” or “Pregnant or lactating women” and package size is “Package: over 150%, under 200%” or “Random weight, like cheese: 200% to 300%” or “Raw fruit, vegetable or seafood: 200% to 300%” or “Something else” and promoted use is “Yes, but it is a bulk ingredient such as flour, a multipurpose food such as butter, or a multipurpose baking mix” or “No”, then: You may use this format.
- If variety pack is “Yes” and who it is for is “Infants and children 1 through 3”, then: FDA doesn’t settle this. FDA shows no sample of this case. Our reading of “to the maximum extent possible” is to keep it vertical with one column per food.
- If variety pack is “No”, then: Not this format. Use Standard vertical.

Next steps once it applies: Work out each food’s numbers on its own. Send your designer the aggregate sample and the spec below.

## How it differs from standard vertical

Each food gets its own columns of amounts and %DV. The name of each food sits to the right of the “Nutrition Facts” heading.

1. Food names beside the heading ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))
2. One column per food ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))

## FDA sample label

- Aggregate display: printed in [21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)), published at 81 FR 33742 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/27/2016-11867/food-labeling-revision-of-the-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels). The values on FDA's sample are illustrative.

## For your designer

Space: Wider than the standard vertical panel, one pair of columns per food.

| Part | Value | Source | Citation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nutrient, vitamin and mineral rows | 8 pt or larger | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(1)(iii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(1)(iii)) |
| “Calories” | 16 pt or larger, bold | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(1)(iii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(1)(iii)) |
| Calorie number | 22 pt or larger, bold | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(1)(iii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(1)(iii)) |
| Servings per container | 10 pt or larger | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(3)(i)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(3)(i)) |
| Serving size line | 10 pt or larger, bold | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(3)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(3)(ii)) |
| “Amount per serving”, “% Daily Value*” and the footnote | 6 pt or larger | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(1)(iii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(1)(iii)) |
| “Nutrition Facts” heading | No smaller than any other type, except the calorie number | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(2)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(2)) |
| Food names | Immediately to the right of “Nutrition Facts” | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)) |
| Columns | Amount and %DV in separate columns under each food | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)) |
| “Nutrition Facts” heading | Need not run the full width of the panel | Rule text | [21 CFR 101.9(d)(2)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(2)) |

“From FDA’s sample” means the value was measured from FDA’s sample label, not stated in the rule text. “BetterMenu’s choice” is our own value where the rule text is silent.

- Download FDA’s sample label, Aggregate display: https://bettermenu.live/tools/label-formats/fda/er27my16.004.png

## What an aggregate panel must do

- Follow the format rules of the standard panel as far as possible. ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))
- Name each food immediately to the right of “Nutrition Facts”. ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))
- Give each food its own columns for amount and %DV. ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))
- Use it on the outer label. Separate labels for each food are also allowed. ([21 CFR 101.9(h)(2)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(h)(2)(ii)))
- Either way, each food’s information per serving must be clearly visible at the point of purchase. ([21 CFR 101.9(h)(2)(i)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(h)(2)(i)))

## Common mistakes

- Sharing one amount column across foods. Each food gets its own amount and %DV columns. ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))
- Putting the food names below the heading instead of to its right. ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(ii)))

## Example: A variety box of three cereals in single-serve cups

Each cup is packaged on its own and eaten on its own. The outer box may carry one aggregate panel with a column pair for each cereal. ([21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(i)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(d)(13)(i))) An invented product, for illustration.

## Related formats

- [Dual column](https://bettermenu.live/tools/label-formats/dual-column/)
- [Standard vertical](https://bettermenu.live/tools/label-formats/standard-vertical/)
- [Side by side](https://bettermenu.live/tools/label-formats/side-by-side/)

## Rule text

> “Nutrition labels on the outer label of packages of products that contain two or more separately packaged foods that are intended to be eaten individually (e.g., variety packs of cereals or snack foods) or of packages that are used interchangeably for the same type of food (e.g., round ice cream containers) may use an aggregate display.”
> 21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(i), eCFR as of 2026-02-12

> “Aggregate displays shall comply with the format requirements of paragraph (d) of this section to the maximum extent possible, except that the identity of each food shall be specified immediately to the right of the “Nutrition Facts” heading, and both the quantitative amount by weight (i.e., g/mg/mcg amounts) and the percent Daily Value for each nutrient shall be listed in separate columns under the name of each food.”
> 21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii), eCFR as of 2026-02-12

## Frequently asked questions

### When can I use an aggregate Nutrition Facts label?

On the outer label of a pack of separately packaged foods eaten one at a time, such as a variety pack of cereal. Also on containers used for different foods of one type, such as round ice cream containers.

Sources: 21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(i)

### Where do the food names go on an aggregate label?

Immediately to the right of the “Nutrition Facts” heading. Each food’s amounts and %DV sit in columns under its name.

Sources: 21 CFR 101.9(d)(13)(ii)

### Can a variety pack use separate labels instead?

Yes. Separately packaged foods in one outer box may use separate labels or one aggregate label. Either way, each food’s information per serving must be clearly visible at the point of purchase.

Sources: 21 CFR 101.9(h)(2)(ii), 21 CFR 101.9(h)(2)(i)

## Machine-readable data

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