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Supplement Facts Label Maker

Dietary supplements don't use the Nutrition Facts label. They use a Supplement Facts label, with its own rules in 21 CFR 101.36. This maker builds that label from the amounts you enter per serving.

Serving

The serving size is the most you tell someone to take at one time. Leave a line blank when that nutrient is not in the product. Amounts are the nutrient itself, not the weight of the source compound.

Vitamins and minerals with Daily Values

No extra vitamins yet. Below 2% of the Daily Value is left off the label.

Other dietary ingredients

Proprietary blend

The label shows the total weight and lists the ingredients from heaviest to lightest. Individual weights stay off the label.

Allergen declaration

The nine major food allergens follow the FD&C Act list, including sesame, and FDA's January 2025 guidance on tree nuts. Name the animal for milk and eggs. Name the fish and the crustacean. Name the specific nut.

Major food allergens

Includes any ingredient that contains protein from these foods.

Nuts that are not major allergens

FDA's January 2025 guidance took these out of the major-allergen list. They can stay in the ingredient list. They do not appear in Contains.

Nothing is written yet. Check the allergens that are in the food, then write the Contains statement.

Free preview. $12 per label for the print-ready SVG, PDF and check sheet.

How it's different from a food label

Nutrition Facts (food)Supplement Facts
Rule21 CFR 101.921 CFR 101.36
Serving sizeBased on FDA reference amounts by food categoryThe maximum amount the label recommends per eating occasion, or 1 unit (tablet, capsule, scoop) if there is no recommendation (101.36(b)(1)(i); 101.12(b))
Vitamin and mineral %DVRounded to 2%, 5% or 10% stepsRounded to the nearest whole percent (101.36(b)(2)(iii)(C))
Nutrients present at zeroListed as 0Not listed. A (b)(2) nutrient is declared only when present above the amount that would be declared as zero (101.36(b)(2)(i))
Ingredients with no Daily ValueNot allowed in the boxListed below the bar with a † symbol and the footnote "Daily Value not established" (101.36(b)(3))
Proprietary blendsNot applicableAllowed, with the total blend weight (101.36(c))

What you enter

  1. Serving unit and size: e.g., "2 capsules", "1 scoop (10 g)". Also the servings per container.
  2. Nutrients with Daily Values: vitamins, minerals and macronutrients, per serving.
    • Enter the weight of the nutrient itself, not of the compound. For example, 500 mg of calcium, not 1,250 mg of calcium carbonate (101.36(b)(2)(ii)).
    • You can name the source after the nutrient: "Calcium (as calcium carbonate)" (101.36(d)).
  3. Other dietary ingredients: botanicals, amino acids, extracts and so on, with their amount per serving.
    • Botanicals need the plant part, e.g., "Ginger (root)" (101.36(d)(1)).
  4. Proprietary blends (optional): the blend name, its total weight, and its components in descending order by weight.
    • Amounts for the individual components are not required (101.36(c)).

The supplement maker doesn't look anything up in USDA FoodData Central. The amounts come from you: your formula, your supplier's certificates of analysis, or lab results.

What the maker applies

  • Order of nutrients.
    • Calories, fats, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, sugars and protein come first, in the food-label order.
    • Then the vitamins and minerals, in the order set out in 101.36(b)(2)(i)(B), starting with vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin D.
  • %DV from the unrounded amount, rounded to the nearest whole percent.
    • Nutrients with a DRV (such as total carbohydrate) that must be listed but round to 0% show "Less than 1%" (101.36(b)(2)(iii)(C)).
  • Footnotes.
    • If %DV is shown for total fat, saturated fat, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, protein or added sugars, the footnote "Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet." is added (101.36(b)(2)(iii)(D)).
    • "† Daily Value not established." is added whenever an ingredient has no DV.
  • The calories %DV cell is left blank.
  • Typography and bars per 101.36(e):
    • Title larger than all other text, and bold.
    • Information at least 8 pt; column headings and footnotes at least 6 pt.
    • Hairlines between rows, and heavy bars in the required places.

Example of a proprietary blend line:

Energy Blend                               500 mg †
  Green tea (leaf) extract, guarana (seed), ginseng (root)
† Daily Value not established.

What it doesn't do

  • Claims. It doesn't write structure/function claims, health claims or nutrient content claims. Those have their own rules.
  • Labels for specific groups. No "per day" columns, and no labels for infants, children or pregnant or lactating women.
  • Small packages. It doesn't draw small-package formats.
  • Your formula. It doesn't check whether your formula or ingredients are lawful to sell.

Exemptions

The small-business exemptions for supplements mirror the food ones: small retailers, and low-volume products with an annual notice to FDA (21 CFR 101.36(h)). See Do I need a nutrition label?

Allergens still apply

If a supplement contains milk, egg, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans or sesame, the major food allergen labeling rules apply. A common example is a whey protein powder or a fish oil capsule. See allergen labeling.

You are responsible for the accuracy of your Supplement Facts label. FactsReady is not affiliated with FDA, and nothing here is legal advice. See the [disclaimer](/disclaimer).