FDA allergen label example: a worked US granola pouch

The short answer

Here is one US retail pack walked through panel by panel — a 12 oz maple pecan granola pouch — so you can see identity, net weight, ingredients in weight order, a FALCPA Contains line, Nutrition Facts placement, and the manufacturer address on the same pack. Copy the method, not the formula.

Where this shows up in a real kitchen

Worked UK brownie examples on this site show Natasha’s Law: name plus emphasised 14 allergens. This page is the US cousin. Pecans are a tree nut. Maple syrup is added sugar. Oats are not a FALCPA major. Sesame is absent from this SKU, so it does not appear in Contains even though sesame is a major allergen in the country.

The US rule

Statement of identity and net quantity on the principal display panel. Ingredients in descending weight order (21 CFR 101.4). Major allergens named in plain English in the list, or in a Contains statement immediately after it (FALCPA / 21 CFR 101.4(g) style Contains line). Nutrition Facts (101.9) unless exempt. Name and place of business (101.5).

How to apply it

Build from the batch sheet. Do not start from a competitor’s pouch. If next month’s batch adds coconut chips, the example below is wrong until you add coconut. If you mill oats on a wheat line, that is an advisory decision after you have already told the truth about pecans.

1. Write identity and 12 oz on the front from this SKU, not from a 32 oz family bag.
2. Order ingredients by weight: oats, maple, pecans, oil, salt.
3. Put Contains: pecan immediately after the list.
4. Add Nutrition Facts and a real US place of business.

Worked example

Front: “Maple pecan granola” and “Net Wt 12 oz (340 g)”. Information panel: Ingredients: oats, maple syrup, pecan pieces, sunflower oil, salt. Contains: pecan. Nutrition Facts for the FDA granola serving, with maple in added sugars. Manufactured by: North Mill Foods LLC, 400 Example Ave, Portland, OR 97214. No Contains: sesame, because sesame is not in this pouch. No “nuts” lump word.

Pasting a UK PPDS brownie label onto this pouch

A UK label would emphasise WHEAT if flour were present and would skip net quantity and Nutrition Facts. This pouch needs pecan in plain English, 12 oz, and a Nutrition Facts box. Celery would not be a US major even if you had put celery seed in a savory granola.

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