For all processed foods used in your recipe, you will need to provide a copy of the nutrition facts label, ingredient statement, and allergen statement. This will ensure that your analysis is accurate and that the final nutritional information reflects the nutritional value imparted by each of your particular ingredients, since we will load the specific nutritional information from the your recipe’s processed foods into our nutritional analysis software. In addition, FDA labeling requirements mandate that we list your final ingredient statement in descending order by percent weight; this is only possible if we have access to the ingredient statement of each of your individual ingredients.
Please note that “processed foods” includes almost every food apart from raw produce, pure meat, water, and some pure ingredients such as salt, pure oils, etc. When submitting your recipe, please check the labels of every ingredient you use. Even some foods that might not be considered “processed” may have additional ingredients that will need to be listed in your final label (e.g., sliced apples, which may have added contain ascorbic acid). Additionally, many ingredients that are often considered basic or pure may actually have sub-ingredients. Some examples include brown sugar (ingredients: sugar and molasses), all-purpose flour (which contains several added vitamins and minerals), or vinegar (ingredients: vinegar, water).