LabelCalc was developed by FoodCalc.com (www.foodcalc.com). Founded in 2003, FoodCalc's mission and business model centers on supplying small to medium size food manufacturers that are required to meet significant new regulatory and compliance standards in the field of nutrition and nutrient data composition.

Through two years of industry research and through dialog with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), LabelCalc has fully specified an advanced database application which professional users will access by an online membership. In order to develop a superior application LabelCalc was designed and built with attention to food manufacturing only. LabelCalc will remain committed to our Business to Business model.

We provide a unique online solution to food manufacturers where instead of installing a CD or sending ingredients to a 3rd party for analysis, you enter your data through a secure and encrypted connection. The entire application is readily available by logging on to your account anytime anywhere in the world.

The sophisticated web-based application requires neither training nor a manual to study. LabelCalc's application screens are designed with the help from food manufacturers input and guidance. We've worked closely with users and are confident that navigating and customizing your account will be seamless.

LabelCalc remains focused on industry changes and continue to find new ways of transforming regulatory processes into above and beyond solutions to the American Food Industry.

Independent ownership by a CA Corporation.  LabelCalc has no connection of any nature with food manufacturers, distributors or retailers.

No. Employees of LabelCalc do not have access to your account or any part of LabelCalc's database. In the event of database modifications there are only 2 people that have access to LabelCalc's database and they are the Senior Database Manager and LabelCalc's owner. If you have further questions and would like to learn more please contact one of the following team members by e-mail:

gurdev@LabelCalc.com – Senior Database Manager
lucy@LabelCalc.com – President

LabelCalc's application has been designed using Microsoft development tools and advanced coding languages for secure and robust web delivery.

ASP.NET is used for the interface (front-end) of the application and C# is utilized for the database and server (back-end).  In view of the paramount importance of security, Microsoft Sequel Server (MSSQL 2005) is the platform of choice.

We also use the advanced and guaranteed SSL Technology provided by VeriSign, Inc: www.verisign.com.   93% of Fortune 500 companies rely on VeriSign's SSL Certificates.  The worlds 40 largest banks choose VeriSign SSL.  And 47 of the top 50 e-commerce sites trust VeriSign SSL technology.*

SSL stands for 'Secure Socket Layer' and this technology is used throughout all sections of LabelCalc for the means of data encryption and website security.

Source: ' *VeriSign, Inc' and the 'Internet Retailer Top 300 Guide, 2004 Edition'

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We're Online! LabelCalc's entire application was built taking full advantage of the World Wide Web and the accompanying benefits received by being online.  You can access your entire account anywhere and anytime.  LabelCalc is instantly available for you and your multiple Employee/User accounts every time you log-on.  There is no installation fee, no waiting for software to come in the mail and no set-up procedures required for your PC or Server.

As a member of LabelCalc you will obtain instant results and utilize comparison tools as you experiment with new product recipes.  Thus, LabelCalc aids in the design of new food products by allowing recipe adjustment in favor of desired nutrient levels, content claims or retailer specifications.

Instructions, helpful tips and page-linking FAQ's have been designed to ensure total user satisfaction and support for each page.

As a member of LabelCalc you will receive the latest features and improvements every single time you access your account.  There are no patches to consider, no installation steps to go through just log on and take advantage of the new enhancements free of charge.

Here's a quick look at some of the benefits offered with your membership to LabelCalc:

LabelCalc is accessed by monthly subscription membership.  The monthly membership provides full access to the entire LabelCalc system and the benefits it offers for the duration of the plan.   Throughout your membership LabelCalc will be constantly working on how to improve the application and will release new features and enhancements.  Both will reflect the next time a member logs into LabelCalc.  All instructions and Help sections will be updated to provide the best possible support.

The monthly memberships (1 month) provide an administrative roll between a "Master" and "User." The Master account (the person signing up the company) has a separate user interface due to security, ownership rights and transferal of products between Users.  The Master will govern all User Accounts and their linking products.

By choosing any plan, you will have full simultaneous access to the entire LabelCalc system and the benefits it offers.

• Analyze new products.
• View your products from anywhere in the world
• Design FDA Approved Nutrition Facts Panels
• Adjust your products to qualify for Claims
• E-mail your FDA approved Facts Panels and Ingredient Statements.
• Access new features and functionality free of charge for the duration of  the plan from the date of payment.

Date of payment starts when your credit card has been charged and access to the LabelCalc system has been granted. When your account has expired you will only be granted access to view your products and Nutrition Facts Panels; no editing or modifications can be made to your existing ingredients. Please refer to the Conditions of Use for more details.

The Master account (the person signing up the company) will have an entirely separate user interface because of security and ownership rights. The Master will govern all Users and their relating products.

As a Master it is your responsibility to remove logging on rights to a User that no longer has access to LabelCalc - The system is designed to allow the Master transferal capabilities of products between Users. Again, this security process is located within the My Account.

LabelCalc will be constantly working on how to improve the application and will be releasing new versions. These versions will be available the next time you and your Users log into your account. All instructions and Help sections will be updated to provide the best possible support.

Each plan has a secure and mandatory protocol that each new and current customer must follow in order to retrieve their stored data from LabelCalc. Each account is User Name and Password protected.

LabelCalc's databases are located on its own dedicated server that is backed up daily and protected by dual firewall and automated patch management.

By choosing any plan, you will have full simultaneous access to the entire LabelCalc system and the benefits it offers.

• Analyze new products.
• View your products from anywhere in the world
• Design FDA Approved Nutrition Facts Panels
• Adjust your products to qualify for Claims
• E-mail your FDA approved Facts Panels and Ingredient Statements.
• Access new features and functionality free of charge for the duration of of the plan from the date of payment.

Date of payment starts when your credit card has been charged and access to the LabelCalc system has been granted. When your account has expired you will only be granted access to view your products and Nutrition Facts Panels; no editing or modifications can be made to your existing ingredients. Please refer to the Conditions of Use for more details.

The Master account (the person signing up the company) will have an entirely separate user interface because of security and ownership rights. The Master will govern all Users and their relating products.

As a Master it is your responsibility to remove logging on rights to a User that no longer has access to LabelCalc - The system is designed to allow the Master transferal capabilities of products between Users. Again, this security process is located within the My Account.

LabelCalc will be constantly working on how to improve the application and will be releasing new versions. These versions will be available the next time you and your Users log into your account. All instructions and Help sections will be updated to provide the best possible support.

Each plan has a secure and mandatory protocol that each new and current customer must follow in order to retrieve their stored data from LabelCalc. Each account is User Name and Password protected.

LabelCalc's databases are located on its own dedicated server that is backed up daily and protected by dual firewall and automated patch management.

Absolutely! The Nutrition Facts Panel is provided to our customers in 1 of two ways:

1. You can download the Nutrition Facts Panel to your computer.
2. You can e-mail the Nutrition Facts Panel to a specified e-mail address.

All our Nutrition Facts Panel’s are provided in a camera ready format (Bitmap / .bmp) for easy incorporation onto your packaging.

If LabelCalc does not have a specific ingredient in the database you can add this yourself following these steps.

• Click the Product Library link on the LabelCalc top toolbar
• Click the New Ingredient link on the LabelCalc left toolbar to access "Add New Ingredient" Web  page.
• Enter the Ingredient name, descripion, and nutrient values based on 100 grams.
• Click the Add Ingredient button.

Now, you may add this ingredient to your product by simply clicking the Display choices button form "My Ingredient Library" search section in the 1. Ingredients page.

For companies that have similar products (for example, Ice Cream) you can add all the “base ingredients,” save the product to your ingredient library by clicking Save as My Ingredient link on the top menu bar, and by using the My Ingredient search box pull up all these base ingredients under one name for example: Ice Cream Base.

LabelCalc's servers reside in Time Warner Telecom's secure facility where the application is hosted by SBWH.com, a company that has been a leader in secure web hosting for 10 years.  LabelCalc's databases are located on its own dedicated server that is backed up daily and protected by dual firewall and automated patch management.

LabelCalc has been designed with specific producers in mind for ever single user.  We have a secure and mandated protocol that each new and current customer must follow in order to retrieve and log in to their account.  Each account has been encrypted to grant access ONLY if the User Name, Security Question and Password are correct.

If at anytime you suspect fraudulent activity on your account and fear someone shouldn't have access to the company data, LabelCalc has developed an 'Active' and 'Inactive' procedure that will instantly deny access to the User already a member of the company account.

If at anytime you suspect fraudulent activity on your account LabelCalc will work diligently with you and all involved parties to ensure the best results for you and your company.

LabelCalc understands and fully identifies with the significance of a secure online payment process.  In order to provide you with the up most security LabelCalc uses 2 advanced payment systems both provided by VeriSign, Inc:

1) VeriSign's Commerce Site Pro:
http://www.verisign.com/products-services/payment-processing/commerce-site-faq.html

2) VeriSign's Advanced Fraud Protection:
http://www.verisign.com/products-services/payment-processing/online-payment/fraud/faq.html

We work closely with the Bank and Merchant services to test our application daily and run routine security checks for the confidence of our members.

If at anytime you suspect fraudulent activity on your account LabelCalc will work diligently with you and all involved parties to ensure the best results for you and your company.

LabelCalc's database is compiled by the latest USDA's Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.

The USDA's Nutrient Data Laboratory is the foundation of most food and nutrition databases in the US, used in food policy, research and nutrition monitoring.  LabelCalc acknowledges and thanks the USDA's hard work and dedication to nutritional research and data compilation throughout the years.

As we continue to provide the latest and accurate nutritional data, LabelCalc will incorporate future datasets and releases for all members.   All members will be automatically notified of the additions by alerts on their customized company Home Page.

This web site is best viewed with Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0

Netscape browser 8.0 http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/ is compatible but there will be some out-of-line boxes.

For browser version we recommend that you use the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer available for free download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&DisplayLang=en

We do not recommend Mozilla/Firefox at this time http://www.mozilla.org.  We will however release a compatible version in the future.

Unfortunately applications on the web are not always compatible with everyone's operating system (OS). LabelCalc will be working on how to resolve the incompatibility between a Mac (Macintosh) and PC (Windows/Microsoft Based).

There is one option for users running the latest Mac operating system called OS X (pronounced OS ten) and that is to download the Safari web browser. You may already have IE (Internet Explorer) or an older version of Safari, but again these 2 browsers will not work due to incompatibility features.

The following Safari link was provided by apple for OS X users only and will work: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17743

LabelCalc has selected 800 ingredients for the purpose of the Free Trial. The entire family of Beef will be available in order to demonstrate LabelCalc's sophisticated ingredient search tool that assists in drilling down excessive results. Hundreds of ingredients are now broken down into a quick find solution.

All Beef Ingrdients
Apples, raw, with skin
Apples, raw, without skin
Artichokes, (globe or french), raw
Basil, fresh
Beans, kidney, royal red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt
Beans, navy, mature seeds, raw
Bologna, pork
Broccoli, stalks, raw
Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), raw
Celery, raw, chopped
Cheese, cheddar
Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 1% milkfat
Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat
Cheese, cream
Cheese, edam
Cheese, feta
Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat only, raw
Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, cooked, fried, batter
Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, cooked, fried, flour
Cranberries, dried, sweetened
Cranberries, raw, whole
Egg, white, raw, fresh
Egg, yolk, raw, fresh
Fat, chicken
Fish broth
Fish, bass, striped, raw
Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted
Fish, salmon, sockeye, raw
Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids
Flaxseed oil
Garlic, raw
Grapefruit, raw, pink and red, California and Arizona
Grapefruit, raw, white, Florida
Gravy, mushroom, canned
Huckleberries, raw (Alaska Native)
Lamb, Australian, imported, fresh, shoulder, blade, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, raw
Lamb, domestic, leg, whole (shank and sirloin), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted
Lamb, New Zealand, imported, frozen, rib, separable lean only, raw
Lima beans, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Margarine, regular, hard, soybean (hydrogenated), cottonseed (hydrogenated), and soybean
Milk, dry, nonfat, regular, without added vitamin A
Milk, nonfat, fluid, without added vitamin A (fat free or skim)
Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw
Mung beans, mature seeds, raw
Mushrooms, portabella, raw
Nuts, cashew butter, plain, without salt added
Nuts, coconut water (liquid from coconuts)
Oil, corn and canola
Oil, peanut, salad or cooking
Onions, raw, chopped
Peanuts, spanish, raw
Pears, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquids
Pepperoni, pork, beef
Pork, cured, ham, extra lean (approximately 4% fat), canned, unheated
Pork, fresh, loin, top loin (chops), boneless, separable lean only, cooked, pan-fried
Potatoes, hashed brown, frozen, plain, unprepared
Potatoes, raw, skin
Quail, meat only, raw
Salt, table
Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried
Soy flour, defatted
Soy flour, full-fat, raw, crude protein basis (N x 6.25)
Soy protein isolate, potassium type, crude protein basis
Soybeans, mature seeds, raw
Spices, garlic powder
Spices, onion powder
Spices, pepper, red or cayenne
Squash, winter, butternut, raw
Sugars, brown
Sugars, granulated
Tomatoes, yellow, raw
Turkey, fryer-roasters, wing, meat only, cooked, roasted

Absolutely! Click on the Next and type in your e-mail under 'Free Trial Account' and hit Next. Your account will stay active 10 days from the date you signed up.

Yes we do, for ingredients that can reasonably be fitting with both conversions.  We also provide conversion assistance for Serving Size and Claims.

Provided by the USDA's Nutrient Data Laboratory the following measurement conversions have been used.