Cereal Box Nutrition Label Guide for CPG Brands

Cereal-specific FDA rules

1. Serving size (RACC) — Use FDA Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed for breakfast cereal, not your marketing scoop size alone.
2. Added sugars — Mandatory line since 2020; includes syrups, honey, and fruit concentrates used as sweeteners.
3. Dual column — Multi-serving boxes may need "per serving" and "per container" if a reasonable person eats the whole box in one sitting (rare for family size).
4. Fortification — Vitamins/minerals added for enrichment must appear with correct %DV.

Workflow for cereal brands

1. Enter grain, sweetener, and fortification ingredients by weight in recipe calculator.
2. Set serving size to FDA RACC for your cereal type.
3. Generate label with FDA label generator — all 15 rounding rules applied.
4. Export SVG/PDF for box printer dieline.

Common mistakes

• Using cup volume without converting to gram weight for RACC
• Omitting malt extract or fruit juice concentrate from added sugars
• Forgetting sesame allergen declaration on granola with tahini

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