Food Supplement (2002/46/EC): EU nutrition label
Food Supplement (2002/46/EC), the EU nutrition label under Directive 2002/46/EC; Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 Annex XIII. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against Directive 2002/46/EC; Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 Annex XIII · Page updated August 16, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in the EU
Packaged food sold in the EU must carry a nutrition declaration under Directive 2002/46/EC; Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 Annex XIII. This page covers the EU - Food Supplement (2002/46/EC) format: Per daily dose with % NRV - Directive 2002/46/EC, Reg. 1169/2011 Annex XIII. A supplement panel lists whatever the product contains rather than a fixed set, but 27 nutrients have a published reference intake, values are declared per daily dose and alongside a % NRV* column. The panel carries the footnote "* NRV = Nutrient Reference Value (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011).". The panel is headed "Food Supplement". NFL builds a print-ready EU nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for the EU automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
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