Canadian Nutrition Facts Tables (NFTs)

Barcode Graphics Inc (BGI), Canada’s largest barcode services provider, offers Canadian Nutrition Facts Tables (NFTs) through our Nutrifacts Graphics division (see also U.S. NFPs).  The compliance of NFTs with the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations is enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).  Failure to comply can result in CFIA action requiring the re-design of packaging.

Manufacturers, consultants, designers, and pre-press operations use our server to generate all NFT formats outlined in the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations.

This service performs all calculations necessary (scale to serving size, rounding per regulation, and display to appropriate significant digits), and instantly provides print-ready Nutrition Facts graphics in EPS, BMP and PDF file formats.    The system also cross-checks dependencies to prevent typo errors (Calories vs. general Atwater caloric factors, Total Fats vs. constituent fats, Total Carbs vs. constituent carbs, etc).

The system also calculates the NEW ‘Nutrition Symbol’ Thresholds and determines if the product requires this Front-Of-Package (FOP) warning for High In: Sat fat, Sugars, and/or Sodium.  The need for this warning can be further addressed in detail by our consultants to determine if the product is FOP Exempt.

Nutrition data can be input from lab analysis, quasi-lab nutrition database values (e.g. Genesis™), or using pre-calculated table values.  If lab data is supplied our system also supplies the Nutrient Content Claims that may be made on the packaging.

To complement our NFT service, BGI also offers Canadian Available Display Surface (ADS) Reports.  Our ADS Reports are driven by customer supplied Adobe Illustrator, or PDF, package designs/dielines .  These reports calculate ADS per government regulations & guidelines, and provide the list of the NFT formats which are permitted on the package.  The reports also detail the package areas that can accommodate each table and its orientation.

Users of our service find it is a great way to cut costs, speed up design time, determine actual table size, determine Nutrient Content Claims, guarantee compliance to regulations, and eliminate human-error.    Manufacturers can use our server’s database to store/manage nutrient information and update Nutrition Facts graphics, inexpensively and in a timely manner.  The system also allows lab data previously used to generate old regulation NFTs, to easily generate new NFTs that are compliant to the new Canadian Food and Drug Regulations, without re-entry of data!

These services complements Barcode Graphics’ other services: Nutrition Facts & barcode stickers, EPS/PDF barcode masters, barcode consulting services, software and equipment.

To get detailed information on these and other services provided by Barcode Graphics, contact us at 800-263-3669.