Supplement Facts (Split Display): US nutrition label
Supplement Facts (Split Display), the FDA nutrition label under 21 CFR 101.36 (Nutrition labeling of dietary supplements), amount per serving, with no per-100 g column, English on pack. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against 21 CFR 101.36 (Nutrition labeling of dietary supplements) · Page updated September 16, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in the US
Packaged food sold in the US must carry a nutrition declaration under 21 CFR 101.36 (Nutrition labeling of dietary supplements). This page covers the US - Supplement Facts (Split Display) format: Long nutrient list in two side-by-side column pairs - § 101.36(e)(10). Values are declared amount per serving, with no per-100 g column. The panel is headed "Supplement Facts". English is required on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. NFL builds a print-ready FDA nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for the US automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
Supplement Facts split display under 21 CFR 101.36(e)(12)
Under 21 CFR 101.36(e)(12), in force, a Supplement Facts ingredient list may be split and continued to the right when there is not enough space to show the required information in the standard vertical layout. Multivitamins and blends with long ingredient lists are where this is most often used.
The split is voluntary, but when it is used two things are mandatory: the headings must be repeated over the continued part, and a line must separate the right-hand continuation from the information on the left.
The split only moves information. Every declaration required by 21 CFR 101.36(b) still appears. Paragraph (e)(9) is a different provision, covering voluntary per-unit and per-day columns, and is not the basis for splitting a list.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(e), eCFR.
Small package tabular and linear Supplement Facts
Small packages have their own options under 21 CFR 101.36(i)(2), in force, which draws on the small-package rules in 21 CFR 101.9(j)(13). A supplement with less than 12 square inches available for labeling may present the panel in a tabular format, and in a linear (string) format if the label cannot fit a tabular one.
Packages with 40 square inches or less may use a tabular format when their shape or size cannot accommodate vertical columns, and a linear format only when a tabular display will not fit.
A very small package that qualifies for the exemption may leave the panel off, but must then give an address or telephone number for nutrition information, and the exemption is lost if the label makes nutrition claims.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(i)(2) and 21 CFR 101.9(j)(13), eCFR.
Type sizes on small and intermediate supplement packages
The type size rules are mandatory and step down with package size:
- standard packages: at least 8 point, with column headings and footnotes at least 6 point;
- intermediate packages (12 to 40 square inches available for labeling): at least 6 point;
- 4.5 point is allowed on packages under 20 square inches with more than 8 dietary ingredients, or 20 to 40 square inches with more than 16 dietary ingredients; and
- small packages (under 12 square inches): at least 4.5 point throughout the panel.
When space is too tight for the minimum type and the normal hairlines, the hairlines may be replaced by rows of dots linking each ingredient to its amount and % Daily Value. Inner containers inside an outer package not meant to be separated at retail may use smaller type if the outer package carries a compliant panel.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(e) and (i)(2), eCFR.
Split display versus the standard Supplement Facts panel
The standard panel runs the ingredient list in one vertical column inside a box of hairlines, with "Supplement Facts" larger than all other print and, unless impractical, across the full width. A split panel keeps those rules but runs the list in two or more side-by-side sections, each under repeated headings.
General presentation rules still apply: one easy-to-read type style, letters that do not touch, at least one point of leading, and contrasting colors. All capitals are allowed only on packages under 12 square inches.
Source ingredients not named inside the panel go in an ingredient statement immediately below it, or to its right if there is no room. English is mandatory under 21 CFR 101.15(c), except for products distributed solely in Puerto Rico or another US territory where another language predominates, and any foreign-language representation means all required information must also appear in that language.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(d) and (e) and 21 CFR 101.15, eCFR.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-03.
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