Supplement Facts (Children & Adults): US nutrition label
Supplement Facts (Children & Adults), 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 (Children & Adults) format: Dual %DV columns - children 1-3 and adults 4+, FDA media/99158 ex. (ii). 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
When a Supplement Facts label shows children and adults
A Supplement Facts panel is mandatory on dietary supplements under 21 CFR 101.36, in force, unless an exemption applies. When a supplement is represented or purported for people in more than one population group, such as a family multivitamin for toddlers and older children and adults, separate % Daily Value columns for each group are mandatory under 21 CFR 101.36(b)(2)(iii)(E).
The usual pairing is children 1 through 3 years with adults and children 4 or more years. FDA's example headings are "% Daily Value for Children 1 through 3 Years of Age" and "% Daily Value for Adults and Children 4 or more Years of Age".
The model label for this format appears in 21 CFR 101.36(e)(11)(ii). Paragraph (e)(10) recommends, as a voluntary step, following FDA's graphic specifications in appendix B to part 101 for a uniform look.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(b) and (e), eCFR.
Daily Values used in each column
Each column must be calculated from the reference values for its own group, which is mandatory. The adult column uses the values for adults and children 4 or more years; the toddler column uses the values for children 1 through 3 years, both in 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8).
The differences are large for some nutrients. Vitamin A is 900 mcg RAE for the older group and 300 mcg RAE for toddlers, and vitamin D is 20 mcg against 15 mcg. The same dose therefore shows a much higher percentage in the toddler column.
Ingredients with a reference value need a percentage in each column. Ingredients without one are listed by amount with a symbol linking to "Daily Value not established".
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(b) and 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8), eCFR.
Layout of the children and adults Supplement Facts panel
The amount per serving is given once, and the two % Daily Value columns sit to its right. FDA's model label shows this arrangement: one "Amount Per Serving" column and two percentage columns, one per group.
The general format rules stay mandatory: the title "Supplement Facts" in bold, serving information beneath it, a box around the panel, the prescribed heavy and light rules, and on ordinary packages text of at least 8 point with column headings and footnotes at least 6 point.
If % Daily Values are given for macronutrients, the footnotes must show the calorie basis for each group. FDA's example uses separate symbols for the 1,000 calorie basis for children 1 through 3 years and the 2,000 calorie basis for adults and children 4 or more years.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(e), eCFR, and FDA, Examples of Supplement Facts Labels.
Two-age panel versus the standard adult panel
A standard adult Supplement Facts panel has one % Daily Value column based on adults and children 4 or more years. The two-age panel adds a second column so that a parent can see what the same serving supplies for a toddler.
The rest of the label is unchanged. Source ingredients not named inside the panel go in an ingredient statement immediately below it, or to its right if space is short. The label must identify the product as a dietary supplement and give the net quantity and the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor.
English is mandatory for required information under 21 CFR 101.15(c), except for products distributed solely in Puerto Rico or another US territory where another language predominates. If the label makes any representation in another language, all required information, including both % Daily Value columns, must also appear in that language.
Source: 21 CFR 101.36(d), 21 CFR 101.15, and FDA CPG Sec. 562.400.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-03.
- 21 CFR 101.36, Nutrition labeling of dietary supplements (eCFR)
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food (eCFR)
- 21 CFR 101.15, Food; prominence of required statements (eCFR)
- FDA, Examples of Different Supplement Facts Labels in the New Format
- FDA, Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide, Chapter IV, Nutrition Labeling
- FDA, CPG Sec. 562.400, Foreign Language Declarations on Food Labels
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