nutrition labels for cold-pressed juice

The short version

Cold-pressed juice is one of the more regulated things a small food business can sell. Beyond the Nutrition Facts panel, juice carries its own FDA requirements — a percent-juice statement, HACCP rules for safety, and (for unpasteurized/non-HPP juice sold wholesale) a warning statement. The panel itself turns on the 8 fl oz serving and how you handle sugar.

Serving size — the part people get wrong

Reference amount: 8 fl oz (240 mL) for juice and juice drinks. The reference amount for fruit and vegetable juices is 8 fluid ounces (240 mL). If your bottle is a single-serve 12 oz that's clearly meant to be drunk at once, it can be labeled as one serving — but the RACC still anchors the reference, and a 16 oz bottle is generally two servings unless positioned as single-serve.

Allergens you have to declare

Straight fruit and vegetable juice is usually allergen-free. The exceptions creep in with functional add-ins: tree nut milks (almond, cashew) in blended 'juices,' sesame or flax, and occasionally wheat/soy in protein or superfood boosters. Coconut is not a Big-9 tree nut for labeling but is often disclosed anyway. If it's just produce, you likely have no Contains line — keep it that way.

The Nutrillius generator auto-detects the Big-9 allergens from your ingredient list and writes the Contains statement for you — useful even if you only need the ingredient list.

Claims you can (and can’t) make

Every nutrient-content claim on the package has a legal threshold the panel must back up. For cold-pressed juice, the ones that come up most:

• Excellent source of Vitamin C — ≥ 20% DV per serving — easy for citrus and many blends.
• No added sugar — requires no added sweeteners; 100% juice can use this even though it's high in (natural) sugar.
• Good source of potassium / Vitamin A — ≥ 10% DV per serving — common in green and carrot juices.
• Low calorie — ≤ 40 cal per serving — realistic for vegetable-forward juices, not fruit juice.

The builder shows which claims your recipe already qualifies for as you tweak it — see the rounding rules for how the declared numbers behind those thresholds are set.

A sample cold-pressed juice label

Green Cold-Pressed Juice

INGREDIENTS: Cucumber juice, celery juice, green apple juice, spinach juice, lemon juice, ginger juice.

(No major allergens — no Contains line.)

Serving size 8 fl oz (240mL)

No Contains line, no added sugar (all sugar is naturally occurring from the produce). The percent-juice statement — '100% juice' — goes near the panel, not in it.

Where cold-pressed juice makers slip up