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Everything that has to be on the label

Updated October 2026

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Work down this before a print run Always If it contains untreated juice If it is at or above 0.5% ABV Fitting it on References

More mandatory content than any other product in this estate, from three possible sources.

Work down this before a print run

Which lists apply is decided by what is in the bottle and what happens in it.

Always

1 · Statement of identity. The common or usual name, on the principal display panel.

2 · Net quantity of contents, by volume with metric alongside, in the bottom thirty percent of the principal display panel.

3 · Ingredient list, in descending order by weight.

4 · Allergen declaration, where a major allergen is present.

5 · Nutrition labeling, with the serving size set by the reference amount and the servings-per- container rule.

6 · Name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor.

Plus a batch code, which is not required and is what makes a problem traceable.

Plus percentage juice declaration where the product purports to contain juice.

If it contains untreated juice

7 · The warning statement, for packaged juice not processed to prevent, reduce or eliminate pathogenic microorganisms.

This survives the HACCP retail exemption. Selling only direct to consumers does not remove it.

If it is at or above 0.5% ABV

A different regime entirely: TTB labeling requirements, and the health warning statement required by the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988.

Which means a fermented product whose alcohol drifts up has a label that is wrong as well as a license it does not hold.

Fitting it on

That is a lot of content for a 330 ml bottle, and the nutrition panel alone is substantial.

Work the panel out before choosing the bottle, use front and back panels, and consider a wrap or a sleeve.

And add the storage instruction prominently, because for a live or unpasteurized product "keep refrigerated" is doing safety work rather than quality work.

References

US Food and Drug Administration. Food Labeling Guide, including the nutrition labeling and serving size rules that apply to beverages. fda.gov

21 CFR 101.7, Declaration of net quantity of contents. ecfr.gov

US Food and Drug Administration. Exemptions from the Warning Label Requirement for Juice. A retail establishment selling juice directly to consumers and not distributing to other businesses is exempt from the HACCP rule, and untreated juice must still carry the warning statement. fda.gov

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. General TTB Requirements for Kombucha. Production on premises qualified under the Internal Revenue Code, compliance with labeling, formula and tax requirements, and the health warning statement required by the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988. ttb.gov

Written from the federal regulation and agency guidance named on each page, not from a laboratory. Whether a particular product meets a pathogen reduction requirement, and what its alcohol content actually is, are measurements about your product, and this is not those measurements.