About Nutrition Facts Label
The Nutrition Facts panel is the most-printed piece of information design in America. Burkey Belser drew it pro bono for the FDA, working through about thirty-five versions from 1992. It became mandatory in 1994: a white box, black Helvetica, and a heavy rule under Calories.
This system takes the panel's grammar as a design language. Rule weight carries the hierarchy, numbers sit flush right in tabular figures, and every block is boxed. Colour shows up only where the regulation stops.
- Origin
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Era
- 1990–2020 — NLEA passed 1990, commissioned 1992, mandated 1994, revised format published 2016 with compliance from 2020
- Key figures
- Burkey Belser · David Kessler
- Movements
- Regulated information design · Swiss neo-grotesque typography · Standardised comparison labels
Nutrition Facts Label design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
Archivo BlackHeadings
ArimoBody
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