Food Formulation & Labeling Technology Data Snapshot

Food Formulation & Labeling Software Trends for 2026

If you’re responsible for formulation or labeling, you know how quickly requirements change and how hard it can be to keep systems aligned, especially if you’re making do with manual or disparate “solutions”.

We asked over 300 food industry professionals to tell us about the technology and tools they use every day, and then drilled down into the data to see how they’re managing product development, labeling, and packaging today. See where your peers are investing, what’s slowing them down, and how leading teams are moving beyond spreadsheets toward more connected, purpose-built solutions.

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What Your Peers Report:

  • How they manage formulation and labeling today, and where legacy tools still dominate
  • Which technology gaps impact their product development and labeling workflows
  • Their investment priorities over the next 12–24 months
  • What’s missing from their current solutions, and what they wish they had access to instead