How to make jar and bottle labels for a small food business
A 2" × 2" product label: name, variety, a solid-black logo and the small print — then a look at it real size, because the label curves away on a jar.
Steps
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Start a 2" × 2" label
New label → Roll / thermal → 2x2. This one gets read by a customer rather than a scanner, so looks matter.
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Product name big and centred
With a smaller line under it for the variety or flavour. Two sizes and one font is the whole design — more fonts is the most common way a home-made label starts to look home-made.
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Add a logo above the name
Image → your PNG. Keep it simple and solid black: on a thermal printer anything with shading turns to mush, and a clean silhouette prints beautifully.
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Put the small print at the bottom
Net weight, ingredients, and a batch line with an auto date field. Leave auto-fit on so a long ingredients list shrinks rather than running off the jar.
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Check it at real size
A two-inch label wraps around a jar, so what looks generous on screen is actually curving away. If it is tight on screen, it is worse in your hand.
Worth knowing
- Food labelling is regulated and the rules depend on where you are and what you sell. LabelVault prints what you design; it does not check it against any standard.