This release delivers key enhancements across data governance, formulation accuracy, compliance efficiency, and training workflows. Each update is designed to strengthen platform usability, improve data integrity, and support consistent, secure operations across teams. Below is an overview of the enhancements included in this release.
Advance Notice: Upcoming Global Standards Updates
Overview/What’s New?
TraceGains is giving advance notice of the next phase of Global Standards, planned for broader external release in February 2027. It brings configurable forms for customers and TraceGains AI assistance for suppliers in Gather. The document title and description updates already released are the first step in this same initiative.
Who will use it?
Customers who configure document requests and the forms their suppliers complete, and suppliers who complete those forms in Gather.
What will change?
Nothing changes today. This is an advance notice only.
These are the new capabilities arriving in February 2027:
- Configurable forms Customers select the markets, industries, and product categories relevant to their business. What suppliers are asked follows that selection rather than a single fixed questionnaire. Customers can also adjust what their own team sees and add their own questions.
- TraceGains AI in Gather Suppliers upload documents they already possess, and the assistant drafts answers with a link to the source. Suppliers then review and submit. Nothing is automatically submitted. Existing document records, submitted documents, in process documents, document history, permissions, attachments and access are unaffected.
Benefit to users
Customers receive supplier information that is consistent across their supply base and requests which reflect their markets. Suppliers answer once and serve every connected customer instead of completing a variation or unique version for each. Further guidance will follow prior to the release, covering additional information regarding what is changing, what is not changing, and what to expect.
Site-wide / Gather
Improved Clarity for Document Titles and Descriptions
Overview/What’s New?
Document titles and descriptions have been updated to use clearer, more standardized language across the TraceGains network. The update supports more consistent terminology for customers and suppliers while preserving existing document records, access, history, permissions, and attachments.
For additional information, please refer to this article:
Updates to TraceGains Standard Titles and Descriptions
Who will use it?
Customers and suppliers who view, request, submit, or manage documents in TraceGains will see the updated titles and descriptions where applicable.
What has changed?
All document descriptions have been refreshed and select document titles have been updated to better reflect the type of information each document represents. Only the displayed titles and descriptions have changed; existing submitted documents, in process documents, document history, permissions, attachments, and access remain unchanged.
Benefit to users
The updated language makes document names and descriptions easier to understand, supports more consistent document selection, and helps reduce confusion when working with suppliers across regions and document types. Overall, this update improves clarity and consistency across the document experience while keeping existing records and document activity intact.
Enterprise
Supplier Compliance
Exact Match Option for COA Identification
Overview/What’s New?
Supplier compliance processing now includes an option to require exact supplier and item matches when identifying COA information. This option gives teams more control over how incoming COA data is matched during document processing.
Who will use it?
Supplier compliance teams using document intelligence for COA processing will use this option when supplier or item identification requires a strict match.
What has changed?
A new optional setting can require exact supplier and item identification values during COA processing. When enabled, processing does not use a broader match when the configured values do not match exactly.
Benefit to users
This option helps improve confidence in supplier and item identification by reducing the chance of unintended matches during COA processing. Overall, this enhancement supports more precise COA identification by allowing stricter matching when exact supplier and item values are required.
Audit Management
PowerPoint Export for Audit Reports
Overview/What’s New?
Audits can now be published using PowerPoint ActionForm templates. This extends the template-based publishing workflow beyond Word templates, allowing users to select a PPTX ActionForm template and generate a slide-based audit output with audit attributes and section tables populated from the audit.
Who will use it?
Audit management teams that prepare audit results for review, reporting, or stakeholder presentations will use this export option.
What has changed?
PowerPoint ActionForm templates are now available as an audit publishing option alongside existing output options. Audit content can be generated in a presentation-ready format for easier sharing and discussion.
Benefit to users
This enhancement reduces the manual effort needed to prepare audit presentations by populating a selected PowerPoint ActionForm template directly from the audit. Instead of copying and reformatting audit results into PowerPoint, teams can generate a slide-based output using audit attributes and section tables from the audit. Overall, this supports more efficient audit reporting by turning structured audit data into a presentation-ready template output.
Formula Management
Process Step Details for Formulation Workflows
Overview/What’s New?
Process steps now include additional detail fields for temperature, temperature unit of measure, duration, duration unit of measure, and equipment. These fields support more complete process step information in formulation workflows and help align process data across connected formulation experiences.
Who will use it?
Formulation teams that define, review, or manage recipe process steps will use these fields when additional processing details are needed.
What has changed?
Additional metadata fields are now available on process steps, including temperature, unit of measure, duration, duration unit of measure, and equipment. Existing process steps remain unchanged, and use of the new fields is optional.
Benefit to users
The added fields make process steps more descriptive and easier to interpret, helping teams capture key manufacturing or preparation details in a structured way. Overall, this enhancement improves the completeness and consistency of process step details while keeping existing formulation workflows flexible.
U.S. English/Spanish Bilingual Nutrition Label
Overview/What’s New?
A standard U.S. English/Spanish bilingual nutrition label is now available for recipes. This label format supports bilingual label output for teams that need nutrition information displayed in both English and Spanish.
Who will use it?
Formulation and labeling teams that create U.S. nutrition labels will use this format when bilingual English and Spanish label output is needed.
What has changed?
The standard U.S. label now includes an English/Spanish bilingual default format. The initial format supports default label output, with editable bilingual label options planned for a future update.
Benefit to users
This enhancement expands label format options and helps teams create bilingual U.S. nutrition labels more efficiently from recipe data. Overall, this enhancement supports broader labeling needs by adding a standard U.S. bilingual nutrition label format for English and Spanish output.
U.S. Label Display Options
Overview/What’s New?
U.S. label editing now includes a dedicated display options step for controlling how certain label details appear. This step brings key presentation settings into the label edit flow, so label output can be adjusted more easily before finalizing.
Who will use it?
Formulation and labeling teams that create or edit U.S. nutrition labels will use this step when label presentation settings need to be reviewed or adjusted.
What has changed?
The U.S. label edit flow now includes display settings for full vitamin names, abbreviated nutrient names, and how “less than” nutrient values appear on the label. These options are available as part of the label editing experience.
Benefit to users
This enhancement provides labeling teams with more control over label presentation and helps reduce manual review or adjustment when specific display preferences are required. Overall, this enhancement makes U.S. label editing more flexible by placing important display settings directly in the label edit flow.
Simplified Label Footnote Display Option
Overview/What’s New?
U.S. simplified nutrition labels now include an option to hide the “Not a significant source of ...” footnote when the information does not need to appear on the label.
Who will use it?
Formulation and labeling teams that create or manage U.S. simplified nutrition labels will use this option when preparing label output.
What has changed?
A new display option allows the “Not a significant source of ...” footnote to be hidden from U.S. simplified labels. Label content can now better reflect the desired presentation when that footnote is not required.
Benefit to users
This option gives labeling teams more control over simplified label formatting and helps labels display only the information needed for the finished output. Overall, this enhancement supports cleaner simplified label output by allowing optional footnote text to be hidden when appropriate.
NutriCalc
May Contain Allergen Statements
Overview/What’s New?
NutriCalc now supports “May contain” allergen statements on ingredient records. This helps capture precautionary allergen information at the ingredient level, so it can be reflected in recipes where those ingredients are used.
Who will use it?
Nutrition, formulation, and labeling teams that manage ingredient allergen information will use this option when precautionary allergen statements need to be stored and carried into recipe-level information.
What has changed?
Ingredient records can now store “May contain” allergen statements. When those ingredients are used in recipes, the allergen information can flow into the related recipe details for review and labeling use.
Benefit to users
This enhancement helps teams manage precautionary allergen information more consistently by storing “May contain” statements with the ingredient record and supporting visibility at the recipe level. Overall, this enhancement improves allergen information management by supporting “May contain” statements from ingredient records through related recipes.
API Enhancements for U.S. English/Spanish Bilingual Label
Overview/What’s New?
API enhancements have been added to support generation of the standard U.S. English/Spanish bilingual nutrition label through connected label workflows. These enhancements enable connected formulation experiences to generate the non-editable bilingual default label and help establish the foundation for broader bilingual label capabilities.
Who will use it?
Formulation and labeling teams using connected nutrition label workflows will benefit from these API enhancements when bilingual English and Spanish label output is needed.
What has changed?
API enhancements now support generation of the standard U.S. English/Spanish bilingual default label through connected label services. The initial version supports non-editable default label generation, with editable bilingual label options planned for a future update.
Benefit to users
This enhancement helps connected workflows generate standard U.S. English/Spanish nutrition labels more consistently from shared label data. Overall, this enhancement supports consistent bilingual nutrition label output by adding API enhancements for the standard U.S. English/Spanish default label.
U.S. English/Spanish Bilingual Nutrition Label
Overview/What’s New?
A standard U.S. English/Spanish bilingual nutrition label is now available in NutriCalc. This label format supports bilingual nutrition label output for teams that need information displayed in both English and Spanish.
Who will use it?
Nutrition and labeling teams that create U.S. nutrition labels will use this format when bilingual English and Spanish label output is needed.
What has changed?
The standard U.S. label now includes an English/Spanish bilingual default format. The initial format supports default label output, with editable bilingual label options planned for a future update.
Benefit to users
This enhancement expands label format options and helps teams create bilingual U.S. nutrition labels more efficiently from nutrition data. Overall, this enhancement supports broader labeling needs by adding a standard U.S. bilingual nutrition label format for English and Spanish output.
U.S. Label Nutrient Display Options
Overview/What’s New?
U.S. label editing now includes a dedicated display options step for controlling how selected label details appear. This step brings key presentation settings into the label edit flow, so label output can be reviewed and adjusted more easily before finalizing.
Who will use it?
Nutrition and labeling teams that create or edit U.S. nutrition labels will use this step when label display settings need to be reviewed or updated.
What has changed?
The U.S. label edit flow now includes display settings for full vitamin names, abbreviated nutrient names, and how “less than” nutrient values appear on the label. These options are available from the label editing experience.
Benefit to users
This enhancement gives labeling teams more control over label presentation and helps reduce manual review or adjustment when specific display preferences are required. Overall, this enhancement makes U.S. label editing more flexible by placing important display settings directly in the label edit flow.
Simplified Label Footnote Display Option
Overview/What’s New?
NutriCalc simplified nutrition labels now include an option to hide the “Not a significant source of ...” footnote when the information does not need to appear on the label.
Who will use it?
Nutrition and labeling teams that create or manage U.S. simplified nutrition labels will use this option when preparing label output.
What has changed?
A display option now allows the “Not a significant source of ...” footnote to be hidden from simplified labels. Label content can now better reflect the desired presentation when that footnote is not required.
Benefit to users
This option gives labeling teams more control over simplified label formatting and helps labels display only the information needed for the finished output. Overall, this enhancement supports cleaner simplified label output by allowing optional footnote text to be hidden when appropriate.