Controlled food labels
Nutrition, allergen and best-before layouts are designed once and reused on every line and co-packer.
Traceability
One lot code, followed all the way through.
Lot marking, GS1-128 case labels and the scans that build a record you can hand to an auditor.
Food traceability comes down to one question asked under pressure: where did this lot go, and what else came from it? TEC-IT supplies the two things that answer it — a lot code applied consistently at every step, and validated capture at every handover.
Twenty-four hours to produce the records, and the data lives in six places.
Connect lot labels with the data captured from receiving to dispatch.
Receiving is on paper, production writes lot codes by hand, and the shipping record ties back to a pallet nobody scanned. When a recall or an audit lands, reconstruction takes days that the requirement gives you hours for. TEC-IT makes the lot code machine-readable from the moment it exists, and captures each receiving, transformation and shipping event as it happens — so the record is a query, not an archaeology project.
From recipe to retail shelf.
One labelling system for lot codes, allergens and best-before dates.
Traceable batches
Every lot, GTIN and date is checked against GS1 before it reaches the pallet.
Line-side printing
Print jobs run per line with full status — on thermal printers, as PDF or via API.
The products behind Food & Beverage.
Every solution maps to proven, licensable products.
TFORMer Designer
Builds recipe-driven labels with lot codes, allergens and best-before dates.
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Barcode Studio
Creates sharp EAN, GS1-128, QR and DataMatrix symbols for food labels and packaging.
TBarCode SDK
Generates 100+ symbologies inside .NET, C++ and COM production applications.
// generate a barcode
var bc = new Barcode();
bc.Type = "QRCode";
bc.Save("out.png");
Scan-IT to Office
Captures receiving, transformation and shipping events on a phone — including offline.
Farm to record
Every event, captured where it happens.
Lot codes at print, validated scans at each handover, one exportable record.
100+
barcode symbologies including the full GS1 carrier set
30 years
of labeling software, from Steyr, Austria
20,000+
customers run TEC-IT software worldwide
Runs at line speed.
Print keeps up with the filler, not the other way round.
Triggered by the line
Each pack triggers its own label from the MES — no batch stops for a reprint.
Dated on the fly
Best-before and lot are computed per run, so nothing is pre-printed and wasted.
Scales across lines
A new filler line prints the same approved layouts from the first pack.
Customer stories
How companies run identification, labeling and data capture on TEC-IT software – in production, logistics and IT.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about Food & Beverage.
What has to be on a GS1 case or pallet label?
For a logistic unit the mandatory element is the SSCC under Application Identifier (00). Batch/lot (AI 10), best-before (AI 15) and GTIN (AI 01) are added according to what your customer and traceability process require. TEC-IT encodes the AIs and FNC1 separators to the GS1 General Specifications.
How does this help in a recall?
Because batch and best-before data are printed from production data rather than typed, every case and pallet carries the lot identifier that links it back to the production record. That is what makes one-up/one-back traceability answerable within the time an auditor or authority expects.
Can we print batch and best-before data automatically from our ERP?
Yes. The layout holds the design and logic; your ERP or batch system supplies the values at print time. No one retypes a lot number, which is where most traceability errors originate.
Do labels survive cold, damp and frozen environments?
The software controls the encoding, dimensions and print quality; durability comes from the material and printer you pair it with. Because TEC-IT drives thermal-transfer printers natively via ZPL, you can use the ribbon and label stock rated for your environment without changing the layout.
More resources
Guide
GS1 DataBar for fresh food and retail
Learn how DataBar and composite symbols carry fresh-food and retail data in limited space.
GuideGS1 AIs for lots, dates and food data
Review the AI fields used for GTINs, lots, dates, weights and other food-label data.
Customer storyH.B. Fuller: controlled labels across global operations
See how centralized templates and automation keep production labels consistent across sites.