Analyze nutritional content of food

I have the lab food panel results and the recipe sheet for the new protein bar. Send the nutrient summary to Priya in product and to Dr. Chen in regulatory for sign-off, signers in that order, with Tuesday as the deadline before labels go to print — but first check that the macronutrient totals sum to the declared calories and that sodium and allergen lines are present.

Before I send this to product and regulatory, make the nutrition sheet easy to approve — show the calories and protein per bar up top, make ingredient contributions to sugar and fat findable, and flag any rounding that would make Dr. Chen hesitate about compliance on the label.

The lab report shows protein at 12.6 g per bar while the formulation predicts 10.8 g. Priya in product trusts the lab less than our pilot team. I’m worried if I normalize down I'll under-declare and if I publish 12.6 g we risk batch variability claims. What's the likely diagnosis and the best immediate action to meet the Tuesday print deadline with minimal regulatory risk?

In the last four launches we had to reprint labels because final lab assays shifted key nutrient claims after label approval. I manage labeling and I want one habitual check and one upstream change in formulation or testing to prevent reprints without lengthening the launch timeline.