Food Product Documentation Desk · Manufacturing & engineering

AI That Takes Admin Off Your Food Scientists

Food manufacturers juggle spec sheets, label drafts, supplier documents and test records across R&D and quality staff. 12² builds spec and label templates plus a supplier-document tracker, with regulatory review.

Food Product Documentation Desk · From $3,500 + $199/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.

Short answer

Ai for food scientists: the short answer.

12² builds AI for food manufacturers that takes routine work off their food scientists: drafting spec sheets from formulas, drafting label and allergen statements for review, tracking supplier certificates and summarizing test records. It runs inside the tools you already use. A qualified person checks every label and claim.

Sources

  • General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu

Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures

Where the time goes

Where the hours go now.

01

Product spec sheets

Food manufacturers juggle spec sheets, label drafts, supplier documents and test records across R&D and quality staff.

02

Label and allergen statements

Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.

03

Supplier certificates and expiry dates

The same requests arrive all day, often when nobody is free to answer.

Scope

What it handles, and what it never does.

What it handles

  • Product spec sheetsIt drafts product spec sheets from formulas.
  • Label and allergen statementsIt drafts label and allergen statements for regulatory review.
  • Supplier certificates and expiry datesIt organizes supplier certificates and expiry dates.
  • Test and shelf-life recordsIt summarizes test and shelf-life records.
  • Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.

What it never does

  • Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
  • Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
  • Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
  • Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
How it's tested

Built and tested on your own work.

Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.

  • Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
  • Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
  • Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
  • What 12² buildsSpec and label templates plus a supplier-document tracker, with regulatory review.
  • How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to the tools you already use on the first call and write it into your quote.

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Price

From $3,500 + $199/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.

  • Small: Small shop (1-4 staff, one location)From $3,500 + $199/mo. The core build for 1-4 staff, one location: spec and label templates plus a supplier-document tracker, with regulatory review. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes. Matches the live 12squared.ai ladder for this industry.
  • Mid-size: Mid-size shop (5-19 staff)From $9,500 + $450/mo. Everything in Small shop, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations. Matches the live 12squared.ai ladder for this industry.
  • Enterprise: Enterprise (20+ staff or several locations)From $18,000 + $750/mo, custom quote. Everything in Mid-size shop, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap. Matches the live 12squared.ai ladder for this industry.
  • Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
  • You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
  • Compliance and dataFDA labeling and allergen rules and FSMA records (unverified detail); a qualified person approves every label.
  • Not professional adviceNot engineering advice: your engineers and quality staff approve every spec, drawing and document. 12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
FAQ

Straight answers.

Can AI write our labels?

It drafts them; your regulatory lead checks every claim and allergen.

How does payment work?

Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.

How long does it take?

Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.

Are these prices final?

No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.

Get started

Tell us how you handle product spec sheets now.

A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.

  1. You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
  2. A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
  3. A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.

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