Trace One

• Food and beverage manufacturers

  Formula-based product development with specifications, packaging and regulatory checks in one platform.

• Private-label retailers and their suppliers

  A supplier portal for qualification, registration and ongoing management of suppliers, used by retailer and supplier organisations.

• Regulatory affairs teams selling into many markets

  Ingredient, additive and labelling rules by country, checked against product formulas.

Less suited to: Restaurants and other food service operators: the vendor positions the products for process manufacturers and private-label retailers.

• Formulation and recipe management

  Captures formula changes, approvals and activations in one place, with specification templates and standardised data formats.

• Specification and product data management

  Connects formulation, specifications, packaging and artwork data across the product lifecycle.

• PDF data extraction

  Recognises and extracts data from product specifications supplied as PDFs to reduce manual entry.

• Supplier Collaboration Portal

  Cloud self-service portal for supplier and client organisations to qualify, register and manage suppliers, with electronic signature of questionnaires.

• Supplier and facility risk assessment

  Categorises suppliers, facilities and source materials against predefined risk criteria during onboarding.

• Quality and food safety audit management

  Configurable audit checklists with several scoring systems, plus workflows to schedule audits, follow-ups and recurrences.

• Non-conformance and CAPA management

  Tracks non-conformances and corrective and preventive actions with quality dashboards.

• REGDATA food regulatory database

  Compares product attributes with country-specific rules on additives, flavouring substances and pesticides.

• Food Law Library and regulatory news monitoring

  Full-text food legislation organised by market plus monitoring of regulatory news.

• Compliance assessments across markets

  Evaluates product formulas against market rules and manages compliance documents.

• Regulatory AI assistant (Trace One Copilot)

  Summarises stored regulatory documents and can drive tasks; also supports natural language queries of regulations and substances.

• ERP integration

  Sends product data and status changes to an ERP system, with mass import and export without coding.

Pricing model

Quote only

No prices are published; the site directs buyers to book a guided demo or contact sales.

Other

SAPOracleDocusign

The ERP page describes customisable integration with Oracle and SAP; the PLM page says it also integrates with PIM and e-commerce systems without naming them.

Platforms

Web

The vendor says its regulatory solutions support 170+ countries and lists offices in the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, China, India, Serbia and Ukraine; it publishes no list of countries where it sells.

Founded

2000

Headquarters

Boston, United States

Other offices

Paris

Team size

500+ (per the vendor's about page)

Customers named by the vendor

AB Mauri, Aryzta, Bauli, Dawn Foods, General Mills, Ferrero, McCormick, Ghirardelli, Lindt & Sprüngli, Carrefour, Tesco, Ahold Delhaize USA, UNFI, OSI Group

Security and compliance

ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 compliant (Trace One Cloud, per vendor)

Support

A customer support route and a partner network of implementation specialists are listed; support hours are not stated.

Built for

Food manufacturing, Wholesale

Focus

General-purpose, used in food businesses

Status

Active

Website

traceone.com

Also listed in

Supplier Compliance & Quality Management

• Specright

  Specright is cloud software for managing specifications for products, ingredients, formulas and packaging in one place.

  Names 8 integrations, against 3 for Trace One.

• SmartSpec

  SmartSpec (sold as Smart Specification) is web software for managing specifications and recipes for raw materials, packaging, work-in-progress and finished products.

  Listed as best for: Food and beverage manufacturers; Teams replacing spreadsheets and shared drives for specifications.

• ENTR Technologies

  ENTR is cloud software for food, beverage and dietary supplement teams to develop formulas, work out nutrition, and produce compliant labels.

  Listed as best for: CPG food and beverage brands; Dietary supplement manufacturers.

• NutraSoft

  Nutrition analysis and labeling software.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• Trace One vs ENTR Technologies
• Trace One vs SmartSpec
• Trace One vs Specright
• Trace One vs SmartSpec vs Specright
• Trace One vs ENTR Technologies vs SmartSpec vs Specright

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Any price or contract term
• Legal entity name and registration number
• Current owner or investors (the about page lists acquisition and investment headlines without dates)
• Supported interface languages
• Named restaurant customers (customers listed are manufacturers and retailers)

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

1. Homepage, customer logoshttps://www.traceone.com/
2. PLM overviewhttps://www.traceone.com/plm-software
3. Formulationhttps://www.traceone.com/plm-software/product-formulation
4. Supplier portalhttps://www.traceone.com/plm-software/supplier-quality-management
5. Quality and auditshttps://www.traceone.com/plm-software/quality-management
6. ERP integrationhttps://www.traceone.com/plm-software/plm-erp-integration
7. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 statementhttps://www.traceone.com/plm-software/plm-software-deployment
8. Regulatory compliancehttps://www.traceone.com/regulatory-compliance-software
9. REGDATAhttps://www.traceone.com/regulatory-compliance-software/global-food-legislation-database
10. Company history, offices, staff numbershttps://www.traceone.com/about-us
11. Headquarters and demo routehttps://www.traceone.com/contact-us
12. Partner networkhttps://www.traceone.com/partnerships