Start a cottage food business with three sheets

Whether you can sell cottage food from your home depends on where you live, so look up your state and county rules. These files do not state the law. They keep what you found and lay out your label from your details.

Type your business name, product, ingredients, allergens, net weight, best before date, your name and address and your statement on the Details tab of Cottage Food Label, then print the Label tab. Check your state’s rules for what the label must say.

Type your details once on the Details tab of Cottage Food Label and print the Label tab. Check your state’s rules for what the label must say, because the file does not supply legal wording.

Type the details once and print the Label tab. Cottage Food Label fills the label from one details tab, so the next cake means changing a few cells instead of rebuilding a layout.

Which baked goods you can sell from home depends on your state’s cottage food rules, and these sheets do not state them. Cottage Start Records keeps the permit number and the date you found, so the answer you look up stays in one place.

For cakes, the first month usually means boxes, boards and liners. First Month Packaging turns the cakes you expect into packs to buy and a total cost.

Cottage Food Label is not a label maker machine. It is a spreadsheet that lays out the label from your details, so you print it on the printer you already have.