Ohio cottage food label requirements and allowed-foods checklist
Answer a few plain-English questions about what you make and how you want to sell it. We check it against Ohio's allowed cottage-food list, flag anything that needs the separate home-bakery path, and build you a personalized checklist and a printable food label draft.
Free customized label/checklist after walk-through completion
Built from public Ohio statutes and administrative rules. Not legal advice and not state approval — rules can change, so verify final requirements with the Ohio cottage-food rules before selling.
Free allowed-food checkSee whether your product still fits Ohio's explicit cottage-food list.
Free checklistYour answers rolled into the Ohio rules you need before you start selling.
Free label generationDraft the Ohio-required label with the exact home-produced statement.
Do I need a cottage food license in Ohio?
Not for a qualifying Ohio cottage-food production operation. The catch is that Ohio uses a specific allowed-food list and bans potentially hazardous foods, acidified foods, low-acid canned foods, reduced-oxygen packaging, and out-of-state sales. Once you move into cream pies, cheesecake, custard, or another hazardous bakery item, you typically need the separate home-bakery registration path instead.