Home baker and cook guide
How to sell homemade food in Florida
Florida allows qualifying low-risk cottage foods from an unlicensed home kitchen for direct-to-consumer sales without an FDACS food permit. Start with the official program below, then confirm the rules for your product, preparation setting, and local jurisdiction.
Official resources last reviewed 2026-07-21. Rules can change.
Official Florida resources
Open the official pages below for registration, labeling, allowed foods, and temperature rules. This app collects your application only. After approval, classify every meal when you publish.
What the official pathway currently emphasizes
- Approved examples include shelf-stable breads, cakes, cookies, candy, preserves, dry products, pasta, nuts, vinegar, and popcorn.
- Sales may be made in person, through the operator's website, or by mail order, but cottage food cannot be sold wholesale.
- Products must be properly packaged and labeled, and samples must be prepackaged.
A practical preparation sequence
- Verify every recipe against the current approved-food categories.
- Confirm projected sales remain within the current statutory limit.
- Create compliant packaging and labels.
- Check tax, zoning, venue, and direct-delivery obligations before launch.
Questions to answer before listing
- Which foods may be produced in your proposed kitchen?
- Does the product require refrigeration or temperature control?
- Are registration, training, inspection, testing, or permits required?
- What must appear on the product label and customer disclosure?
- Where may you advertise, sell, deliver, ship, or arrange pickup?
- Do county, city, zoning, tax, or tribal rules add requirements?
Prepare your local kitchen page
Once you understand the applicable pathway, create a kitchen profile, describe your general pickup area, upload real food photos, and post specific preorder windows. Kitchen Counter-Measures does not approve a product on behalf of a regulator.