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Alabama Cookies Cottage Food Labels
Alabama's required disclosure statement added automatically. Ingredient lists for cookies built from Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Ghirardelli and more.
Here's What Your Label Will Look Like
Add the cookies products you use, and Quickly Cottage builds the ingredient list, detects allergens, and adds Alabama's required disclosure automatically.
Product
Ingredients
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sunflower Home Bakery
412 Maple Ave, Springfield, AL
Ingredients:
Unbleached Hard Red Wheat Flour, Enzyme, Sugar, Molasses, Semi-Sweet Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Butter (Cream, Salt), Eggs, Water, Alcohol, Vanilla Bean Extractives, Salt.
Contains:
This food is not inspected by the Alabama Department of Health or a local health department. This product may contain allergens.
What Every Alabama Label Needs
Every cottage food product sold in Alabama, including cookies, needs a label with the following.
- All 9 FDA major allergens present
- Complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight
- Business name
- Business address
- Product name
- "Not inspected" disclosure statement
Required Label Disclosure
This food is not inspected by the Alabama Department of Health or a local health department. This product may contain allergens.
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Common Allergens in Cookies
These are the FDA major allergens most often found in cookies — the exact list depends on the specific brands and ingredients you use.
- Wheat
- Milk
- Eggs
- Soy
Quickly Cottage detects all 9 FDA major allergens automatically from your ingredient list, not just these common ones.
Where You Can Sell in Alabama
Alabama permits cottage food sales at the following venues.
Direct from your home
Farmers markets
Online sales
Retail
Annual Sales Cap
No cap
No annual revenue cap. Cap removed in 2021.
Permit & Registration
No permit or registration required
No permit or license is required for cottage food operations in Alabama.
Frequently asked questions
What goes on a cookies label in Alabama?
A Alabama cookies label needs the product name, a complete ingredient list in descending order by weight, all FDA major allergens present, net weight, your business name and address, and Alabama's required disclosure: "This food is not inspected by the Alabama Department of Health or a local health department. This product may contain allergens." Quickly Cottage builds all of this automatically.
What allergens are common in cookies?
Cookies typically contain: Wheat, Milk, Eggs, and Soy. Quickly Cottage detects these automatically from the specific ingredients and brands you use.
Do I need to list sub-ingredients from a packaged mix on my Alabama cookies label?
Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Alabama and every other state. If you use a branded cake mix, frosting, or coating, its sub-ingredients must appear on your label. Quickly Cottage expands these automatically.
What is Alabama's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?
Alabama requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "This food is not inspected by the Alabama Department of Health or a local health department. This product may contain allergens." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cookies label.
Can I sell cookies at a Alabama farmers market?
Yes — Alabama's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all Alabama requirements, including the disclosure statement.
What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Alabama?
Alabama's cottage food annual sales cap is: No cap gross revenue.
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