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Florida Cake Pops Cottage Food Labels

Florida's required disclosure statement added automatically. Ingredient lists for cake pops built from Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Ghirardelli and more.

Here's What Your Label Will Look Like

Add the cake pops products you use, and Quickly Cottage builds the ingredient list, detects allergens, and adds Florida's required disclosure automatically.

Product

Chocolate Cake Pops

Ingredients

Devil's Food Cake Mix Betty Crocker
Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers Ghirardelli
Rainbow Jimmies Sprinkles Wilton
Red Food Color McCormick

Chocolate Cake Pops

Net Wt: 8 oz (227g)

Sunflower Home Bakery

412 Maple Ave, Springfield, FL

Ingredients:

Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Corn Syrup, Cane Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Hydrogenated Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Glyceryl Lacto Esters), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters, Monoglycerides, Palm Oil, Salt, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Carob Powder, Cocoa, Soy Lecithin, Confectioner's Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Flavor, Water, Propylene Glycol, FD&C Reds 40 and 3, Propylparaben, Colors (Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Titanium Dioxide).

Contains:

Wheat Milk Soy

Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Florida's food safety regulations.

What Every Florida Label Needs

Every cottage food product sold in Florida, including cake pops, 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
  • Net weight
  • "Not inspected" disclosure statement

Required Label Disclosure

Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Florida's food safety regulations.

Added to every cake pops label automatically, exactly as required.

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Common Allergens in Cake Pops

These are the FDA major allergens most often found in cake pops — the exact list depends on the specific brands and ingredients you use.

  • Wheat
  • Milk
  • Soy

Quickly Cottage detects all 9 FDA major allergens automatically from your ingredient list, not just these common ones.

Where You Can Sell in Florida

Florida permits cottage food sales at the following venues.

Direct from your home

Online sales

Mail

Annual Sales Cap

$250,000

One of the highest caps in the country. Raised from $50,000 by the 2021 Home Sweet Home Act.

Permit & Registration

No permit or registration required

No permit, license, or inspection is required to sell cottage food in Florida.

Frequently asked questions

What goes on a cake pops label in Florida?

A Florida cake pops 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 Florida's required disclosure: "Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Florida's food safety regulations." Quickly Cottage builds all of this automatically.

What allergens are common in cake pops?

Cake Pops typically contain: Wheat, Milk, 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 Florida cake pops label?

Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Florida 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 Florida's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?

Florida requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "Made in a cottage food operation that is not subject to Florida's food safety regulations." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cake pops label.

Can I sell cake pops at a Florida farmers market?

Check Florida's permitted sales venues in the full Florida cottage food law guide — this varies by state and permit type.

What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Florida?

Florida's cottage food annual sales cap is: $250,000 gross revenue.

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