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Iowa Cakes Cottage Food Labels
Iowa's required disclosure statement added automatically. Ingredient lists for cakes built from Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Ghirardelli and more.
Here's What Your Label Will Look Like
Add the cakes products you use, and Quickly Cottage builds the ingredient list, detects allergens, and adds Iowa's required disclosure automatically.
Product
Ingredients
Vanilla Layer Cake
Sunflower Home Bakery
Springfield, IA
Ingredients:
Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Corn Starch, Eggs, Soybean Oil, Water, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters, Salt, Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Yellow 5, Yellow 6.
Contains:
This product was produced at a residential property that is exempt from state licensing and inspection.
What Every Iowa Label Needs
Every cottage food product sold in Iowa, including cakes, needs a label with the following.
- All 9 FDA major allergens present
- Complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight
- Business name
- Product name
- City name
- "Not inspected" disclosure statement
Required Label Disclosure
This product was produced at a residential property that is exempt from state licensing and inspection.
Added to every cakes label automatically, exactly as required.
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Common Allergens in Cakes
These are the FDA major allergens most often found in cakes — the exact list depends on the specific brands and ingredients you use.
- Wheat
- Eggs
Quickly Cottage detects all 9 FDA major allergens automatically from your ingredient list, not just these common ones.
Where You Can Sell in Iowa
Iowa permits cottage food sales at the following venues.
Direct from your home
Farmers markets
Online sales
Annual Sales Cap
No cap
No annual revenue cap under the cottage tier. The HFPE tier has a $50,000 cap.
Permit & Registration
No permit or registration required
No permit or license is required for cottage food operations in Iowa.
Frequently asked questions
What goes on a cakes label in Iowa?
A Iowa cakes 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 Iowa's required disclosure: "This product was produced at a residential property that is exempt from state licensing and inspection." Quickly Cottage builds all of this automatically.
What allergens are common in cakes?
Cakes typically contain: Wheat and Eggs. 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 Iowa cakes label?
Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Iowa 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 Iowa's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?
Iowa requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "This product was produced at a residential property that is exempt from state licensing and inspection." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cakes label.
Can I sell cakes at a Iowa farmers market?
Yes — Iowa's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all Iowa requirements, including the disclosure statement.
What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Iowa?
Iowa's cottage food annual sales cap is: No cap gross revenue.
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