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Missouri Cakes Cottage Food Labels
Missouri'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 Missouri's required disclosure automatically.
Product
Ingredients
Vanilla Layer Cake
Sunflower Home Bakery
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 is home-produced and processed and the production area has not been inspected by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
What Every Missouri Label Needs
Every cottage food product sold in Missouri, 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
- "Not inspected" disclosure statement
Required Label Disclosure
This product is home-produced and processed and the production area has not been inspected by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
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 Missouri
Missouri 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 was removed in 2022.
Permit & Registration
No permit or registration required
No permit, license, or registration is required for cottage food operations in Missouri.
Frequently asked questions
What goes on a cakes label in Missouri?
A Missouri 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 Missouri's required disclosure: "This product is home-produced and processed and the production area has not been inspected by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services." 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 Missouri cakes label?
Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Missouri 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 Missouri's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?
Missouri requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "This product is home-produced and processed and the production area has not been inspected by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cakes label.
Can I sell cakes at a Missouri farmers market?
Yes — Missouri's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all Missouri requirements, including the disclosure statement.
What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Missouri?
Missouri's cottage food annual sales cap is: No cap gross revenue.
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