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South Carolina Cakes Cottage Food Labels

South Carolina'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 South Carolina's required disclosure automatically.

Product

Vanilla Layer Cake

Ingredients

Yellow Cake Mix Betty Crocker
Creamy White Frosting Betty Crocker
Large Eggs
Vegetable Oil

Vanilla Layer Cake

Sunflower Home Bakery

412 Maple Ave, Springfield, SC

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:

Wheat Eggs

This product was produced in a home kitchen not subject to public health inspection.

What Every South Carolina Label Needs

Every cottage food product sold in South Carolina, including cakes, 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 product was produced in a home kitchen not subject to public health 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 South Carolina

South Carolina permits cottage food sales at the following venues.

Direct from your home

Farmers markets

Online sales

Retail

Restaurants

Annual Sales Cap

No cap

No annual revenue cap. Cap removed in 2018.

Permit & Registration

No permit or registration required

No permit or license is required for cottage food operations in South Carolina.

Frequently asked questions

What goes on a cakes label in South Carolina?

A South Carolina 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 South Carolina's required disclosure: "This product was produced in a home kitchen not subject to public health 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 South Carolina cakes label?

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

South Carolina requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "This product was produced in a home kitchen not subject to public health inspection." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cakes label.

Can I sell cakes at a South Carolina farmers market?

Yes — South Carolina's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all South Carolina requirements, including the disclosure statement.

What is the annual cottage food sales cap in South Carolina?

South Carolina's cottage food annual sales cap is: No cap gross revenue.

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