FSSAI licence for a café, tea shop or juice shop.
Most cafés, tea shops, juice shops and ice-cream parlours need an FSSAI Registration at ₹100 a year, because their turnover is under ₹1.5 crore. The row you pick matters more than people expect: the tea-shop row stops at ₹1.5 crore, and a tea seller on a cart may owe no fee at all.
A café with seating applies under Restaurants: Registration at ₹100 a year up to ₹1.5 crore turnover, State Licence at ₹5,000 up to ₹50 crore, Central above. A tea shop or snack counter can use Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops, which is Registration only. A tea seller on foot or with a cart is a Hawker: nil fee.
Which FSSAI licence a café, tea shop or juice shop needs.
| Annual turnover | You need | Government fee (to FSSAI) | Our filing fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to ₹1.5 crore | Registration | ₹100 a year | ₹4,500 |
| ₹1.5 crore – ₹50 crore | State Licence | ₹5,000 a year | ₹12,500 |
| Above ₹50 crore | Central Licence | ₹7,500 a year | ₹19,500 |
Per FSSAI’s kind-of-business table updated 01.04.2026. Our fee is one-time plus GST. Operating in two or more States/UTs adds a head-office Central Licence (₹7,500 a year).
What to choose on FoSCoS
- Restaurants — cafés, coffee shops and juice bars that prepare and serve food and drinks, as listed on FoSCoS
- Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops — a temporary or fixed stall or premises preparing and selling food (Registration only, up to ₹1.5 crore)
- Hawker (Itinerant / Mobile food vendor) — tea or coffee sold travelling, on foot or from a movable cart (nil fee)
- A manufacturing row covering edible ices — only if you make ice cream or frozen desserts on the premises
- Retail Shop — an ice-cream parlour that only sells packed ice cream it didn't make
2026 tablePer FSSAI’s table updated 01.04.2026. We confirm your kind of business before filing.
What a café, tea shop or juice shop has to get right.
Each point comes with the regulation, order or FSSAI document behind it. Where FSSAI hasn’t spelt something out, we say it’s our reading.
The tea-shop row has a ceiling
Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops exists only up to ₹1.5 crore turnover. A tea chain that grows past that has no State tier on that row. It moves to Restaurants, which does have one, and files a modification.
KoB table 01.04.2026, Food Services rowsTea on a cart can mean a nil fee
The Hawker row, for itinerant or mobile food vendors, carries a nil fee since 28.09.2024. It is still a Registration, and Schedule 4 Part I still applies.
KoB table 01.04.2026, Hawker row; fee waived w.e.f. 28.09.2024Making ice cream is manufacturing
A parlour that churns its own ice cream or kulfi makes edible ices, which sits on the manufacturing rows. A parlour that scoops bought-in tubs is retail and service. A licence covers only the kinds of business written on it, so list both if you do both.
KoB table 01.04.2026, general manufacturing rowsPotable water goes into every glass
Water used in food must be potable, with a continuous supply on the premises. For a juice bar that includes what goes into the blender; our reading is that it covers the ice too. Test it at regular intervals.
Schedule 4, Part I cl. 5, 6Clean hands, covered food
Handlers wash with soap before work, keep nails trimmed and wear clean aprons and head wear. Everything stored or on sale must be covered. For a counter of cut fruit or pastries, this is what gets checked.
Schedule 4, Part I cl. 12, 14, 17Café chains put calories on the menu
Menu labelling binds food service establishments with a Central Licence or outlets at 10 or more locations. A café brand opening its tenth outlet crosses that line.
Labelling & Display Regulations 2020, food service establishment display provisionsA display board at every counter
Every premises shows the Food Safety Display Board with its number. FSSAI publishes sector boards, including restaurant, street food and ice-cream cart versions.
FSSAI order 19.09.2018; FSSAI sector display boardsWhat you’ll be asked for.
On top of the owner’s photo ID and address proof. FoSCoS asks per kind of business, so we send you the exact list for yours before you gather anything.
Full documents checklist- Proof of possession of the shop — lease, ownership papers or the owner's NOC (for a mall kiosk, the licence agreement with the mall)
- List of items you prepare and sell — drinks, snacks, desserts
- Photograph of the proprietor
- Street vending certificate, if you're a registered street vendor (you may already be deemed registered)
- A label for anything you pre-pack to sell, such as bottled cold coffee or packed cookies
The authorities around this business.
FSSAI isn’t the only door you’ll knock on. These are the bodies that usually matter for this kind of business — each links to what it does and when you’ll meet it.
See the full regulatory map
Food Safety and Standards Authority of IndiaFoSCoSCommissioner of Food SafetyDesignated Officer and Food Safety Officers
FSSAI-notified, NABL-accredited food laboratoriesFoSTaC training partnersFSSAI-recognised auditing agenciesAdjudicating Officer and Food Safety Appellate TribunalMunicipal corporation or local bodyCommon mistakes with café, tea shop or juice shop licences.
It works at ₹100 while small, but the row ends at ₹1.5 crore. Moving to Restaurants later is a modification, so picking the right row at the start saves one.
Mobile vendors have had a nil fee since September 2024. A fixed stall is not a hawker, though, so check which one you are.
Making the product is manufacturing. If the certificate only says retail, the ice cream you make isn't covered.
Your café, tea shop or juice shop licence in three steps.
Most of the work is ours. Where something needs you, it says so — and nothing is filed without your approval.
- 1
Book a free 10-minute check
Tell us what you do. We confirm the exact kind of business, the licence and the full cost — including the exceptions most people miss.
Free · no obligation - 2
We file it on your login
You get a checklist for your business, we check every document, and we file on your own FoSCoS account. The government fee goes from you to FSSAI.
Fixed fee, in writing - 3
We keep you licensed
Fees, returns, tests, medicals, labels and inspections — dated, tracked and handled, with a short status note each month.
Ready any day
Our promises, in writing
You get the fee before we start. If the scope changes, you hear it from us before it costs you.
We file on your own FoSCoS account with your approval. Nothing to hand back if you ever leave.
Straight to FSSAI on FoSCoS. It never passes through us.
Each requirement comes with the regulation behind it — and our readings are marked as ours.
FSSAI licence for café, tea shop or juice shop: questions
What is the FSSAI license cost for a cafe?
For most cafés, the government fee is ₹100 a year, a Registration, because turnover is under ₹1.5 crore. From ₹1.5 crore to ₹50 crore it is a State Licence at ₹5,000 a year; above that, Central at ₹7,500. The fee is the same in Delhi, Bangalore or anywhere else in India. Our fee is ₹4,500 for a Registration, ₹12,500 for a State Licence and ₹19,500 for a Central Licence, one-time plus GST.
Is FSSAI license mandatory for a tea shop?
Yes. FSSAI's table lists Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops as a kind of business needing a Registration, at ₹100 a year up to ₹1.5 crore turnover. A tea seller who moves around on foot or with a cart is a Hawker, which also needs a Registration but pays no fee. A registered street vendor may already be deemed registered.
How do I get an FSSAI license for a tea shop?
Apply on FoSCoS, FSSAI's official portal, choosing Registration and the Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops kind of business, or Hawker for a mobile stall. Upload a photograph, photo ID, proof of the premises and your item list, and pay ₹100, or nothing as a hawker. The 2026 amendment provides for instant registration where the application is complete.
What is the FSSAI licence price for a juice shop?
₹100 a year to FSSAI for a Registration while turnover is up to ₹1.5 crore, applied for under Restaurants or Petty Retailer of snacks/tea shops. Our Registration filing fee is ₹4,500, one-time plus GST. The rules to watch are potable water, clean handling of cut fruit and covered storage under Schedule 4 Part I.
Which FSSAI license does an ice-cream parlour need?
It depends on whether you make the ice cream. Scooping or selling bought-in ice cream is a food service or retail row. Making ice cream, kulfi or frozen desserts on site adds a manufacturing row covering edible ices. Both are tiered by turnover, starting with a ₹100 Registration up to ₹1.5 crore. Pre-packed cups or cones you make need a full label.
Do coffee shops and coffee carts need a food license?
Yes. A coffee shop applies under Restaurants. A coffee cart is either a Hawker, if it moves around (nil fee), or Food Vending Agencies, a trade row covering sale from a temporary or fixed stall, cart or machine. At up to ₹1.5 crore turnover that is a ₹100 Registration.
What about a cafe license in Dubai, the UK or Malaysia?
Those are other countries' licensing systems and have nothing to do with FSSAI. This page covers India only. In India the FSSAI part is national: the same rows and fees apply in every state. Local permissions such as trade or shop licences are set by municipal and state bodies and vary.
Get your café, tea shop or juice shop licensed — and keep it that way.
Book a free 10-minute check. A person — not a bot — calls you back within working hours, tells you exactly which licence you need and what it costs, before you commit to anything.
- Government fee paid by you, directly to FSSAI
- Filed under your own FoSCoS login
- Fixed fee, confirmed in writing before we start
Not ready to talk? Get the free 2026 checklist or find your licence yourself.