FSSAI registration for a home bakery.
A home baker needs an FSSAI Registration, at ₹100 a year, as long as annual turnover stays under ₹1.5 crore. The registration is for your kitchen; the labelling rules follow every cake, cookie or loaf you sell pre-packed.
A home baker who makes and sells bakes needs a Registration: ₹100 a year while turnover is up to ₹1.5 crore. Above ₹1.5 crore it becomes a State Licence at ₹5,000. Our reading is that a baker makes the product, so the manufacturing kind of business covering bakery wares fits better than a shop row.
Which FSSAI licence a home bakery 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
- Manufacturer — the manufacturing row covering bakery wares, as listed on FoSCoS (our reading for someone who bakes the product)
- Retail Shop / Sweet Shop / Bakery Shop, under Retailer — only if you also resell bakes you did not make
- Restaurants — only if you add seating or serve food as a café
2026 tablePer FSSAI’s table updated 01.04.2026. We confirm your kind of business before filing.
What a home bakery 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.
Registration while turnover is under ₹1.5 crore
Since 1 April 2026 the manufacturing rows use turnover alone: Registration up to ₹1.5 crore, State Licence from ₹1.5 crore to ₹50 crore. Nothing on the certificate changes as you grow, so watch the number yourself. Crossing it puts you on the wrong tier.
KoB table 01.04.2026, manufacturing rowsSchedule 4 Part I in a home kitchen
Equipment that can be cleaned easily, no vessels that could cause metallic contamination, clean aprons, gloves and head wear, trimmed nails, no loose jewellery, and every stored item covered. These are the lines an officer reads for a registered baker.
Schedule 4, Part I cl. 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 17Pre-packed bakes carry the full label
A cake box or cookie jar you seal and sell is pre-packaged food. It needs the mandatory elements: name of the food, ingredients, nutrition, the veg or non-veg mark, allergens, your name and address, the FSSAI logo with your number, net quantity, batch, date marking and MRP.
Labelling & Display Regulations 2020, reg. 5Egg makes it non-vegetarian
The regulations define non-vegetarian food as food containing any part of an animal, eggs included, as an ingredient. A sponge made with egg carries the brown non-veg mark. "Eggless" bakes carry the green mark.
Labelling & Display Regulations 2020, definition of non-vegetarian foodName the allergen source, not the category
Declare the actual cereal or nut: "contains wheat, milk, almond", not "contains gluten, nuts". Bakery is the category where wheat, milk, egg and nut are almost always present.
Labelling & Display Regulations 2020, allergen declarationWords like "sugar-free" and "natural" are claims
"Natural", "fresh", "pure", "100%", "sugar-free" and health claims each carry conditions. A misleading claim or advertisement can draw a penalty of up to ₹10 lakh.
Advertising & Claims Regulations 2018; FSS Act s.53Legal Metrology registration for pre-packers
Selling pre-packed goods by weight brings in a separate law: register as a packer within 90 days of starting to pre-pack, a one-time ₹500 fee, and show net quantity and MRP correctly.
Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011, rule 27What 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 you can use the home premises — ownership papers, rent agreement, or an NOC from the owner (often a parent or spouse)
- List of the bakery products you make, e.g. cakes, cookies, breads
- Photograph of the proprietor
- Proof of membership, if you bake as a member of a registered self-help group or society that holds its own FSSAI registration
- Legal Metrology packer registration, if you sell pre-packed goods (separate from FSSAI)
- A label specimen for each pre-packed product, kept on file and checked against reg. 5
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
Common mistakes with home bakery licences.
A retail row describes buying and reselling. If you bake the product, the manufacturing row describes what you actually do. A licence covers only the kinds of business written on it.
A home-printed sticker with the brand name and phone number is not a label. Missing a mandatory element counts as misbranding, which can draw a penalty of up to ₹3 lakh (FSS Act s.52).
Claims in posts and listings are advertising. Each claim has conditions, and a misleading one carries up to ₹10 lakh under s.53.
Nothing on the certificate tells you when you have outgrown it. Past ₹1.5 crore you need a State Licence, and trading on the wrong tier counts as trading without the right licence.
Your home bakery 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.
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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.
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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 home bakery: questions
Do home bakers need an FSSAI license?
Yes. Baking at home to sell is a food business and needs an FSSAI Registration, at ₹100 a year while turnover stays under ₹1.5 crore. The one exception FSSAI's FAQ describes is a registered member of a cooperative, Mahila Udyog, self-help group or similar society that itself holds an FSSAI licence or registration. That member does not need a separate one.
What are the FSSAI registration fees for home bakers?
The government fee is ₹100 a year, paid by you directly to FSSAI on the portal. If your turnover goes past ₹1.5 crore, you move to a State Licence at ₹5,000 a year. Our fee for filing a Registration is ₹4,500, one-time plus GST. There is no renewal any more, but the annual fee must be paid to keep the registration valid.
Which FSSAI category is right for home bakers?
Our reading is the manufacturing kind of business that covers bakery wares, because you make the product. Choose the food categories for what you bake, such as cakes, biscuits and breads. If you also resell bakes made by someone else, add the retail row. If you serve customers on site, add Restaurants. FSSAI's table doesn't name home bakers, so this is our reading.
How do I get an FSSAI license for my home bakery?
Apply online at foscos.fssai.gov.in, FSSAI's official portal. Pick the kind of business and food categories, upload your photo, ID, proof of premises and product list, and pay ₹100. The 2026 amendment provides for instant registration when the application is complete. Put the registration number on your labels and display board, and pay the fee every year.
Does a home bakery registration ever expire?
No. Since the amendment of 10 March 2026, licences and registrations are perpetual and FSSAI says businesses are not required to renew. Two things can still stop you trading: an unpaid annual fee, which deems the registration suspended without notice, and a change in what you do that the certificate no longer describes.
Do I need anything extra to sell cakes on delivery apps?
Your own registration number, displayed. FSSAI's advisory of 03.12.2024 tells e-commerce food businesses not to list a seller without its valid licence or registration, and to show sellers' numbers and hygiene ratings prominently. Packaged products sold that way must have at least 30% of their shelf life, or 45 days, left at delivery.
What about home bakery licences in Texas, California or Ohio?
Those searches are about US cottage food laws, which are set state by state in the United States and have nothing to do with FSSAI. This page covers India only. If you bake in India, including for export, the FSSAI rules above apply. Exporting food brings in a Central Licence at any turnover.
Get your home bakery licensed — and keep it that way.
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- Government fee paid by you, directly to FSSAI
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