Healthy New Jersey

Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Cottage Food

Approved Food Products

Baked Goods

✔ Includes:
  • Bread
  • Rolls
  • Cakes
  • Cupcakes
  • Pastries
  • Cookies
  • Brownies
  • Muffins
  • Scones
  • Cake pops
  • Biscuits
  • Macarons
  • Babka
  • Doughnuts
  • Cake rolls
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Cheesecake
  • French Toast
  • Pancakes
  • Waffles
  • Crepes
  • Focaccia with vegetables or mushrooms
  • Cheese or cream-filled pastries
  • Baked goods infused with CBD
  • Baked goods with alcohol
  • Cheese-filled baked goods

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Candy

✔ Includes:
  • Brittle
  • Toffee
  • Bark
  • Caramels
  • Marshmallows
  • Peanut clusters
  • Chocolates
  • Chocolate bars
  • Candy bars
  • Cereal treats
  • Packaged cotton candy
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Cotton candy that is made/spun onsite

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Chocolate Covered Nuts and Dried Fruit

✔ Includes:
  • Chocolate-covered raisins
  • Dried apricots
  • Prunes
  • Dates
  • Dried cranberries
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Freeze-dried fruit or vegetables
  • Dehydrated fruit or vegetables
  • Chocolate-covered fresh fruit
  • Chocolate-covered strawberries
  • Candy apples
  • Candied fruits
  • Candied vegetables

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Dried Fruit

✔ Includes:
  • Raisins
  • Apricots
  • Prunes
  • Dates
  • Dried cranberries
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Bananas
  • Plantains
  • Strawberries

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Dried Herbs and Seasonings, and Mixtures thereof

✔ Includes:
  • Seasoning mixes
  • Barbecue rub
  • Jerk seasoning
  • Dried herbs or seasonings purchased from a licensed facility/wholesale distributor
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Fresh herbs
  • Dried herbs grown at your residence
  • Dried foraged herbs
  • Dried mushrooms
  • Dried beans

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Dried Pasta

✔ Includes:
  • Dried wheat pasta (no egg)
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Raw pizza dough
  • Dried egg noodles
  • Dried pasta with egg ingredient

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Dry Baking Mix

✔ Includes:
  • Pancake mix
  • Dry cookie mix
  • Dry cake mix
  • Dry brownie mix
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Raw cookie dough

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Fruit Jams, Fruit Jellies, and Fruit Preserves

✔ Includes:
  • Strawberry jam
  • Blueberry jam
  • Blackberry jam
  • Apple preserves
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Pepper jelly
  • Rhubarb jelly
  • Tomato jelly/sauce

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Fruit Pies, Fruit Empanadas, and Fruit Tamales

✔ Includes:
  • Apple
  • Peach
  • Blueberry
  • Strawberry
  • Pecan pie
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Pumpkin
  • Sweet potato
  • Yam
  • Rhubarb
  • Vegetable
  • Meat
  • Key lime pie
  • Lemon pie
  • Fresh/uncooked fruit
  • Fresh fruit tarts

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Fudge

✔ Includes:
  • Chocolate fudge
  • Caramel fudge
  • Strawberry fudge
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Uncooked fruit fillings or toppings
  • No-bake fudge

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Granola, Cereal, and Trail Mix

✔ Includes:
  • Chocolate candies
  • Nuts (peanuts, almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc.)
  • Dried fruit (raisins, cranberries)
  • Nut butters
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Chickpeas
  • Peas
  • Banana chips
  • Plantain chips
  • Dried strawberries

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Processed honey* and sweet sorghum syrup

*Raw honey is exempt from the Cottage Food Operator's permit

✔ Includes:
  • Sweet sorghum syrup
  • Infused/flavored honey with NO particles
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Infused/flavored honey with floating particles
  • Elderberry syrup
  • Flower syrups (wildflower syrup, hibiscus syrup, chamomile syrup)

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Nuts and Nut Mixtures

✔ Includes:
  • Nuts (almonds, pistachios, walnuts, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds)
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Products labeled with health claims or immunity claims
  • Wildflower seeds

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Nut Butters

✔ Includes:
  • Peanut butter
  • Walnut butter
  • Almond butter
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Sesame butter
  • Tahini
  • Apple butter
  • Fruit butters
  • Guava butter
  • Fig butter
  • Butters containing alcohol

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Popcorn and Caramel Corn

✔ Includes:
  • Caramel
  • Chocolate
  • Sea salt
  • Cheese powder
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Liquid toppings
  • Liquid cheese
  • Coatings that contain unapproved ingredients

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Roasted Coffee and Dried Tea

✔ Includes:
  • Dried tea purchased from a licensed facility/wholesale distributor
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Liquid beverages
  • Fresh herbs/flowers/teas
  • Herbs/flowers/teas grown onsite/residence
  • Dried foraged herbs/flowers/teas

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Vinegars and Mustard

✔ Includes:
  • Infused/flavored vinegars with NO particles
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Egg-based mustards
  • Hot sauce
  • Barbecue sauce
  • Tomato ketchup/sauce
  • Infused oil
  • Tomato sauce
  • Vinegars and mustards containing alcohol
  • Red wine vinegar
  • Balsamic vinegar 

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Waffle Cones and Pizzelles

✔ Includes:
  • Dry waffle cones
  • Waffle cones with chocolate coating
  • Sprinkles
  • Waffle cones with cocoa powder
  • Almond pizzelles
❌ Does NOT Include:
  • Fresh pancakes
  • Fresh waffles
  • Crepes
  • Cream toppings
  • Cannoli

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