Cottage Food Business
Sample Product Label
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Champaign-Urbana Public Health District ⧫ Champaign County Public Health Department
Jane Doe’s Baked Goods (name of cottage food business)
Savoy, Illinois (town/village where cottage food business is located)
Champaign County, Illinois (county where cottage food business is located)
Registration #:_____________ (this number will be provided once an application is approved and a
registration certificate is issued)
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache Icing (common name of food product)
Ingredients (cake): Sugar, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate,
riboflavin and folic acid), milk (milk, vitamin D3), cocoa (cocoa with alkali), water, vegetable oil
(soybean oil), eggs, baking powder (cornstarch, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), baking
soda (sodium bicarbonate), salt (salt, calcium silicate), vanilla extract (vanilla bean extractives in water,
alcohol) (ingredients including any color, artificial flavor or preservative, listed in descending order by
predominance of weight shown with the common or usual name)
Ingredients (ganache): Heavy cream (cream, gellan gum, milk), butter (cream, salt), sugar, semi-sweet
chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural flavor, milk)
This product was produced in a home kitchen not inspected by a health department that may also
process common food allergens. If you have safety concerns, contact your local health
department. (required phrase in prominent lettering)
Date product was processed:________________ (list date the product was prepared)
Contains: Wheat, Eggs, Milk (allergen labeling as specified under federal labeling requirements)
