Cottage Food Law /US
A structured reference to state cottage food rules

Guide · Selling from home

Can I sell dried goods & mixes from home in Wisconsin?

Informational only, not legal advice.

No — dried goods & mixes is not allowed under Wisconsin cottage food law.

Wisconsin's prohibited list names dried goods & mixes items, and its allowed list does not.

What Wisconsin's food lists say about dried goods & mixes

On the prohibited list

  • Items dried in a dehydrator (not considered baked goods)
  • Unbaked, not potentially hazardous homemade foods such as fudges, candies, energy bars, roasted coffee beans, and dried soup mixes (DATCP may enforce licensing)

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

How Wisconsin reads its lists

These need a DATCP license; they are not banned outright. Baked goods and dehydrated items: DATCP's homemade baked goods page. Unbaked foods: the Court of Appeals reversed the 2022 order that had extended the court protection to them (2024 WI App 69, ¶¶6, 39); DATCP says the court orders "apply only to 'baked goods.'" Canned foods: DATCP's Home-Canned Foods page. Honey: DATCP's Honey and Honey Products page.

Source: DATCP — Licenses and Homemade Baked Goods · Verified Oct 21, 2026

Other foods in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's lists do allow jams & jellies, baked goods, pickles & fermented foods, at least in part.