How to make cottage food labels at home

Name, ingredients, net weight. Design free

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How to make cottage food labels at home

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free app: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print on a Zebra or download PNG / PDF / ZPL.

Open ingredients template

How to make cottage food labels is what home bakers ask when Canva will not sit on a jar. Open the free label maker, set the sticker size, add product name, ingredients, and net weight. We design the face. You follow your state cottage-food rules.

Good to know: We are not a lawyer or a health department. Required words (ingredients, allergen, made in a home kitchen) are your job. We do not certify labels.

How to make cottage food labels

  1. Open the free label maker and set the size of the sticker on the jar or bag (often 2x3 or 3x2).
  2. Add product name, a short ingredient line, net weight, and your business name.
  3. If you have many SKUs, put each product on a row and map {{product}} {{ingredients}} {{net}}.
  4. Print one test on the real stock. Then print the batch or export PDF.

What people usually put on the face

Check your state’s cottage food page before you sell. The sticker is the easy part.

Print or save

Zebra thermal: print from the browser with Browser Print at the printer’s DPI. Everyone else: download PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON keeps the editable master.

Design the jar sticker

Set the size. Add the lines. Print a test.

Open free label maker