FSSAI
Search FSSAI food product categories for food license applications.
FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) classifies every food product under a category for licensing and compliance. Picking the right category determines the kind of license (basic, state, or central) and the labelling requirements for your product.
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The first 50 of 99 FSSAI food categories, server-rendered so they are readable without JavaScript. Use the search above for the full set.
| Code | Category | License Type |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Dairy products and analogues, excluding products of food category 2.0 | 01 |
| 01.1 | Milk and dairy-based drinks | 01 |
| 01.2 | Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category (dairy-based drinks) | 01 |
| 01.3 | Condensed milk and analogues (plain) | 01 |
| 01.4 | Cream (plain) and the like | 01 |
| 01.5 | Milk powder and cream powder and powder analogues (plain) | 01 |
| 01.6 | Cheese and analogues | 01 |
| 01.7 | Dairy based desserts | 01 |
| 01.8 | Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses | 01 |
| 02 | Fats and oils, and fat emulsions | 02 |
| 02.1 | Fats and oils essentially free from water | 02 |
| 02.2 | Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil | 02 |
| 02.3 | Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions | 02 |
| 02.4 | Fat-based desserts excluding dairy based dessert products of food category 1.7 | 02 |
| 03 | Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet | 03 |
| 04 | Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, fresh pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds | 04 |
| 04.1 | Fruit | 04 |
| 04.2 | Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds | 04 |
| 05 | Confectionery | 05 |
| 05.1 | Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes | 05 |
| 05.2 | Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 5.1, 5.3, and 5.4 | 05 |
| 05.3 | Chewing gum | 05 |
| 05.4 | Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit), and sweet sauces | 05 |
| 06 | Cereals and cereal products, derived from cereal grains, from roots and tubers, pulses, legumes and pith or soft core of palm tree, excluding bakery wares of food category 7.0 | 06 |
| 06.1 | Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice | 06 |
| 06.2 | Flours and starches (including soybean powder) | 06 |
| 06.3 | Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats | 06 |
| 06.4 | Pastas and noodles and like products | 06 |
| 06.5 | Cereal and starch based desserts | 06 |
| 06.6 | Batters | 06 |
| 06.7 | Pre-cooked or processed cereal/grain/legume products | 06 |
| 06.8 | Soybean products (excluding soybean-based seasonings and condiments of food category 12.9) | 06 |
| 07 | Bakery wares | 07 |
| 07.1 | Bread and ordinary bakery wares and mixes | 07 |
| 07.2 | Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes | 07 |
| 08 | Meat and meat products including poultry | 08 |
| 08.1 | Fresh meat and poultry, whole pieces or cuts | 08 |
| 08.2 | Processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces or cuts | 08 |
| 08.3 | Processed comminuted meat and poultry products | 08 |
| 08.4 | Edible casings | 08 |
| 09 | Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms | 09 |
| 09.1 | Fresh fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 09 |
| 09.2 | Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 09 |
| 09.3 | Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 09 |
| 09.4 | Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 09 |
| 10 | Eggs and egg products | 10 |
| 10.1 | Fresh eggs | 10 |
| 10.2 | Egg products | 10 |
| 10.3 | Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted and canned eggs | 10 |
| 10.4 | Egg-based desserts | 10 |
Our food-license experts can review your product list and recommend the correct category + license type.
FSSAI classifies every food product under a specific category code for licensing and compliance. Each category determines the license type (Basic, State, or Central) required and the applicable labelling/quality rules under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
Basic license: small food businesses with turnover up to ₹12 lakh/year. State license: medium businesses with turnover above ₹12 lakh and up to ₹20 crore/year. Central license: large businesses above ₹20 crore/year, importers, and e-commerce food operators.
You enter the product category code when registering on FoSCoS (FSSAI's online portal) for a new license or to add product categories to an existing license. The code helps the system determine which safety and labelling standards apply to your product.
Yes. One FSSAI license can cover multiple product categories. List all categories your business handles when applying. Each category has its own compliance requirements but they fall under a single license number and annual return.
Selling food products outside your licensed categories is a violation under the Food Safety Act and can attract penalties, product seizure, and license suspension. Always declare all product categories and update your license when adding new product lines.
No. FSSAI category codes are for food safety classification and do not determine GST rates. GST rates depend on the HSN code of your product. You will need both the correct FSSAI category (for food license) and the correct HSN code (for GST invoices).
