Complete guide to FSSAI Registration for 100+ food business types in India. Find exact documents, fees, and step-by-step process for your specific business.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) mandates that every food business operator (FBO) in India obtain a license or registration before starting operations. The type of license — Basic Registration, State License, or Central License — depends on your annual turnover and scale of operations. Browse the 100 guides below to find the exact requirements for your food business type.
For food businesses with annual turnover below ₹12 lakh. Govt fee ₹100/yr. Apply in 7–10 days.
Apply Now → 🍽️Dine-in, fine dining, standalone restaurants serving food to public.
View Guide → 🥐Bread, cakes, pastries, biscuits and baked goods manufacturing or retail.
View Guide → 🚚Mobile food vending truck operating across one or more states.
View Guide → 🐄Milk production, collection and primary processing at farm level.
View Guide → 🍦Commercial production of ice cream, kulfi and frozen desserts.
View Guide → 🛺Roadside stalls, handcarts and thelas selling cooked food items.
View Guide → ☁️Delivery-only kitchen without dine-in, operating via Zomato/Swiggy.
View Guide → 🍱Event catering, corporate catering and bulk food supply services.
View Guide → 🥘Home or commercial tiffin delivery service supplying daily meals.
View Guide → 🍬Retail shop selling traditional Indian sweets and namkeens.
View Guide → 🫙Commercial production of packaged pickles and condiments.
View Guide → 🌶️Grinding, blending and packaging spices and masala products.
View Guide → 🌾Wheat flour, atta and gram flour milling units.
View Guide → 🍚Paddy processing, rice milling and packaging operations.
View Guide → 🥩Retail butcher shops selling fresh or processed meat to consumers.
View Guide → 🐟Fish cleaning, cutting, preservation and value-added fish products.
View Guide → 🐔Large-scale chicken and poultry slaughter and processing facility.
View Guide → 🍟Wafers, chips, extruded snacks and packaged snack food production.
View Guide → 🥜Bhujia, sev, chivda and traditional Indian namkeen production.
View Guide → 🫓Papad, roasted/fried papad and similar thin snack wafers.
View Guide → 🍋Fresh juice, smoothie bars and cold-pressed juice outlets.
View Guide → 💧Commercial bottling and packaging of drinking water (ISI/BIS required).
View Guide → ☕Chai tapri, tea and snack stalls with small-scale operations.
View Guide → ☕Cafes serving brewed coffee, cold coffee and light snacks.
View Guide → 🥗Highway or roadside dhabas serving home-style Indian food.
View Guide → 🍔QSR and fast food counters serving burgers, wraps and quick meals.
View Guide → 🍕Pizza restaurant, pizza delivery outlet or cloud kitchen.
View Guide → 🍔Burger restaurant, takeaway or delivery-focused burger brand.
View Guide → 🥞Dosa, idli, vada restaurants and South Indian food chains.
View Guide → 🥦Pure-veg restaurants serving Indian or global vegetarian cuisine.
View Guide → 📦Food delivery aggregator platforms and online food ordering services.
View Guide → 🏠Home bakers, cooks and small-scale food businesses run from home.
View Guide → 🍮Traditional Indian sweet (mithai) shop making and selling halwai items.
View Guide → 🍫Commercial chocolate, cocoa products and confectionery production.
View Guide → 🍪Biscuit, cookie and cracker manufacturing and packaging plant.
View Guide → 🌿Organic certified food products including grains, pulses and processed items.
View Guide → 👶Infant cereal, weaning foods and packaged baby nutrition products.
View Guide → 🌰Cashew, almond, raisin and mixed dry fruit packaging business.
View Guide → 🌶️Pre-mixed masala blends and spice powder packaging units.
View Guide → ✈️Importing food products into India — mandatory Central License required.
View Guide → 🚢Exporting food products from India to international markets.
View Guide → 🏪Wholesale distribution of packaged food items to retailers.
View Guide → 🛒Grocery and provisions shop selling packaged and loose food items.
View Guide → ❄️Cold storage facility storing perishable food products for third parties.
View Guide → 🚛Food transportation business using refrigerated or insulated vehicles.
View Guide → 🫙Sunflower, soybean, groundnut and blended edible oil production.
View Guide → 🏢Office canteen or cafeteria serving food to employees of a company.
View Guide → 🏫Canteen inside school, college or educational institution premises.
View Guide → 🏥Food service unit operating inside hospitals and healthcare facilities.
View Guide → 💒Large-scale wedding and event catering services across venues.
View Guide → 🏬Food stall inside a mall, market or food court complex.
View Guide → 🫧Golgappa, puchka and pani puri street food vendors.
View Guide → 🍛Biryani-speciality restaurant, takeaway or cloud kitchen brand.
View Guide → 🔥Tandoor-based restaurant serving roti, naan, tikka and kebabs.
View Guide → 🥤HPP cold press juice production and bottling for retail sale.
View Guide → 🚰Natural mineral water extraction, treatment, bottling and sale.
View Guide → 🥤Carbonated soft drinks, flavored soda and aerated beverage plant.
View Guide → ☕Multi-cuisine café serving beverages, snacks and light meals.
View Guide → 🍜Indo-Chinese or authentic Chinese cuisine dine-in restaurants.
View Guide → 🌱Vegan food product manufacturing, retail or restaurant operations.
View Guide → 👩🍳Home-based food sellers selling via Instagram, WhatsApp or local delivery.
View Guide → 🍯Traditional halwai preparing and selling Indian sweets and snacks.
View Guide → 🍞Commercial bread, bun, rusk and bakery products manufacturing unit.
View Guide → 🎂Custom cake shop, dessert bakery and celebration cake business.
View Guide → 🥐Pastry, éclair, croissant and French bakery item retail shop.
View Guide → 🥛Milk pasteurization, homogenization and packaged dairy products.
View Guide → 🧀Commercial fresh paneer and cottage cheese production and packaging.
View Guide → 🫙Clarified butter (ghee) production from cow or buffalo milk.
View Guide → 🍓Fruit-based jams, jellies, marmalades and preserves production.
View Guide → 🍅Tomato ketchup, hot sauce, chili sauce and condiment manufacturing.
View Guide → 🥡Pre-cooked, packaged RTE meals, curries and meal kits for retail.
View Guide → 🧊Frozen parathas, samosas, veg/non-veg frozen food items production.
View Guide → 💊Vitamins, minerals, herbal and dietary supplement food products.
View Guide → 💪Whey, pea, soy and blended protein powder and sports nutrition.
View Guide → 🌿Herbal food supplements, chyawanprash and ayurvedic health foods.
View Guide → 🧬Functional food, fortified food and nutraceutical product manufacturing.
View Guide → 🏬Large-format grocery supermarket selling food and FMCG products.
View Guide → 🏪Neighbourhood kirana and general provision store selling packaged foods.
View Guide → 🥕Fresh fruits and vegetable shop or vendor (below ₹12L turnover).
View Guide → 🏭Food storage warehouse, fulfillment center or bulk food depot.
View Guide → 📦Food contract packaging, repacking and relabelling services.
View Guide → 🫙Mustard seed crushing, kachi ghani and filtered mustard oil production.
View Guide → 🟤Gur, jaggery blocks and jaggery powder manufacturing from sugarcane.
View Guide → 🍝Instant noodles, fresh pasta and vermicelli manufacturing plant.
View Guide → 🍜Wheat and rice vermicelli (seviyan) manufacturing and packaging.
View Guide → 🥖Pav bhaji stall and counter selling Mumbai-style street food.
View Guide → 🍿Chaat stall or corner selling bhelpuri, sev puri and street chaat.
View Guide → 🍎Fruit pulp, dried fruit, canned fruit and fruit-based product processing.
View Guide → 🥣Set curd, flavored yogurt and probiotic dairy product manufacturing.
View Guide → 🧀Processed cheese, mozzarella, cheddar and specialty cheese production.
View Guide → 🟢Packaged chutneys, dips and Indian condiment manufacturing.
View Guide → 🥫Metal and glass can food preservation and retort pouch processing.
View Guide → 🧈Table butter, white butter and flavored butter production unit.
View Guide → 📱Getting FSSAI for restaurants listing on food delivery apps.
View Guide → 🐄Village-level or cooperative milk collection and chilling centres.
View Guide → 🍼Infant formula, follow-up formula and newborn nutrition products.
View Guide → 🏬Multi-state food retail chain or franchise network operating nationally.
View Guide → 🥥Virgin coconut oil, refined coconut oil and coconut derivative processing.
View Guide → 🏭Large-scale sugarcane crushing, sugar refining and by-product processing.
View Guide → 🌽Corn starch, potato starch, arrowroot and modified starch production.
View Guide →Already have an FSSAI license? These guides cover everything you need to manage, renew, and stay compliant — penalties, annual returns, modifications and more.
Renew before expiry. Avoid the ₹100/day late penalty. Step-by-step FoSCoS renewal guide with deadline calendar.
Read Guide → 📂Complete checklist for Basic Registration, State License and Central License — by business type with Required/Optional tags.
View Checklist → 💰Government fee schedule for Basic (₹100/yr), State (₹2,000–₹5,000/yr) and Central (₹7,500/yr) licenses — plus total cost breakdown.
See Fee Table → 📅Who must file, how to file Form D-1 on FoSCoS, and what happens if you miss the 31 May deadline.
File Annual Return → ✏️Change your address, business name, food categories, or ownership details on your existing FSSAI license using Form E.
Modify License → ⚠️Understand civil and criminal penalties under the FSS Act — from operating without a license to food adulteration fines.
Know the Penalties → 🚀How food startups and MSMEs get FSSAI license — plus PMFME subsidy (35%, up to ₹10 lakh) and growth-stage license roadmap.
Startup Guide → 💧20-litre jar delivery businesses need a State License — not the Central License required for bottled water plants. NABL water test guide included.
View Guide →Our experts handle the complete application from document preparation to certificate delivery — hassle-free.
Get FSSAI registration for your business in any major Indian city. Click your city to see business-type specific guides and apply online.