Starting a freeze-drying business
What to settle before your first sale and what to get right in your first year: the rules, the labels, the packaging, the prices and the places to sell. Every figure links to where it came from.
How to start a freeze-dried candy or food business
The order to work in when you start selling freeze-dried candy or food: product, permits, setup, insurance, equipment, labels, packaging, pricing, sales.
How to label freeze-dried food and candy for sale
What a label on freeze-dried candy or food has to say: the five required parts, the Nutrition Facts exemption for small makers, allergens, net weight and dates.
How to price freeze-dried candy
Cost per bag to the cent, what Etsy and markets take, what national brands charge on supermarket shelves, and how to set retail, bundle and wholesale prices.
Packaging freeze-dried food for sale
Keep freeze-dried candy and food crunchy until it’s opened: barrier bags, sealing, sizing oxygen absorbers, cottage food limits and best-by dates.
Where to sell freeze-dried candy and food
Farmers markets, custom orders, your own site, Etsy, Amazon, TikTok Shop and wholesale: what each needs, what each takes, which fit a cottage food permit.
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