Food Product Categories used for Licensing/Registration by FSSAI

Food Category Sub Food Category

01 - Dairy products and 01.1 - Milk and dairy-based drinks
analogues, excluding products of  Milk and buttermilk (plain)
food category 2.0 o 1.1.1.1 Milk (plain)
o 1.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain)
o 1.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented
01.2 - Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food
category (dairy-based drinks)
 1.2.1 Fermented milks (plain)
o 1.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after
fermentation
o 1.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after
fermentation
 1.2.2 Renneted milk (plain)
1.3 - Condensed milk and analogues (plain)
 1.3.1 Condensed milk (plain)
 1.3.2 Beverage whiteners
o 1.3.2.1 Non - dairy based beverage whitener
1.4 - Cream (plain) and the like
 1.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain)
 1.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped
creams, and reduced fat creams(plain)
 1.4.3 Clotted cream (plain)
 1.4.4 Cream analogues
1.5 - Milk powder and cream powder and powder analogues (plain)
 1.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain)
o 1.5.1.1 Dairy based dairy whitener
 1.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues
1.6 - Cheese and analogues
 1.6.1 Unripened cheese
 1.6.2 Ripened cheese
o 1.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind
o 1.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese
o 1.6.2.3 Cheese powder
 1.6.3 Whey cheese
 1.6.4 Processed cheese
o 1.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese
o 1.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including
containing fruit, vegetables, meat etc.
 1.6.5 Cheese analogues
 1.6.6 Whey protein cheese
01.7 – Dairy based desserts
1.8 - Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses
 1.8.1 Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses
 1.8.2 Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses
02 - Fats and oils, and fat 2.1 - Fats and oils essentially free from water
emulsions  2.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milk fat, ghee

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  2.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats
 2.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats
2.2 - Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil
 2.2.1 Butter
 2.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
02.3 - Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or
flavoured products based on fat emulsions
02.4 - Fat-based desserts excluding dairy based dessert products of food
category 1.7
 2.4.1 Coco based spreads, including fillings
03 - Edible ices, including 03 - Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
sherbet and sorbet
04 - Fruits and vegetables 4.1 - Fruit
(including mushrooms and fungi,  4.1.1 Fresh fruit
roots and tubers, fresh pulses and o 4.1.1.1 Untreated fresh fruit
legumes, and aloe vera), o 4.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit
seaweeds and nuts and seeds o 4.1.1.3 Peeled or cut, minimally processed fruit
 4.1.2 Processed fruit
o 4.1.2.1 Frozen fruit
o 4.1.2.2 Dried fruit, nuts and seeds
o 4.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine
o 4.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit
o 4.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmalades, fruit bar/toffee and
fruit cheese
o 4.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding
products of food-category 4.1.2.5
o 4.1.2.7 Candied fruit
o 4.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit
toppings and coconut milk
o 4.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit- flavoured
water-based desserts
o 4.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products
o 4.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries
o 4.1.2.12 Cooked fruit
4.2 - Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,
pulses and legumes, and aloevera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
 4.2.1 Fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, roots
and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and
nuts and seeds
o 4.2.1.1 Untreated fresh vegetables, (including
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and
legumes including soybeans, and aloe vera), seaweeds
and nuts and seeds
o 4.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, (including
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and
legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds
o 4.2.1.3 Peeled, cut or shredded minimally processed
and packaged vegetables [(including mushrooms and
fungi, roots and tubers, fresh pulses and legumes, and
aloe vera) sea weeds, nuts and seeds]

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  4.2.2 Processed vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi,
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds,
and nuts and seeds
o 4.2.2.1 Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe
vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds
o 4.2.2.2 Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
o 4.2.2.3 Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi,
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera),
and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce
o 4.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch
vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloevera), and
seaweeds
o 4.2.2.5 Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi,
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera),
seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g.
peanut butter)
o 4.2.2.6 Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi,
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera),
seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g.
vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables)
other than food category 4.2.2.5
o 4.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe
vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented
soybean products of food categories 6.8.6, 06.8.7,
12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3
o 4.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables (including
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and
legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
05 - Confectionery 5.1 - Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and
chocolate substitutes
 5.1.1 Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake
 5.1.2 Cocoa mixes (syrups)
 5.1.3 Cocoa and chocolate products
 5.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products
5.2 - Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other
than food categories 5.1,5.3, and 5.4
 5.2.1 Hard candy
 5.2.2 Soft candy
 5.2.3 Nougats and marzipans
 5.2.4 Mouth Freshener
o 5.2.4.1 Dried fruits/vegetables/nut based mouth
fresheners
o 5.2.4.2 Spice based mouth fresheners
o 5.2.4.3 Other traditional mouth fresheners not covered
under 5.2.4.1 and 5.2.4.2

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 [Note: For information on Mouth Freshener, please refer FSSAI order No.
RCD-12005/1/2021-Regulatory/FSSAI-Part (1) dated 22.09.2021]
05.3 - Chewing gum
5.4 - Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit), and
sweet sauces
06 - Cereals and cereal products, 06.1 - Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice
derived from cereal grains, from 6.2 - Flours and starches (including soybean powder)
roots and tubers, pulses, legumes  6.2.1 Flours
and pith or soft core of palm tree,  6.2.2 Starches
excluding bakery wares of food 06.3 - Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats
category 7.0 6.4 - Pastas and noodles and like products
 6.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products
 6.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products
 6.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products
6.5 - Cereal and starch based desserts
6.6 - Batters
06.7 - Pre-cooked or processed cereal/grain/legume products
6.8 - Soybean products (excluding soybean-based seasonings and
condiments of food category12.9)
 6.8.1 Soybean-based beverages
 6.8.2 Soybean-based beverage film
 6.8.3 Soybean curd (tofu)
 6.8.4 Semi-dehydrated soybean curd
o 6.8.4.1 Thick gravy-stewed semi-dehydrated soybean
curd
o 6.8.4.2 Deep fried semi-dehydrated soybean curd
o 6.8.4.3Semi-dehydrated soybean curd, other than food
categories 6.8.4.1 and 6.8.4.2
 6.8.5 Dehydrated soybean curd
 6.8.6 Fermented soybeans
 6.8.7 Fermented soybean curd
 6.8.8 Other soybean protein products

07 - Bakery wares 7.1 - Bread and ordinary bakery wares and mixes
 7.1.1 Breads and rolls
o 7.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads
o 7.1.1.2 Soda breads
 7.1.2 Crackers
 7.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products
 7.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread
crumbs
 7.1.5 Steamed breads and buns
 7.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares

7.2 - Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

 7.2.1 Cakes, cookies and pies
 7.2.2 Other fine bakery products
 7.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares
8.1 - Fresh meat and poultry,

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08 - Meat and meat products  8.1.1 Fresh meat and poultry whole pieces or cuts
including poultry  8.1.2 Fresh meat and poultry comminuted
8.2 - Processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces or cuts
 8.2.1 Non-heat treated processed meat and poultry products in
whole pieces or cuts
o 8.2.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated
processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces or
cuts
o 8.2.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat
treated processed meat and poultry products in whole
pieces or cuts
o 8.2.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed meat and
poultry products in whole pieces or cuts
 8.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat and poultry products in whole
pieces or cuts
 8.2.3 Frozen raw, flavoured/marinated, processed meat and
poultry products in whole pieces or cuts
8.3 - Processed comminuted meat and poultry products
 8.3.1 Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat and poultry
products
o 8.3.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated
processed comminuted meat and poultry products
o 8.3.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat
treated processed comminuted meat and poultry
products
o 8.3.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed
comminuted meat and poultry products
 8.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat and poultry
products
 8.3.3 Frozen processed comminuted meat and poultry products
08.4 - Edible casings
09 - Fish and fish products, 9.1 - Fresh fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and
including molluscs, crustaceans echinoderms
and echinoderms  9.1.1 Fresh fish
 9.1.2 Fresh molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
9.2 - Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans,
and echinoderms
 9.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including
molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets and fish products,
including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
 9.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including
molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
 9.2.4 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including
molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
o 9.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products
o 9.2.4.2 Cooked molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
o 9.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans, and Echinoderms

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  9.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish
products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
9.3 - Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans, and
echinoderms
 9.3.1 Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans,
and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly
 9.3.2 Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans
and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine
 9.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar and other fish roe products
 9.3.4 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding
products of food categories 9.3.1 - 9.3.3
9.4 - Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
10 - Eggs and egg products 10.1 - Fresh eggs
10.2 - Egg products
 10.2.1 Liquid egg products
 10.2.2 Frozen egg products
 10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products
10.3 - Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted and canned eggs
10.4 - Egg-based desserts
11 - Sweeteners, including honey 11.1 - Refined and raw sugars
 11.1.1 White sugar, dextrose anhydrous, dextrose monohydrate,
fructose
 11.1.2 Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose
 11.1.3 Soft white sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried
glucose syrup, raw cane sugar
o 11.1.3.1 Dried glucose syrup used to manufacture sugar
confectionery
o 11.1.3.2 Glucose syrup used to manufacture sugar
confectionery
 11.1.4 Lactose
 11.1.5 Plantation or mill white sugar
 11.1.6 Gur or Jaggery
o 11.1.6.1 Cane Jaggery or Gur
o 11.1.6.2 Palm Jaggery or Gur
o 11.1.6.3 Date Jaggery or Gur
11.2 - Brown sugar excluding products of food category 11.1.3
11.3 - Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted, including
treacle and molasses, excluding products of food category 11.1.3
11.4 - Other sugars and syrups
11.5 - Honey
11.6 - Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity
sweeteners
12 - Salts, spices, soups, sauces, 12.1 - Salt and salt substitutes
salads and protein products  12.1.1 Salt
 12.1.2 Salt substitutes
12.2 - Herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments

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  12.2.1 Herbs, spices, masalas, spice mixtures including
oleoresins or extracts/derivatives thereof
 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments
12.3 - Vinegars
12.4 - Mustards
12.5 - Soups and broths
 12.5.1 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled,
and frozen
 12.5.2 Mixes for soups and broths
12.6 - Sauces and like products
 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips
 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces
 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies
 12.6.4 Clear sauces
12.7 - Salads and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa-and nut based
spreads of food categories 4.2.2.5 and 5.1.3
12.8 - Yeast and like products
12.9 - Soybean-based seasonings and condiments
 12.9.1 Fermented soybean paste
 12.9.2 Soybean sauce
o 12.9.2.1 Fermented soybean sauce
o 12.9.2.2 Non-fermented soybean sauce
o 12.9.2.3 Other soybean sauces
12.10 - Protein products other than from soybeans
13 - Foodstuffs intended for 13.1 - Infant formulae, follow-on formulae, and formulae for special
particular nutritional uses medical purposes for infants
 13.1.1 Infant formulae
 13.1.2 Follow-up formulae
 13.1.3 Formulae for special medical purposes for infants
13.2 - Complementary foods for infants and young children
13.3 - Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding
products of food category 13.1)
13.4 - Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
13.5 - Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use)
excluding products of food categories13.1- 13.4 and 13.6
13.6 - Food supplements
14 - Beverages, excluding dairy 14.1 - Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages
products  14.1.1 Waters
o 14.1.1.1 Natural mineral waters and source waters
o 14.1.1.2 Table waters and soda waters
 14.1.2 Fruit and vegetable juices
o 14.1.2.1 Fruit juices
o 14.1.2.2 Vegetable juices
o 14.1.2.3 Concentrates of fruit juices
o 14.1.2.4 Concentrates of vegetable juices
 14.1.3 Fruit and vegetable nectars
o 14.1.3.1 Fruit nectar
o 14.1.3.2 Vegetable nectar
o 14.1.3.3 Concentrates of fruit nectar

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 o 14.1.3.4 Concentrates of vegetable nectar
 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport,"
“energy,” or "electrolyte" drinks and articulated drinks
o 14.1.4.1 Carbonated water-based flavoured drinks
o 14.1.4.2 Non-carbonated water-based flavoured drinks,
including punches and ades
o 14.1.4.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water-based
flavoured drinks
 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other
hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
14.2 - Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic
counterparts
 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages
 14.2.2 Cider and Perry
 14.2.3 Grape wines
o 14.2.3.1 Still grape wine
o 14.2.3.2 Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines
o 14.2.3.3 Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and
sweet grape wine
 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape)
 14.2.5 Mead
 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15%
alcohol
 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages
15 - Ready-to-eat savouries 15.1 - Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and
tubers, pulses and legumes)

15.2 - Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures 15.3
Snacks - fish based

16.0 Prepared foods 16.0 Prepared foods

18 - Indian Sweets and Indian 18.1 - Indian Sweets
Snacks & Savouries products  18.1.1 Milk based sweets
o 18.1.1.1 Khoa based sweets
[Note: For information on this o 18.1.1.2 Chhana based sweets
category, please refer FSSAI order o 18.1.1.3 Fermented milk products based Indian sweets
No. 1(13)/Indian Snacks and o 18.1.1.4 Other composite milk products based Indian
Sweets/Codex/FSSAI-2021 dated
sweets
19.07.2021]
 18.1.2 Cereal or pulses flour/starch based sweets
o 18.1.2.1 Cereal based sweets
o 18.1.2.2 Pulses based sweets
o 18.1.2.3 Starch based sweets
 18.1.3 Dry fruit and nuts based sweets
 18.1.4 Indian confections
 18.1.5 Fruit and vegetable based sweets
18.2 - Indian Snacks & Savouries Products
 18.2.1 Cereal or pulses flour/starch based snacks and savouries
 18.2.2 Fruit and vegetable based snacks and savouries
 18.2.3 Dry fruit and nuts based snacks and savouries
 18.2.4 Ready to eat and ready to cook products

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 99 - Substances added to food 99.1 - Food Additives - All Food Additives permitted and/or
standardised under Food Safety and Standards Regulations and their
[Note: For information on this preparations
category, please refer FSSAI order
No. 15(31)2020/FoSCoS/RCD/ 99.2 - Enzymes and their preparations- Enzymes specified under FSSR
FSSAI dated 28.05.2020] and mixtures/preparations thereof meant to be used further in food
products excluding those already mentioned under Processing Aids and
Nutraceutical Regulations
99.3 - Flavoring and their preparations- Flavors specified under FSSR
and their preparations , except those which are prohibited under FSSR
99.4 - Processing Aids- All Processing Aids listed under FSS (Food
Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 and their
preparations. To be used only in the specified Food Product for which
the respective Processing Aid is allowed under FSSR.
99.5 - Nutrients and their preparations- Micronutrients specified under
FSSR and their preparations/premixes of nutrients, Fortified Rice Kernel
99.6 - Microorganisms and Microbial Preparations
99.7 - Functional Ingredients
100 - Standardised Food Product 100 - Standardised Food Product excluding those covered under
excluding those covered under category 1-14
category 1-14

[Note: For information on this

category, please refer FSSAI order
No. 15(31)2020/FoSCoS/RCD/
FSSAI dated 28.05.2020]
101 - Hemp Seeds and Seed  101.1 - Hemp Seeds and Seed Products
Products  101.2 - Hemp Seeds and Seed Products
 101.3 - Hemp Seeds and Seed Products
[Note: Created based on Gazette
notification No. Stds/SC/A-1.34/N-
1 dated 15th November, 2021]
Note:
1. For details on food categories 1-16, please refer Appendix A of Food Safety and Standards (Food
Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulation, 2011 [Link:
https://www.fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Appendix%20A(2).pdf]
2. For list of standardized products under the aforesaid categories, please refer ‘View all FSSAI
Standardized Products’ [Link: https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/standard-product] and ‘Clubbing of variants of
products’ from FoSCoS home page [Link:
https://foscos.fssai.gov.in/assets/docs/Final_Track%20change_Clubbing%20in%20the%20list%20of%20
Standardized%20Food%20Products%20having%20variants%20(types%20%20subtypes)%20DFA%2034
233.pdf ]
Disclaimer: This is a compiled list from Appendix A of FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives)
Regulation, 2011 and various orders/directions issued by FSSAI from time to time. This is for information
purpose only. In case of any anomaly observed, the same may be brought to the notice of FSSAI at helpdesk-
[email protected] or [email protected]

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