What is involved in bottling bbq sauce for sale?

Answer by  Liz59 (10966)

It should have nice packaging with all content labeled. You should also have an interesting picture that draws the person in.

Answer by  Nadine (206)

First you will need a commercial kitchen or factory to prepare your sauce. You cannot bottle foods at home and sell it. It is against health code regulations.

Answer by  beachbum33 (76)

You will need to contact the USDA to have your sauce tested. You will also need to have an ingredients list with USDA RDA information. You will find that the key is temperature and time during processing vs PH of the finished sauce. The actual TASTE of the sauce wont matter to USDA, they just need to check for safety.

Answer by  LeheckaG (1826)

Depending on your-locale & your-operation's scale or size, you probably need: local/county/state sales-tax/vendor's license/permit; local/county/state food-manufacturer/vendor health-license/permit; possibly some federal or state agriculture-department license/permit; suppliers/vendors, pasteurization/bottling equipment, printed-nutrition-labels, distributor(s), ...

Answer by  dhuoda (1431)

Hygiene is the most important thing. Also the bottles must have suitable airtight lids. A good way of ensuring the bottles are clean is to wash them in hot soapy water, rinse with hot clean water and heat in an oven to kill all germs.

Answer by  marcy (69)

Of course you need a good barbeque sauce recipe. You need to cook your sauce under sanitary conditions. You will need a pressure cooker to bottle your sauce to ensure that no bacteria get into your sauce. You will need to label your sauce for sale. You also may need a license to use your kitchen this way.

Answer by  tamarawilhite (17883)

First, ensure that your bottling operation has all required food licensing and food handling permits. This is necessary even if you bottle the product in your own kitchen or a rented kitchen. Secondly, secure a source of your ingredients. Then process the ingredients and have them bottled. You may have to rent or buy a bottler.

Answer by  chelle57 (23)

First you have to create an unbelievable recipe. Then decide if you want to massproduce, or work on a small-scale, in which case you can sell it at farmer's markets.

Answer by  spells68 (0)

do i need a ingredients list and nutrition label to sell jalapeno pepper in a jar out of my home.