Sell from home — by food
Allowed in some food-freedom and expanded states; excluded in others (Florida expressly excludes fermented vegetables). Multi-day ferments generally do not qualify as California MEHKO same-day foods either.
6 of 51 state frameworks cover fermented foods for home sellers.
Sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented vegetables, kombucha (non-alcoholic)
Alaska · Arizona · Minnesota · Nebraska · Tennessee · Wyoming
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin. In these states the legal doors are a shared kitchen or a permitted space — the food itself is fine; the home kitchen is the issue.
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Sources: The 51-jurisdiction home-food dataset on this site (state frameworks named on each state page). Dataset checked October 23, 2026. Where a fee or rule is set by a county or city, this page says so instead of guessing a number.