Trademark Class 30: Coffee, Tea, Grains and Bakery
Coffee, tea, cocoa and substitutes; rice, pasta and noodles; sugar, honey; flour and preparations made from cereals; bread, pastry and confectionery; and spices, sauces and condiments. Prepared pulses, edible oils and fats, and milk products are Class 29; unprocessed grain and fresh produce are Class 31.
What Class 30 covers in practice.
Class 30 covers mainly foods of plant origin, other than fruits and vegetables, that have been prepared or preserved for eating, plus products used to improve the flavour of food. In practice that means tea, coffee and cocoa and drinks based on them; rice, flour and other cereals prepared for human consumption; bread, biscuits, cakes, pastries and confectionery; ice cream and other edible ices; sugar, honey, salt, spices, sauces and vinegar; and ice. Pizza, pies, sandwiches and flour-based dumplings also belong here.
The explanatory notes set the boundaries. Unprocessed cereals and fresh herbs stay in Class 31. Soups, milk drinks flavoured with coffee, cocoa or tea, and prepared fruit, vegetables, pulses and nuts go to Class 29. Medicinal teas, dietary supplements and baby food go to Class 5. Indian businesses filing here include tea packers and blenders, masala and spice brands, rice millers selling branded rice, atta and besan mills, bakeries and biscuit makers, confectioners, ice cream makers and noodle and pasta makers.
Not in Class 30
Goods and services often confused with this class, and the class they actually belong to.
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Potato chips, banana chips and other fruit chips Class 29 ↗
Class 30 excludes fruits and vegetables, and Nice lists potato chips and fruit chips in Class 29.
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Pickles (achar) Class 29 ↗
Nice lists pickles in Class 29 as preserved fruit and vegetables, while chutneys and relish are listed in Class 30 as condiments.
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Flavoured milk and milkshakes Class 29 ↗
The Class 30 note sends milk beverages flavoured with coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea to Class 29, and Nice lists milk shakes there too.
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Medicinal teas and dietary supplements Class 5 ↗
The note excludes medicinal teas, dietary supplements and dietetic food adapted for medical use, all of which are Class 5.
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Paddy, unprocessed grain and fresh herbs Class 31 ↗
The note excludes unprocessed cereals and fresh herbs, which stay in Class 31 until prepared for eating.
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Soups and soup mixes Class 29 ↗
The Class 30 note sends soups and bouillon to Class 29, and Nice lists preparations for making soup there too.
What actually falls under Class 30.
The official heading is a legal category, not a shopping list — here are specific products and services from Class 30 people actually search for.
Bakery items / bread / cakes
Biscuits and cookies
Breakfast cereals
Chocolate and confectionery
Chutney
Farsan (grain/flour-based snacks)
Flour / atta
Flour-based dumplings (momos)
Potato-based dumplings are Class 29.
Frozen yogurt (confectionery ices)
Ordinary yogurt and curd are Class 29.
Herbal teas (non-medicinal)
Medicinal teas and herbal teas for medicinal purposes are Class 5.
Honey
Ice (frozen water) and ice cubes
Ice cream
Kombucha and iced tea
Class 30, not Class 32, because they are tea-based drinks.
Mints and chewing gum for breath freshening
Breath-freshening sprays and strips are Class 3.
Papad
Pasta / noodles
Pizza / sandwiches (prepared food)
Ready-to-eat meals (grain/flour-based)
Rice and instant rice
Unprocessed rice, such as paddy, is Class 31.
Rice pudding (kheer) and custard
Royal jelly and propolis
As dietary supplements or for pharmaceutical purposes, they are Class 5.
Sago and tapioca (sabudana)
Semolina (rava / sooji)
Spices and masala
Sugar / salt
Tea and coffee
Unroasted coffee beans
Class 30 even though unroasted; only unprocessed coffee fruit is Class 31.
Vinegar / sauces / ketchup
Yeast / baking powder
Which class is my product or service in?
Straight answers for the specific items people search for under Class 30.
It depends on what the snack is made from. Cereal- and rice-based snacks, such as puffed-rice mixtures or corn chips, fit Class 30 terms like cereal-based snack food and rice-based snack food. Potato chips, fruit chips, roasted chana and other prepared pulses, and flavoured or salted nuts are Class 29. A brand with a mixed namkeen range often needs both classes, with each product described specifically.
Nice places pickles in Class 29, as preserved fruit and vegetables, while chutneys, relish and other condiments are Class 30. So a mango or lime pickle brand normally files in Class 29, and a brand that also sells chutneys, sauces or masala adds Class 30. Name the goods specifically, for example 'pickles' and 'chutneys [condiments]', rather than relying on a broad heading.
It depends on which ingredient predominates. Milk beverages flavoured with coffee, cocoa, chocolate or tea, where milk is the main ingredient, belong in Class 29 alongside milk shakes. Coffee-, tea- or cocoa-based drinks, including 'coffee beverages with milk' and iced tea, stay in Class 30. Cold coffee follows the same test, so a drinks brand selling both types usually covers both classes.
Herbal teas sold as ordinary drinks are Class 30, where Nice lists 'herbal teas' and 'infusions, other than medicinal infusions'. If the product is sold as a medicine, for example a herbal tea with therapeutic claims for treating a condition, it belongs in Class 5 as 'medicinal tea' or 'herbal teas for medicinal purposes'. How the product is described and sold decides which applies.
Class 30 protects the goods themselves. The Class 35 note says that, for classification purposes, the sale of goods is not a service, so Class 35 matters when you run a shop or website bringing together a range of goods for customers, for example 'retail services relating to bakery products'. Serving food and drink in a café or restaurant is a Class 43 service. Many food brands file Class 30 first and add 35 or 43 to match how they actually trade.
Coffee, tea, cocoa and substitutes; rice, pasta and noodles; sugar, honey; flour and preparations made from cereals; bread, pastry and confectionery; and spices, sauces and condiments. Prepared pulses, edible oils and fats, and milk products are Class 29; unprocessed grain and fresh produce are Class 31.
Common examples include: Bakery items / bread / cakes, Biscuits and cookies, Breakfast cereals, Chocolate and confectionery, Chutney, Farsan (grain/flour-based snacks), Flour / atta, Flour-based dumplings (momos).
Spices and masala falls under Trademark Class 30 — Coffee, Tea, Grains and Bakery.
Tea and coffee falls under Trademark Class 30 — Coffee, Tea, Grains and Bakery.
Bakery items / bread / cakes falls under Trademark Class 30 — Coffee, Tea, Grains and Bakery.
Chocolate and confectionery falls under Trademark Class 30 — Coffee, Tea, Grains and Bakery.
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