Trademark Class 29 in Nepal — Meat, Dairy & Preserved Foods (What It Covers & How to File)

NICE Class 29 covers meat, fish, poultry and game; dairy products like milk, cheese, butter and yogurt; edible oils and fats; and preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables, plus jams, jellies and eggs. It is a major food goods class. In Nepal, home to a large dairy sector and a pickle (achar) tradition, you register a Class 29 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in. The key line: processed and preserved foods are Class 29, but fresh, unprocessed produce is Class 31.

Key Takeaways

• Class 29 is the meat, dairy and preserved-foods class — meat, fish, milk products, oils, and preserved fruits and vegetables.
• Processed or preserved food is Class 29; fresh, unprocessed produce is Class 31.
• It includes ghee, cheese, yogurt, pickles, jams, and plant-milk alternatives.
• It excludes baby food and supplements (Class 5), and coffee-, cocoa- or cereal-based foods, sauces and seasonings (Class 30).
• Nepal's dairy, ghee, pickle, edible-oil and meat-processing brands file in Class 29.
• Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.

What does Trademark Class 29 cover?

Class 29 covers meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits, vegetables and seaweeds; jellies, jams and compotes; eggs; milk, cheese, butter, yogurt and other milk products; and oils and fats for food. The unifying idea is foods of animal origin and processed or preserved plant foods. It also covers plant-based milk alternatives (almond, coconut, soya) and edible insects. The dividing line with Class 31 is processing: once produce is preserved or prepared, it moves from 31 to 29.

Full list of goods in Class 29

Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 29 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 258 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:

• Agar-agar for culinary purposes
• Albumin milk / protein milk
• Alginates for culinary purposes
• Almond milk
• Almond milk for culinary purposes
• Almond milk-based beverages
• Almond oil for food
• Aloe vera prepared for human consumption
• Anchovies, not live
• Andouillettes
• Animal marrow for food
• Apple purée
• Arrangements of processed fruit
• Aubergine paste / eggplant paste
• Bacon
• Berry soup
• Berry-based fool
• Black pudding / blood sausage
• Bone oil for food
• Broth / bouillon
• Broth concentrates / bouillon concentrates
• Bulgogi
• Butter
• Cabbage rolls stuffed with meat
• Candied nuts
• Cassoulet
• Caviar
• Charcuterie
• Cheese
• Choucroute garnie
• Clams, not live
• Cocoa butter for food
• Coconut butter
• Coconut fat
• Coconut milk
• Coconut milk for culinary purposes
• Coconut milk-based beverages
• Coconut oil for food
• Compotes
• Condensed milk
• Cooked vegetables
• Corn dogs
• Cottage cheese
• Cottage cheese fritters
• Cranberry compote
• Crayfish, not live
• Cream [dairy products]
• Croquettes
• Crustaceans, not live
• Crystallized fruits / frosted fruits
• Crystallized ginger
• Curd
• Cut fruit
• Cut vegetables
• Desiccated coconut
• Dried edible flowers
• Dried vegetables
• Duck confits
• Edible birds' nests
• Edible fats
• Edible insects, not live
• Eggs*
• Extra virgin olive oil for food
• Falafel
• Fat-based spreads for bread slices
• Fatty substances for the manufacture of edible fats
• Fermented baked milk
• Fish fillets
• Fish meal for human consumption
• Fish mousses
• Fish-based foodstuffs
• Fish-based snack food
• Fish, not live
• Flavoured nuts / flavored nuts
• Freeze-dried meat / lyophilized meat / lyophilised meat
• Freeze-dried vegetables / lyophilized vegetables / lyophilised vegetables
• Frozen fruits
• Fruit chips
• Fruit jelly spreads
• Fruit peel
• Fruit preserved in alcohol
• Fruit pulp
• Fruit salads
• Fruit-based concentrate for cooking
• Fruit-based snack food
• Game, not live
• Gelatine*
• Gherkins
• Ginger jam
• Ground almonds
• Guacamole
• Ham
• Hash browns
• Herrings, not live
• Hot dog sausages
• Hummus
• Isinglass for food
• Jams
• Jellies for food, other than confectionery
• Kephir / kefir
• Kimchi
• Koumiss / kumys
• Lactic acid drinks
• Lard
• Lecithin for culinary purposes
• Lemon juice for culinary purposes
• Linseed oil for food / flaxseed oil for food
• Liver
• Liver pâté / liver pastes
• Lobsters, not live
• Low-fat potato crisps / low-fat potato chips
• Maize oil for food / corn oil for food
• Margarine
• Marmalade
• Meat
• Meat extracts for culinary purposes
• Meat jellies
• Meat substitutes
• Meat-based snack food
• Milk
• Milk beverages, milk predominating
• Milk ferments for culinary purposes
• Milk products
• Milk shakes
• Milk substitutes
• Molluscs, not live / mollusks, not live
• Mussels, not live
• Natural or artificial sausage casings
• Non-alcoholic eggnog
• Nut-based spreads
• Oat milk
• Oils for food
• Olive oil for food
• Omelettes / omelets
• Onion rings
• Oysters, not live
• Palm kernel oil for food
• Palm oil for food
• Peanut butter
• Peanut milk
• Peanut milk for culinary purposes
• Peanut milk-based beverages
• Pectin for culinary purposes
• Pickled ginger
• Pickles
• Plant-based imitation meat
• Pollen prepared as foodstuff
• Pork
• Potato crisps / potato chips
• Potato flakes
• Potato fritters
• Potato-based dumplings
• Poultry, not live
• Powdered eggs
• Powdered milk*
• Prawns, not live
• Preparations for making bouillon
• Preparations for making soup
• Prepared edible ant larvae
• Prepared fish roe
• Prepared hazelnuts
• Prepared nuts
• Prepared peanuts
• Prepared seaweed
• Prepared seeds*
• Prepared sunflower seeds
• Preserved artichokes
• Preserved beans
• Preserved berries
• Preserved fish
• Preserved fruit
• Preserved garlic
• Preserved ginger
• Preserved laver
• Preserved lentils
• Preserved meat
• Preserved mushrooms
• Preserved olives
• Preserved onions
• Preserved peas
• Preserved peppers
• Preserved soya beans for food
• Preserved truffles
• Preserved vegetables
• Pressed fruit paste
• Processed dates
• Processed fruit
• Processed sweet corn
• Processed vegetables
• Quark
• Raisins
• Rape oil for food / colza oil for food
• Ratatouille
• Rennet
• Rice milk
• Rice milk for culinary purposes
• Salmon, not live
• Salt-dried cod
• Salted fish
• Salted meats
• Sardines, not live
• Satay
• Sauerkraut
• Sausages
• Sausages in batter
• Sea cucumbers, not live
• Seaweed extracts for food
• Seaweed-based snack food
• Sesame oil for food
• Shellfish, not live
• Shrimps, not live
• Silkworm chrysalis for human consumption
• Smetana
• Snail eggs for consumption
• Soups
• Soured milk
• Soya bean oil for food
• Soya milk
• Soya patties
• Spiny lobsters, not live
• Stewed fruit
• Suet for food
• Sunflower oil for food
• Tahini
• Tajine [prepared meat, fish or vegetable dish] / tagine [prepared meat, fish or vegetable dish]
• Tempeh
• Tinned fish / canned fish
• Tinned fruit / canned fruit
• Tinned meat / canned meat
• Tinned vegetables / canned vegetables
• Tofu
• Tofu patties
• Tofu skin
• Tofu-based snack food
• Tomato juice for cooking
• Tomato paste
• Tomato purée
• Tripe
• Tuna, not live
• Vegetable juices for cooking
• Vegetable marrow paste
• Vegetable mousses
• Vegetable oil for food
• Vegetable salads
• Vegetable soup preparations
• Vegetable-based concentrate for cooking
• Vegetable-based cream
• Vegetable-based prepared meals for toddlers
• Vegetable-based snack food
• Vegetable-based spreads
• Verjuice for culinary purposes
• Whey
• Whipped cream
• White of eggs
• White pudding
• Yakitori
• Yogurt / yoghurt
• Yolk of eggs

What Class 29 does not include

Food classes border each other closely. Note these exclusions:

The rule of thumb: preserved or animal-origin food is Class 29, but fresh produce is Class 31, and cereal-based foods, sauces and seasonings are Class 30.

Who files in Class 29 in Nepal?

Class 29 is a major class for Nepal's food economy. It is filed by dairy brands — milk, ghee, cheese, butter and yogurt are a large branded market — pickle (achar) and preserved-food makers, edible-oil (mustard, soybean) producers, meat and poultry processors, and jam and dried-fruit brands. For a dairy or achar brand, a registered trademark protects the name shoppers trust for taste and safety. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.

How to register a trademark in Class 29

Search the register for earlier food marks, confirm Class 29 fits (and that fresh produce isn't really Class 31 or a sauce Class 30), prepare your mark and specification, and file with the Department of Industry. It examines, publishes for the 90-day opposition window, and registers for a renewable 7-year term. Food-safety approvals are separate from trademark registration. See how to register a trademark in Nepal.

Do you need more than one class?

Often. A food brand that sells dairy and pickles (Class 29), noodles, spices or bakery (Class 30) and juices (Class 32) needs several classes. Because Nepal files one class per application with per-class fees, map your range first. See choosing the right class, and the neighbouring Class 30 (Coffee, Tea & Bakery) and Class 31 (Agriculture & Fresh Produce).

A Nepal example

Take a Nepali dairy brand. Its milk, ghee, cheese and yogurt are Class 29, where its name is registered. But if it also sells flavoured milk with cocoa, that cocoa-based drink is Class 30, its fruit juices are Class 32, and any fresh farm produce is Class 31. One dairy-and-food brand can span Class 29 for dairy, Class 30 for cocoa drinks, and Class 32 for juices — filing only in Class 29 leaves those lines exposed. For a food business, the processed-versus-fresh and dairy-versus-cereal lines drive the class map.

Getting Class 29 right: common mistakes

The two defining Class 29 mistakes are the fresh-versus-processed line and the Class 30 border. Preserved and animal-origin foods are Class 29, but fresh, unprocessed fruit and vegetables and live animals are Class 31, and cereal-based foods, sauces, salad dressings and seasonings are Class 30. Food brands routinely misfile across these borders. A second common error is putting baby food or supplements in Class 29 — those are Class 5.

A third pitfall is milk-based versus other beverages: a milk-based drink where milk predominates is Class 29, but a fruit juice is Class 32 and a cocoa or coffee drink is Class 30. Specify the actual foods you make rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 29 registration is precise, and add Class 30, 31 or 32 where your range extends there.

Why precise Class 29 filing matters

Food is a trust purchase, and dairy and achar are fiercely brand-driven in Nepal, so a precise registration protects real value. Naming your real goods — "cow ghee", "dahi", "vegetable pickles" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 30 and Class 31. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority in a competitive food market. For a dairy, oil or pickle brand, an early, precisely scoped Class 29 filing — separate from any food-safety approval — protects the name customers reach for.

In short

Class 29 is the meat, dairy and preserved-foods class — meat, fish, milk products, edible oils, and preserved fruits and vegetables like pickles. The lines to remember: fresh, unprocessed produce is Class 31, and cereal-based foods, sauces and seasonings are Class 30. Get those right, name your real goods, and file early to protect a dairy, ghee, oil or achar brand.

Class 29 filing checklist

• Confirm your food is processed or animal-origin — fresh produce is Class 31.
• Check the exclusions — Class 31, 30, 5 or 32.
• Search the register for similar food marks.
• Draft a precise goods specification.
• Add Class 30, 31 or 32 where your range extends there.
• File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.

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Register your Class 29 trademark

Protect your dairy, oil, meat or pickle brand. Find your class with the NICE Class Finder, screen with the Conflict Checker, then register your trademark with our team. Talk to an IP expert if your range spans dairy, cereal foods, produce and drinks.