Trademark Class 30 in Nepal — Tea, Coffee, Noodles & Spices (What It Covers & How to File)

NICE Class 30 covers tea, coffee and cocoa; rice, pasta and noodles; flour and cereal preparations; bread, pastries and confectionery; chocolate; sugar and honey; spices, seasonings, sauces and condiments; and ice cream. It is one of the biggest food goods classes and hugely relevant to Nepal — think Ilam tea, instant noodles and spices. You register a Class 30 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in.

Key Takeaways

• Class 30 is the tea, coffee, cereals and spices class — tea, coffee, noodles, flour, bakery, chocolate, sugar, spices and sauces.
• It covers cereal- and plant-based prepared foods and flavourings, distinct from Class 29's meat and dairy.
• Nepal staples like Ilam tea, instant noodles and masala spices are Class 30.
• It excludes fresh herbs and unprocessed cereals (Class 31), milk-based coffee/cocoa drinks and soups (Class 29), and medicinal teas (Class 5).
• Nepal's tea, coffee, noodle, spice, bakery and confectionery brands file heavily in Class 30.
• Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.

What does Trademark Class 30 cover?

Class 30 covers coffee, tea, cocoa and substitutes; rice, pasta and noodles; flour and preparations made from cereals; bread, pastries and confectionery; chocolate; ice cream and edible ices; sugar, honey and treacle; yeast and baking powder; salt, seasonings, spices and preserved herbs; and vinegar, sauces and other condiments. The unifying idea is plant-origin staple foods and flavourings — the pantry: hot drinks, grains and cereals, baked goods, sweets, and the spices, sauces and condiments that flavour a meal.

Full list of goods in Class 30

Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 30 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 307 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:

• Agave syrup [natural sweetener]
• Allspice
• Almond confectionery
• Almond paste
• Aniseed
• Apple sauce [condiment]
• Aromatic preparations for food
• Artificial sweeteners for culinary purposes
• Aspartame for culinary purposes
• Baking powder
• Baking soda [bicarbonate of soda for cooking purposes] / bicarbonate of soda for cooking purposes [baking soda]
• Baozi
• Barley meal
• Batter mixes
• Bean flour
• Beer vinegar
• Bibimbap [rice mixed with vegetables and beef]
• Binding agents for ice cream
• Biscuits* / cookies
• Bread rolls
• Bread*
• Breadcrumbs
• Buckwheat flour
• Bulgur
• Buns
• Burritos
• Buttercream [icing]
• Cake batter / cake dough
• Cake frosting [icing]
• Cake powder
• Cakes
• Candy decorations for cakes
• Capers
• Caramels [sweets] / caramels [candies]
• Cardamom [spice]
• Celery salt
• Cereal bars
• Cereal preparations
• Cereal-based snack food
• Chamomile-based beverages
• Cheeseburgers [sandwiches]
• Chewing gum for breath freshening
• Chewing gum*
• Chicory [coffee substitute]
• Chips [cereal products]
• Chocolate
• Chocolate beverages with milk
• Chocolate decorations for cakes
• Chocolate mousses
• Chocolate spreads containing nuts
• Chocolate-based beverages
• Chocolate-based spreads
• Chocolate-coated nuts
• Chocolate-covered potato chips
• Chow-chow [condiment]
• Chutneys [condiments]
• Cinnamon [spice]
• Cloves [spice]
• Cocoa
• Cocoa beverages with milk
• Cocoa nibs
• Cocoa substitutes
• Cocoa-based beverages
• Coconut macaroons
• Coffee
• Coffee beverages with milk
• Coffee flavourings / coffee flavorings
• Coffee substitutes
• Coffee-based beverages
• Condiments
• Confectionery / sugar confectionery
• Confectionery for decorating Christmas trees
• Confectionery in the form of mousses
• Cooking salt
• Corn flakes / maize flakes
• Corn flour / corn meal / maize flour / maize meal
• Couscous
• Crackers
• Cranberry sauce [condiment]
• Cream of tartar for culinary purposes
• Crème brûlée
• Croissants
• Croûtons / croutons
• Crushed barley
• Crushed oats
• Crystallized lemon juice [seasoning]
• Crystallized rock sugar*
• Curry [spice]
• Custard
• Danish pastries
• Doenjang [condiment]
• Dough
• Dressings for salad
• Dulce de leche
• Edible beeswax
• Edible gold for decorating food and beverages
• Edible honeycombs
• Edible ices
• Edible paper
• Edible paper wafers
• Edible rice paper
• Essences for foodstuffs
• Fava bean flour
• Ferments for dough
• Filled biscuits / filled cookies
• Filled coffee capsules
• Flavoured jelly crystals for making jelly confectionery / flavored jelly crystals for making jelly confectionery
• Flavourings for beverages / flavorings for beverages
• Flavourings for cakes / flavorings for cakes
• Floral water for culinary purposes
• Flour-based dumplings
• Flour* / meal*
• Flowers or leaves for use as tea substitutes
• Fondants [confectionery]
• Food flavourings / food flavorings
• Freeze-dried dishes with the main ingredient being pasta / lyophilized dishes with the main ingredient being pasta / lyophilised dishes with the main ingredient being pasta
• Freeze-dried dishes with the main ingredient being rice / lyophilized dishes with the main ingredient being rice / lyophilised dishes with the main ingredient being rice
• Frozen yogurt [confectionery ices] / frozen yoghurt [confectionery ices]
• Fruit confectionery
• Fruit coulis [sauces]
• Fruit jellies [confectionery]
• Ginger paste [seasoning]
• Gingerbread
• Glucose for culinary purposes
• Gluten additives for culinary purposes
• Gluten prepared as foodstuff
• Gluten-free bread
• Gnocchi
• Gochujang
• Golden syrup
• Groats for human food
• Ground ginger
• Halvah
• Ham glaze
• Harissa [condiment]
• Herbal teas*
• High-protein cereal bars
• Hollandaise sauce
• Hominy
• Hominy grits
• Honey
• Hot dog sandwiches
• Husked barley
• Husked oats
• Ice [frozen water]
• Ice cream
• Ice cubes
• Ice pops
• Iced tea [tea-based beverages]
• Infusions, other than medicinal infusions
• Instant rice
• Jiaozi
• Kelp tea
• Ketchup [sauce]
• Kimbap
• Kimchi pancakes
• Kombucha
• Laksa
• Leaven
• Linseed for culinary purposes [seasoning] / flaxseed for culinary purposes [seasoning]
• Liqueur chocolates
• Liquorice [confectionery]
• Lozenges [confectionery] / pastilles [confectionery]
• Macaroni
• Macarons
• Malt biscuits
• Malt extract for food
• Malt for human consumption
• Maltose
• Marinades
• Marzipan
• Mayonnaise
• Meat gravies
• Meat pies
• Meat tenderizers for culinary purposes
• Milk puddings
• Milled corn / milled maize
• Minced garlic [condiment]
• Mint for confectionery
• Mints for breath freshening
• Mirror icing [mirror glaze]
• Miso
• Muesli
• Mustard
• Mustard meal
• Natural or artificial ice
• Natural sweeteners
• Noodle-based prepared meals
• Noodle-based prepared meals for toddlers
• Noodles
• Nougat
• Nut flours
• Nutmegs [spice]
• Oat flakes
• Oat-based food
• Oatmeal
• Onigiri
• Orange blossom water for culinary purposes
• Pains au chocolat / chocolatines
• Palm sugar
• Pancakes
• Pasta
• Pasta sauce
• Pastries
• Pastry dough
• Pâtés en croûte
• Peanut confectionery
• Pelmeni
• Pepper
• Peppermint sweets
• Peppers [seasonings]
• Pesto
• Petit-beurre biscuits
• Petits fours
• Piccalilli
• Pies
• Pizzas
• Popcorn
• Potato flour*
• Potato-based flatbreads
• Powders for making ice cream
• Pralines
• Preparations for stiffening whipped cream
• Prepared rice rolled in seaweed
• Preserved garden herbs [seasonings]
• Processed buckwheat
• Processed hemp seeds [seasonings]
• Processed quinoa
• Processed seeds for use as a seasoning
• Processed small spelt
• Processed spelt
• Processed squash seeds [seasonings]
• Profiteroles
• Propolis* / bee glue*
• Puddings
• Quiches
• Ramen
• Ravioli
• Relish [condiment]
• Rice cakes
• Rice crackers
• Rice pudding
• Rice pulp for culinary purposes
• Rice-based snack food
• Rice*
• Roasted coffee beans
• Roasted corn / roasted maize
• Royal jelly*
• Rusks
• Saccharin for culinary purposes
• Saffron [seasoning]
• Sago
• Salt for preserving foodstuffs
• Sandwiches
• Sauces [condiments]
• Sausage binding materials
• Savoury pancake mixes / savory pancake mixes
• Savoury pancakes / savory pancakes
• Seasonings
• Seawater for cooking
• Seaweed [condiment]
• Semolina
• Sesame seeds [seasonings]
• Shaved ice with sweetened red beans
• Soba noodles
• Sorbets [ices] / sherbets [ices]
• Soya flour
• Soya sauce
• Spaghetti
• Spices
• Spring rolls
• Star aniseed
• Starch for food
• Stick liquorice [confectionery]
• Sugar paste for confectionery
• Sugar substitutes for culinary purposes
• Sugar*
• Sumac [spice]
• Sushi
• Sweets / candies
• Tabbouleh
• Tacos
• Tamarind [condiment]
• Tapioca
• Tapioca flour*
• Tarts
• Tea beverages with milk
• Tea substitutes
• Tea-based beverages
• Tea*
• Thickening agents for cooking foodstuffs
• Tomato sauce
• Tortillas
• Treacle / molasses for food
• Turmeric*
• Udon noodles
• Unleavened bread
• Unroasted coffee beans
• Vanilla flavourings for culinary purposes / vanilla flavorings for culinary purposes
• Vegetal preparations for use as coffee substitutes
• Vermicelli
• Vinegar
• Waffles
• Wheat flour
• Wheat germ for human consumption
• Yeast for brewing beer
• Yeast*

What Class 30 does not include

Food classes border closely, and the Class 29/31 lines matter. Note these exclusions:

The rule of thumb: processed plant staples and flavourings are Class 30, but fresh produce is Class 31, meat, dairy and soups are Class 29, and drinks (other than the tea/coffee product itself) are Class 32.

Who files in Class 30 in Nepal?

Class 30 is one of Nepal's most important food classes. It is filed by tea producers and exporters — Ilam and orthodox tea are flagship exports — coffee brands, the country's large instant-noodle makers, spice (masala) and seasoning brands, bakeries and confectioners, honey producers, and chocolate makers. Tea and noodles especially are intensely brand-driven, making both registration and a clearance search essential. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.

How to register a trademark in Class 30

Search the register for earlier food marks, confirm Class 30 fits (and that fresh produce isn't really Class 31 or a milk drink Class 29), 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. See how to register a trademark in Nepal and how to search first.

Do you need more than one class?

Often. A food brand that sells tea and spices (Class 30), ghee or pickles (Class 29) and bottled iced tea (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 29 (Meat & Dairy) and Class 31 (Agriculture & Fresh Produce).

A Nepal example

Take an Ilam tea brand. Its processed tea is Class 30, where its name is registered — and because tea is a flagship export, it should also register in key overseas markets. If the same brand sells bottled iced tea, that ready-to-drink beverage is Class 32, and any fresh tea leaves sold unprocessed would be Class 31. One tea brand can span Class 30 for tea, Class 32 for iced-tea drinks, and foreign filings for export — and given how readily "Nepali tea" is imitated, the Class 30 filing plus overseas protection is what secures the name.

Getting Class 30 right: common mistakes

The defining Class 30 mistakes are the borders with Class 29 and Class 31. Processed plant staples and flavourings are Class 30, but fresh, unprocessed produce and cereals are Class 31, and meat, dairy, soups and milk-based hot drinks are Class 29. Food brands routinely misfile across these lines. A second common error is filing a ready-to-drink beverage in Class 30: the tea or coffee product is Class 30, but a bottled iced tea or coffee drink is a Class 32 beverage.

A third pitfall is medicinal versus culinary: culinary tea and spices are Class 30, but a medicinal tea or a supplement is Class 5. Specify the actual foods you make rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 30 registration is precise, and add Class 29, 31 or 32 where your range extends there.

Why precise Class 30 filing matters

Tea, noodles and spices are among Nepal's most brand-driven products, and tea is a major export imitators target, so a precise, early registration protects real value. Naming your real goods — "orthodox tea", "instant noodles", "spice blends" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 29, 31 and 32. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority at home, and prompt foreign filing secures it abroad. For a tea, noodle or spice brand, an early, precise Class 30 filing is foundational.

In short

Class 30 is the tea, coffee, cereals and spices class — tea, coffee, noodles, flour, bakery, chocolate, sugar, spices and sauces. The lines to remember: fresh produce is Class 31, dairy and soups are Class 29, and ready-to-drink beverages are Class 32. Get those right, name your real goods, and file early — and, for tea exporters, register abroad too.

Class 30 filing checklist

• Confirm your food is a processed plant staple or flavouring — not fresh produce (Class 31) or dairy (Class 29).
• Check the exclusions — Class 31, 29, 5, 1 or 32.
• Search the register for similar food marks.
• Draft a precise goods specification.
• For tea and other exporters, plan foreign trademark filings.
• File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.

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Register your Class 30 trademark

Protect your tea, coffee, noodle or spice brand — at home and in export markets. 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 food staples, dairy and drinks.