Trademark Class 31: Overview of Raw Agricultural & Natural Products

Choosing the correct trademark class is crucial for protecting your brand. Trademark Class 31 is specially designated for raw and unprocessed agricultural products, as well as certain natural goods. This class is ideal for farmers, agri-startups, aquaculture ventures, and businesses dealing in seeds, plants, and live animals.

What is Included in Trademark Class 31?

Trademark Class 31 covers a wide range of products in their natural, unprocessed form. Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s included:

  • Raw agricultural products (e.g., grains, unprocessed cereals)

  • Fresh fruits and vegetables

  • Live animals and fish

  • Seeds and bulbs for planting

  • Natural plants and flowers

  • Animal foodstuffs (excluding processed pet food)

  • Unprocessed herbs and seaweed

  • Malt

If your business deals with organic produce, nursery plants, or animal feed, this is the correct class for trademark protection.

Why is Choosing the Right Class So Important?

Filing your trademark in the right class ensures exclusive rights to your brand within that category. If a competitor uses a similar name in Class 31, you can take legal action to defend your trademark. Filing in the wrong class may result in limited protection or even rejection of your application.

Additionally, your brand may need protection in multiple classes. For example, if you grow vegetables (Class 31) and also sell processed food items (Class 29 or 30), you may need to file in more than one category.

What is Not Included in Class 31?

It’s equally important to know what does not fall under this class. Trademark Class 31 does not cover:

  • Processed foods (Class 29 or 30)

  • Beverages, including fruit juices (Class 32)

  • Cooked or packaged pet food (Class 31 includes only raw feed)

  • Pharmaceutical or medical plant-based products (Class 5)

Knowing these exclusions helps you avoid errors in your application.

Real-World Examples of Class 31 Trademarks

Many agri-brands and natural product startups register under Class 31. Examples include:

  • Organic seed brands

  • Aquaculture farms

  • Agro-trading companies

  • Flower nurseries and exporters

  • Raw pet food businesses

These trademarks ensure their brand names are protected in a highly competitive and rapidly growing sector.

Tips Before You File

Before filing under Trademark Class 31, keep these tips in mind:

  • Be specific in your product description. Don’t use vague terms like “agricultural items.”

  • Check for similar existing trademarks to avoid conflicts.

  • If your brand spans other areas (e.g., packaging, processing), consider filing in additional classes.

  • Hire a trademark expert to help classify your products accurately.

If your business involves natural, raw, or live goods, then Trademark Class 31 is your go-to category. It’s designed to protect those who work closest with nature—from farmers to florists, and from aquaculture to animal feed producers.

Accurate classification isn’t just a formality—it’s your first step in building a legally secure and trusted brand.

Brands/Trademarks you Might Know in Class 31:

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Detailed List of goods Classified under Class 31

  1. 1. algae, unprocessed, for human or animal consumption / seaweed, unprocessed, for human or animal consumption
    2. algarovilla for animal consumption
    3. almonds [fruits] 4. aloe vera plants
    5. anchovy, live
    6. animal fattening preparations / livestock fattening preparations
    7. animal foodstuffs
    8. live animals
    9. aromatic sand [litter] for pets
    10. arrangements of fresh fruit
    11. artichokes, fresh
    12. bagasses of cane [raw material] 13. raw barks
    14. barley*
    15. beans, fresh
    16. beet, fresh
    17. berries, fresh
    18. beverages for pets
    19. bird food
    20. bran
    21. bran mash for animal consumption
    22. bred stock
    23. buckwheat, unprocessed
    24. by-products of the processing of cereals, for animal consumption / residual products of cereals for animal consumption
    25. cereal seeds, unprocessed
    26. chestnuts, fresh
    27. edible chews for animals
    28. chicory roots
    29. chicory, fresh
    30. Christmas trees*
    31. citrus fruit, fresh
    32. cocoa beans, raw
    33. coconut shell
    34. coconuts
    35. copra
    36. crayfish, live
    37. crustaceans, live
    38. cucumbers, fresh
    39. cuttle bone for birds
    40. distillery waste for animal consumption
    41. dog biscuits
    42. draff
    43. preparations for egg laying poultry
    44. eggs for hatching, fertilized / eggs for hatching, fertilised
    45. fish meal for animal consumption
    46. fish spawn
    47. fish, live
    48. fishing bait, live
    49. flax meal [fodder] 50. flower bulbs / bulbs
    51. flowers, dried, for decoration
    52. flowers, natural
    53. fodder / cattle food / forage
    54. fruit residue [marc] / marc
    55. fruit, fresh
    56. garden herbs, fresh
    57. garlic, fresh
    58. grains [cereals] 59. grains for animal consumption
    60. grapes, fresh
    61. groats for poultry
    62. hay
    63. hazelnuts, fresh
    64. herrings, live
    65. hop cones
    66. hops
    67. edible insects, live
    68. juniper berries
    69. koi carp, live
    70. kola nuts / cola nuts
    71. leeks, fresh
    72. lemons, fresh
    73. lentils, fresh
    74. lettuce, fresh
    75. lime for animal forage
    76. edible linseed, unprocessed / edible flaxseed, unprocessed
    77. linseed for animal consumption / flaxseed for animal consumption
    78. linseed meal for animal consumption / flaxseed meal for animal consumption
    79. litter for animals
    80. litter peat
    81. lobsters, live
    82. locust beans, raw
    83. maize
    84. maize cake for cattle
    85. malt for brewing and distilling
    86. mash for fattening livestock
    87. meal for animals
    88. menagerie animals
    89. mushroom spawn for propagation
    90. mushrooms, fresh
    91. mussels, live
    92. nettles
    93. nuts [fruits] 94. oats
    95. oil cake / cattle cake
    96. olives, fresh
    97. onions, fresh
    98. oranges, fresh
    99. oysters, live
    100. palm trees
    101. palms [leaves of the palm tree] 102. peanut cake for animals
    103. peanut meal for animals
    104. peanuts, fresh
    105. peas, fresh
    106. peppers [plants] 107. pet food
    108. pine cones
    109. plants
    110. plants, dried, for decoration
    111. pollen [raw material] 112. potatoes, fresh
    113. poultry, live
    114. quinoa, unprocessed
    115. rape cake for cattle
    116. residue in a still after distillation
    117. rhubarb, fresh
    118. rice meal for forage
    119. rice, unprocessed
    120. roots for animal consumption
    121. rose bushes
    122. rough cork
    123. rye
    124. salmon, live
    125. salt for cattle
    126. sanded paper [litter] for pets
    127. sardines, live
    128. sea-cucumbers, live
    129. seed germ for botanical purposes
    130. seedlings
    131. seeds for planting / plant seeds
    132. edible sesame, unprocessed
    133. shellfish, live
    134. shrubs / bushes
    135. silkworm eggs
    136. silkworms
    137. spinach, fresh
    138. spiny lobsters, live
    139. squashes, fresh
    140. stall food for animals
    141. straw [forage] 142. straw litter
    143. straw mulch
    144. strengthening animal forage
    145. sugarcane
    146. unprocessed sweet corn ears [husked or unhusked] 147. trees
    148. truffles, fresh
    149. trunks of trees
    150. tuna, live
    151. turf, natural / sod
    152. undressed timber
    153. unsawn timber
    154. vegetable marrows, fresh
    155. vegetables, fresh
    156. vine plants
    157. wheat
    158. wheat germ for animal consumption
    159. wood chips for the manufacture of wood pulp
    160. wreaths of natural flowers
    161. yeast for animal consumption