How do I go about getting the ingredients to a recipe copyright?

My family makes amazing salsa and I want to sell it but I want to get the ingredients copyright/patent first, etc. Is this even possible?If so, how do I go about accomplishing this?

Answer:
It is almost impossible to patent or copywrite a recipe with just a list of ingredients. The below is from the US Government page on copywrites (linked below).


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Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection. However, where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook, there may be a basis for copyright protection.

Protection under the copyright law (title 17 of the United States Code, section 102) extends only to “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form (a copy). “Original” means merely that the author produced the work by his own intellectual effort, as distinguished from copying an existing work. Copyright protection may extend to a description, explanation, or illustration, assuming that the requirements of the copyright
Let me guess? Tomoatoes, Onions & Chilli, right?

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