Food Barcode Lookup: Nutrition, Nutri-Score & Allergens (OFF)

Bulk food product lookup by barcode using the Open Food Facts database: product name, brand, quantity, categories, ingredients, allergens, additives, Nutri-Score, NOVA group, Eco-Score and nutrition per 100g (energy, fat, sugars, protein, salt). Open data (ODbL), no key needed.

What does Food Barcode Lookup do?

Look up food barcodes (EAN/UPC) in Open Food Facts: nutrition per 100g, Nutri-Score, NOVA, allergens, ingredients.

What can you use it for?

• Enrich grocery or recipe apps with nutrition data.
• Check allergens and additives for a product list.
• Compare Nutri-Score and NOVA across brands.
• Build dietary and sustainability datasets.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
barcodes	array of strings	yes	-	EAN/UPC barcodes, one per line.

Example input

{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003",
    "5449000000996",
    "3274080005003"
  ]
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "name": "Nutella",
  "brands": "Nutella, Ferrero",
  "quantity": "400 g e",
  "categories": "Confectionary based spreads, Petit-déjeuners, Produits à tartiner, Produits à tartiner sucrés, Pâtes à tartiner, fr:Nutella, fr:Nuttela",
  "countries": "France",
  "ingredients": "Sucre, huile de palme, NOISETTES 13%, cacao maigre 7,4%, LAIT écrémé en poudre 6,6%, LACTOSERUM en poudre, émulsifiants: lécithines [SOJA), vanilline. Sans g...",
  "allergens": "milk, nuts, soybeans",
  "additivesCount": 2,
  "nutriScore": "E",
  "novaGroup": 4,
  "ecoScore": "UNKNOWN",
  "energyKcal100g": 539,
  "fat100g": 30.9,
  "saturatedFat100g": 10.6,
  "carbohydrates100g": 57.5,
  "sugars100g": 56.3,
  "fiber100g": 0,
  "protein100g": 6.3,
  "salt100g": 0.107,
  "imageUrl": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/301/762/042/2003/front_en.879.400.jpg",
  "url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/3017620422003",
  "license": "Open Food Facts data is ODbL (attribution required)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-26T00:39:31.541Z",
  "barcode": "3017620422003"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
name	string	"Nutella"
brands	string	"Nutella, Ferrero"
quantity	string	"400 g e"
categories	string	"Confectionary based spreads, Petit-déjeuners, Produits à...
countries	string	"France"
ingredients	string	"Sucre, huile de palme, NOISETTES 13%, cacao maigre 7,4%,...
allergens	string	"milk, nuts, soybeans"
additivesCount	number	2
nutriScore	string	"E"
novaGroup	number	4
ecoScore	string	"UNKNOWN"
energyKcal100g	number	539
fat100g	number	30.9
saturatedFat100g	number	10.6
carbohydrates100g	number	57.5
sugars100g	number	56.3
fiber100g	number	0
protein100g	number	6.3
salt100g	number	0.107
imageUrl	string	"https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/301/762...
url	string	"https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/3017620422003"
license	string	"Open Food Facts data is ODbL (attribution required)"
scrapedAt	string	"2026-09-26T00:39:31.541Z"
barcode	string	"3017620422003"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Open Food Facts is a community database (ODbL): keep attribution when you reuse the data. Unknown barcodes return NOT_FOUND.

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

Which barcodes work?

EAN-13, EAN-8 and UPC codes, digits only.

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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