# Open Food Facts Product & Nutrition Scraper (`chrisp1211/openfoodfacts-scraper-max`) Actor

Scrape food products from Open Food Facts by barcode, category or brand. Returns product name, brand, ingredients, Nutri-Score, NOVA group and nutrition facts. No API key. Pay per product; empty or failed runs free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/chrisp1211/openfoodfacts-scraper-max.md
- **Developed by:** [Christian Pichichero](https://apify.com/chrisp1211) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.40 / 1,000 records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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```bash

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# README

## Open Food Facts Product & Nutrition Scraper

**Open Food Facts Product & Nutrition Scraper** — a fast, reliable openfoodfacts scraper that needs **no API key**. You pay only for the results you get: failed or empty runs are always free.

This openfoodfacts scraper runs on the [Apify platform](https://apify.com), so you can call it from the API, run it on a schedule, or export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets.

### What this scraper does

- Extracts structured **openfoodfacts** data with no browser or API key required
- Returns clean JSON, one record per result — ready for sheets, databases, or apps
- Pay-per-result pricing: you are never charged for a run that returns nothing
- Runs on demand or on a schedule, and integrates with 5,000+ apps via the Apify API and webhooks

### What data you get

Each result record includes fields such as:

- **Code** (`code`) — e.g. `"3017620422003"`
- **Product Name** (`productName`) — e.g. `"Nutella"`
- **Brands** (`brands`) — e.g. `"Nutella, Ferrero, Yum yum"`
- **Categories** (`categories`) — e.g. `"Confectionary based spreads, Petit-d\u00e9jeuners, Produ...`
- **Nutriscore Grade** (`nutriscoreGrade`) — e.g. `"e"`
- **Nova Group** (`novaGroup`) — e.g. `4`
- **Ingredients Text** (`ingredientsText`) — e.g. `"Sucre, huile de palme, NOISETTES 13%, cacao maigre 7,4%,...`
- **Energy Kcal100g** (`energyKcal100g`) — e.g. `539.0`
- **Sugars100g** (`sugars100g`) — e.g. `56.3`
- **Fat100g** (`fat100g`) — e.g. `30.9`
- **Saturated Fat100g** (`saturatedFat100g`) — e.g. `10.6`
- **Salt100g** (`salt100g`) — e.g. `0.107`
- **Proteins100g** (`proteins100g`) — e.g. `6.3`
- **Quantity** (`quantity`) — e.g. `""`

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `barcodes` | array | List of product barcodes (EAN/UPC codes) to look up directly, e.g. 3017620422003 for Nutella. Each barcode ... |
| `searchTerms` | array | Optional free-text search queries (e.g. "organic granola"). Each term runs a paged search of the Open Food ... |
| `category` | string | Optional English category tag to filter searches, e.g. "Breakfast cereals", "Chocolates", "Sodas". Applied ... |
| `brand` | string | Optional brand tag to filter searches, e.g. "nestle" or "lindt". Applied to every search term. |
| `nutriscoreGrades` | array | Optional. Keep only products whose Nutri-Score grade is one of the selected letters (A best to E worst). Le... |
| `maxResults` | integer | Maximum number of products to return per search task (barcode lookups always return their single product). ... |

### Example output

```json
{
  "type": "product",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
  "code": "3017620422003",
  "productName": "Nutella",
  "brands": "Nutella, Ferrero, Yum yum",
  "categories": "Confectionary based spreads, Petit-d\u00e9jeuners, Produits \u00e0 tartiner, Produits \u00e0 tartiner sucr\u00e9s, P\u00e2tes \u00e0 tartiner",
  "nutriscoreGrade": "e",
  "novaGroup": 4,
  "ingredientsText": "Sucre, huile de palme, NOISETTES 13%, cacao maigre 7,4%, LAIT \u00e9cr\u00e9m\u00e9 en poudre 6,6%",
  "energyKcal100g": 539.0,
  "sugars100g": 56.3,
  "fat100g": 30.9,
  "saturatedFat100g": 10.6,
  "salt100g": 0.107,
  "proteins100g": 6.3,
  "quantity": "",
  "imageUrl": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/301/762/042/2003/front_en.879.400.jpg",
  "countries": "France",
  "url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/3017620422003"
}
````

### Use cases

- Monitor competitor prices and catalogs
- Power a price-comparison or deal site
- Research products for dropshipping or sourcing
- Sync product data into your store or sheet

### Pricing

This actor uses **pay-per-result** pricing at **$0.0004 per record**. There is no monthly fee and no start fee — and **empty or failed runs cost $0**, so you only ever pay for data you actually receive.

### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need an API key or account for the source?** No. This openfoodfacts scraper works out of the box with no API key required.

**What happens if a run returns no results?** You are not charged. Billing is per result, so empty or failed runs are free.

**Can I run the openfoodfacts scraper on a schedule?** Yes. Use the Apify Scheduler to run it hourly, daily, or on any cron schedule, and get results by webhook or API.

**What export formats are supported?** Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or pushed to Google Sheets, a database, or your own app via the Apify API.

**Is the data structured?** Yes. Every openfoodfacts result is a clean, flat JSON record you can use immediately.

# Actor input Schema

## `barcodes` (type: `array`):

List of product barcodes (EAN/UPC codes) to look up directly, e.g. 3017620422003 for Nutella. Each barcode fetches one product.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Optional free-text search queries (e.g. "organic granola"). Each term runs a paged search of the Open Food Facts catalog, combined with the category/brand filters below.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional English category tag to filter searches, e.g. "Breakfast cereals", "Chocolates", "Sodas". Applied to every search term.

## `brand` (type: `string`):

Optional brand tag to filter searches, e.g. "nestle" or "lindt". Applied to every search term.

## `nutriscoreGrades` (type: `array`):

Optional. Keep only products whose Nutri-Score grade is one of the selected letters (A best to E worst). Leave empty to keep all.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return per search task (barcode lookups always return their single product). Defaults to 50.

## `maxCostUsd` (type: `integer`):

HARD budget cap. The run stops cleanly before exceeding this.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

This is an open API; no proxy needed. Default is fine.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "barcodes": [
        "3017620422003"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("chrisp1211/openfoodfacts-scraper-max").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "barcodes": ["3017620422003"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("chrisp1211/openfoodfacts-scraper-max").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call chrisp1211/openfoodfacts-scraper-max --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=chrisp1211/openfoodfacts-scraper-max",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Open Food Facts Product & Nutrition Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape food products from Open Food Facts by barcode, category or brand. Returns product name, brand, ingredients, Nutri-Score, NOVA group and nutrition facts. No API key. Pay per product; empty or failed runs free.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "8xUPDHJ6DsdhSwY3X"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/chrisp1211~openfoodfacts-scraper-max/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-chrisp1211-openfoodfacts-scraper-max",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/chrisp1211~openfoodfacts-scraper-max/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-chrisp1211-openfoodfacts-scraper-max",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/chrisp1211~openfoodfacts-scraper-max/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-chrisp1211-openfoodfacts-scraper-max",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "barcodes": {
                        "title": "Barcodes (EAN/UPC)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of product barcodes (EAN/UPC codes) to look up directly, e.g. 3017620422003 for Nutella. Each barcode fetches one product.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "searchTerms": {
                        "title": "Search terms",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional free-text search queries (e.g. \"organic granola\"). Each term runs a paged search of the Open Food Facts catalog, combined with the category/brand filters below.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "category": {
                        "title": "Category (English tag)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional English category tag to filter searches, e.g. \"Breakfast cereals\", \"Chocolates\", \"Sodas\". Applied to every search term."
                    },
                    "brand": {
                        "title": "Brand",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Optional brand tag to filter searches, e.g. \"nestle\" or \"lindt\". Applied to every search term."
                    },
                    "nutriscoreGrades": {
                        "title": "Nutri-Score grades filter",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional. Keep only products whose Nutri-Score grade is one of the selected letters (A best to E worst). Leave empty to keep all.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "enum": [
                                "a",
                                "b",
                                "c",
                                "d",
                                "e"
                            ],
                            "enumTitles": [
                                "A",
                                "B",
                                "C",
                                "D",
                                "E"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max results per search",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of products to return per search task (barcode lookups always return their single product). Defaults to 50.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "maxCostUsd": {
                        "title": "Max cost per run (USD)",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "HARD budget cap. The run stops cleanly before exceeding this."
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "This is an open API; no proxy needed. Default is fine.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```