Open Food Facts Scraper

Extract food product data from Open Food Facts — the world's largest open food product database with 3 million+ products from 200+ countries. No API key, no login, no proxy required.

What can this scraper do?

• Search by keyword — find any food product by name, ingredient, or brand (e.g. "chocolate", "oat milk", "avocado")
• Browse by category — list products within a named food category (beverages, dairy, snacks, meats, and 25+ others)
• Lookup by EAN barcode — retrieve specific products using EAN-8 or EAN-13 barcodes
• Filter results — narrow down by brand, country, Nutri-Score grade, NOVA processing level, and boolean flags (must have image / ingredients / nutrition data)

Output Fields

Each product record contains:

Field	Description
productId	Unique product identifier (barcode)
barcode	EAN-8 or EAN-13 barcode
name	Product name (English preferred)
brands	All brands (list)
brand	Primary brand
categories	Product categories (list)
countries	Countries where sold (list)
ingredients	Full ingredients text
nutrimentEnergy	Energy per 100 g in kcal
nutrimentFat	Fat per 100 g in g
nutrimentSaturatedFat	Saturated fat per 100 g in g
nutrimentCarbohydrates	Carbohydrates per 100 g in g
nutrimentSugars	Sugars per 100 g in g
nutrimentProteins	Proteins per 100 g in g
nutrimentSalt	Salt per 100 g in g
nutriscore	Nutri-Score grade (A–E)
nutriscoreScore	Numeric Nutri-Score points (lower is healthier)
novaGroup	NOVA food processing group (1=unprocessed, 4=ultra-processed)
ecoscore	Eco-Score grade (A–E)
ecoscoreScore	Numeric Eco-Score (0–100; higher is better)
foodGroup	Food group classification (e.g. sweets, sweetened-beverages)
additivesCount	Number of food additives detected
ingredientsCount	Number of ingredients
manufacturerUrl	Manufacturer's official product page URL (when available)
scansCount	Number of times the barcode was scanned in the mobile apps (popularity)
uniqueScansCount	Number of unique users who scanned the barcode
nutrientLevels	Traffic-light levels (low/moderate/high) for fat, saturated fat, sugars, and salt
veganStatus	vegan / non-vegan / maybe-vegan, from Open Food Facts' ingredient analysis
vegetarianStatus	vegetarian / non-vegetarian / maybe-vegetarian
palmOilStatus	palm-oil-free / palm-oil / may-contain-palm-oil
traces	Allergens the product "may contain" (distinct from confirmed allergens)
servingQuantity	Serving size in grams (numeric)
allergens	Declared allergens (list)
labels	Quality labels e.g. Organic, Fair Trade, Vegan (list)
imageUrl	Front product image URL
imageNutritionUrl	Nutrition label image URL
imageIngredientsUrl	Ingredients label image URL
productUrl	Open Food Facts product page URL
sourceUrl	Source URL (same as productUrl)
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp of scrape
recordType	Always "product"
productName	Alias of name
genericName	Generic/common product name
allBrands	Alias of brands (all brands as a list)
quantity	Net quantity as sold (e.g. 500 g, 1 L)
servingSize	Serving size text (e.g. 1 square (10 g))
packaging	Packaging materials/format (list)
additives	Detected food additives (list of E-numbers/names)
origins	Declared origin of ingredients
manufacturingPlaces	Where the product is manufactured
stores	Stores where the product is sold (list)
language	Primary product language code
nutritionGrade	Alias of nutriscore grade (A–E)
ecoScore	Alias of ecoscore grade (A–E)
imageFrontUrl	Front-of-pack image URL
ingredientsText	Alias of ingredients
completeness	Open Food Facts data-completeness score (0–1)

Convenience flat nutrition fields (per 100 g, same values as the nutriment* fields) are also included when available: calories, fat, saturatedFat, carbohydrates, sugar, protein, salt, sodium, fiber.

Fields not available for a product are omitted from the output (no null values).

Input Options

Field	Description
mode	search, byCategory, or byBarcode
searchQuery	Keyword to search (mode=search)
barcodes	List of EAN barcodes (mode=byBarcode)
categorySlug	Food category to browse (mode=byCategory)
brand	Filter by brand name
country	Filter by country of sale
language	Preferred language for product name/ingredients
hasIngredients	Only include products with ingredients text
hasImage	Only include products with a product image
hasNutrition	Only include products with nutrition data
nutriscore	Filter by Nutri-Score grade (A–E)
novaGroup	Filter by NOVA processing level (1–4)
dietaryPreference	Only include products confirmed vegan, vegetarian, or palmOilFree
maxItems	Maximum number of products to return (1–1000)

Supported Categories

Beverages, Dairy Products, Breads, Cereals, Snacks, Confectioneries, Meats, Fish & Seafood, Fruits & Vegetables, Condiments, Oils & Fats, Frozen Foods, Baby Foods, Alcoholic Beverages, Water, Chocolates, Biscuits & Cakes, Breakfast Cereals, Yogurts, Cheeses, Ice Cream, Sodas, Fruit Juices, Coffees, Teas, Nuts, Sauces, Soups, Ready Meals, Plant-Based Foods.

Example Use Cases

• Nutrition research — collect nutrition data for a specific food category for analysis
• Allergen monitoring — find products that are gluten-free, vegan, or halal certified
• Brand product catalog — retrieve all products from a specific brand
• Barcode lookup API — look up product details from EAN barcodes in bulk
• Eco-Score analysis — find products with the best/worst environmental scores
• Country-specific products — compare products sold in different markets

FAQs

Do I need an API key? No. Open Food Facts is fully open and requires no authentication.

Is proxying required? No. The Open Food Facts API has no geographic restrictions and works from any IP.

How many products are available? Open Food Facts has over 3 million products from 200+ countries as of 2026.

What is the Nutri-Score? Nutri-Score is a 5-letter nutritional quality grade (A=best, E=worst) used on food packaging in many European countries.

What is the NOVA group? NOVA classifies foods by degree of processing: 1=unprocessed, 2=culinary ingredients, 3=processed, 4=ultra-processed.

What is the Eco-Score? The Eco-Score (A–E) measures the environmental impact of a food product, considering carbon footprint, packaging, biodiversity impact, and more.

Are all output fields always present? No — only fields with actual data are included. For example, if a product has no registered allergens, the allergens field is omitted rather than set to null or empty.

What barcode formats are supported? EAN-8, EAN-13, and UPC-A barcodes (4–14 digits).

Data Source

All data is sourced from Open Food Facts, which is published under the Open Database License (ODbL).