Food & Nutrition Scraper (Open Food Facts)

Food product and nutrition data from Open Food Facts — 4M+ products — by barcode, keyword or category, with per-100g nutrients and food scores. Free, keyless, no proxies.

The barbell in food data is free-but-incomplete (USDA) vs $1,850/mo (Nutritionix). This actor gives no-code buyers (fitness/diet/CPG apps) a clean, reliable keyless feed with the scores and nutrients they actually log.

What you get

One row per product:

• Identity — barcode, name, brands, quantity, categories, countries
• Food scores — nutriscore (a–e), novaGroup (1–4 processing level), ecoscore (a–e)
• Ingredients & labels — ingredientsText, labels
• Per-100g nutrients — energyKcal100g, fat100g, saturatedFat100g, carbohydrates100g, sugars100g, fiber100g, proteins100g, salt100g, sodium100g
• Media & link — imageUrl, canonical Open Food Facts url

Output sample

{
  "barcode": "3017620422003",
  "name": "Nutella",
  "brands": "Nutella, Ferrero",
  "quantity": "400 g",
  "categories": "Spreads, Sweet spreads",
  "countries": "France, United States",
  "nutriscore": "e",
  "novaGroup": 4,
  "ecoscore": "d",
  "ingredientsText": "Sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts…",
  "labels": "Gluten-free",
  "energyKcal100g": 539,
  "fat100g": 30.9,
  "saturatedFat100g": 10.6,
  "carbohydrates100g": 57.5,
  "sugars100g": 56.3,
  "fiber100g": 0,
  "proteins100g": 6.3,
  "salt100g": 0.107,
  "sodium100g": 0.0428,
  "imageUrl": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/…/front.jpg",
  "url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/3017620422003"
}

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	array	["nutella"]	Keywords to search by name/brand, e.g. oat milk
barcodes	array	—	Product barcodes (EAN/UPC) to look up directly
category	string	—	Category tag to list, e.g. breakfast-cereals, chocolates
maxResults	integer	200	Cap per search term / category

Provide at least one of searchTerms, barcodes or category.

Example input

{
  "searchTerms": ["oat milk"],
  "category": "breakfast-cereals",
  "maxResults": 200
}

Direct barcode lookup:

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

Why this actor

• Three lookup modes in one — barcode, keyword search and category listing.
• The scores buyers log — Nutri-Score, NOVA and Eco-Score plus full per-100g nutrients.
• Keyless & resilient — auto-retry on Open Food Facts' occasional 503s so results aren't silently dropped.
• Fair flat pricing vs metered nutrition APIs.

Pricing

Pay per result — $3.00 per 1,000 results (one product = one result). No subscription or platform fees.

Related actors

• USDA FoodData Scraper — official USDA nutrient database (bring your own key).
• PubChem Scraper — chemical compound properties, for ingredient/additive research.
• Package Registry Scraper — unrelated tooling; see our full catalog for more.

Notes & limits

• Data is Open Food Facts' free public API; the actor retries on 503/429 so results aren't dropped.
• Field completeness depends on contributors — popular products are rich; obscure items may miss fields.
• Nutrients are per 100g/100ml where provided.
• Data is © Open Food Facts contributors (ODbL) — attribute and use accordingly. This actor is an independent tool, not affiliated with Open Food Facts.