# USDA Food Nutrition: 450K Foods by UPC, Brand, Nutrients (`pushbuild/usda-food-nutrition`) Actor

Nutrition facts for 450,000+ branded grocery products and generic foods from USDA FoodData Central: calories, protein, fat, carbs, sugars, sodium, vitamins, ingredients and serving sizes. Look up by UPC barcode, search by name or brand, filter by nutrients.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/usda-food-nutrition.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 foods

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## USDA Food Nutrition: 450K Foods by UPC, Brand, Nutrients

Nutrition facts for 450,000+ branded grocery products plus USDA reference foods, from USDA FoodData Central.

- **UPC lookup**: scan a barcode, get the product's nutrition label and ingredients.
- **Search** by product name, brand or category; filter by calories, protein, sugars, sodium, fat, carbs and fiber; include or exclude ingredients (e.g. no corn syrup, no peanuts).
- **Generic foods** ("apples, raw", "hummus") from the Foundation and SR Legacy reference sets.

### Output

`fdcId`, `source` (branded or generic), `description`, `brandOwner`, `brandName`, `upc`, `category`, `ingredients`, `servingSize`, `servingUnit`, `householdServing`, `packageWeight`, `per100` (calories, protein, fat, saturated and trans fat, cholesterol, carbs, fiber, sugars, added sugars, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, vitamins C and D per 100 g/ml), `perServing` for branded products, and the USDA page `url`.

Discontinued products are excluded, and each UPC appears once (its newest label).

### Pricing

Charged per food returned.

### Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central (public domain, CC0). Release 2026-04-30. Not endorsed by USDA.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Food or product name words, e.g. greek yogurt, cheerios.

## `upcs` (type: `array`):

Look up packaged products by UPC/GTIN barcode (leading zeros optional).

## `brands` (type: `array`):

Brand or brand-owner name text, e.g. Kellogg, Chobani.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Category text, e.g. Cereal, Snacks, Fruits.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

branded (packaged products) or generic (USDA reference foods like 'apples, raw'). Default both.

## `ingredientsInclude` (type: `array`):

Every listed ingredient must appear, e.g. oats.

## `ingredientsExclude` (type: `array`):

None of these may appear, e.g. corn syrup, peanut.

## `maxCalories` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit on kcal per 100 g or ml.

## `minProtein` (type: `integer`):

Lower limit on protein grams per 100 g or ml.

## `maxSugars` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit on total sugars per 100 g or ml.

## `maxSodium` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit on sodium mg per 100 g or ml.

## `maxFat` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit on total fat per 100 g or ml.

## `maxCarbs` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit on carbohydrates per 100 g or ml.

## `minFiber` (type: `integer`):

Lower limit on fiber per 100 g or ml.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Result order (nutrient sorts are per 100 g).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum foods returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "greek yogurt",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "query": "greek yogurt"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/usda-food-nutrition").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 = { "query": "greek yogurt" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/usda-food-nutrition").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "greek yogurt"
}' |
apify call pushbuild/usda-food-nutrition --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/usda-food-nutrition"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bFi2g5wLwEREUsHHt/builds/zcXRMjhqNBJK7fHHK/openapi.json