Open Food Facts: Barcode Lookup, Nutrition & Allergens

Bulk barcode (EAN/UPC) lookup or keyword search on Open Food Facts: product name, brand, Nutri-Score, NOVA group, Eco-Score, ingredients, allergens, traces, labels and nutrition per 100 g.

Why this actor

• Normalized nutrition block and allergen lists; batch barcodes.
• Pay only for results: $0.80 per 1,000 products, no start fee, failed lookups are free.
• Robust: automatic retries with exponential backoff, respects Retry-After, per-item error rows instead of crashed runs.
• Clean, flat JSON/CSV/Excel output ready for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Clay, or the Apify API.

Use cases

• Nutrition and diet apps
• Retail catalog enrichment
• Allergen screening for menus/ecommerce
• Food-industry research

Input

Field	Type	Description
barcodes	array	Bulk lookup by barcode.
search	string	Product or brand keywords.
maxSearchResults	integer	Cap.
maxItems	integer	0 = no limit. Caps cost.

Example input:

{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017624010701",
    "5449000000996"
  ]
}

Output

Each dataset item looks like this (real sample from a test run, long fields trimmed):

{
  "barcode": "3017624010701",
  "name": "Nutella",
  "brands": "Ferrero",
  "quantity": "400.0 g",
  "categories": [
    "breakfasts",
    "spreads",
    "sweet-spreads",
    "\u2026"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "france",
    "united-kingdom"
  ],
  "nutriScore": "e",
  "novaGroup": null,
  "ecoScore": "d",
  "ingredients": "sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts, skimmed milk powder, fat reduced cocoa, emulsifier, vanillin",
  "allergens": [
    "nuts"
  ],
  "traces": [
    "milk",
    "nuts",
    "soybeans"
  ],
  "labels": [
    "no-gluten"
  ],
  "servingSize": null,
  "per100g": {
    "energy-kcal": 539,
    "fat": 30.9,
    "saturated-fat": 10.6,
    "carbohydrates": 57.5,
    "sugars": 56.3,
    "proteins": 6.3,
    "salt": 0.1075
  },
  "image": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/301/762/401/0701/front_en.100.400.jpg",
  "url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/3017624010701",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T16:21:17+00:00"
}

Rows that could not be processed contain an error field and are not charged.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.0008 per product (= $0.80 / 1,000). Use Max results to cap spend. Apify's free plan credit covers thousands of results per month.

Integrations & API

Run on a schedule in Apify Console, call via the Apify API / Python & JS clients, or connect to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and webhooks. Works as a tool for AI agents via Apify MCP.

FAQ

Is this an official tool? No. It is an independent actor and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by the data source or any trademark owner named here.

Is it legal? The actor only reads publicly available data from public endpoints, without logins, and does not bypass paywalls or access controls. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR) and the source sites' terms.

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