Barcode → Nutrition API (Open Food Facts, no key)

Turn a barcode into clean nutrition data over a simple HTTP API — product name, brand, nutrition per 100g, Nutri-Score, NOVA processing group, ingredients, allergens and product image — or search millions of foods. Powered by Open Food Facts open data, wrapped into tidy JSON. No API key, no signup. Pay per query.

• 🏷️ Barcode → nutrition — one call returns a clean, normalized product
• 🥗 Nutri-Score, NOVA, Eco-Score — health & processing ratings ready to use
• 🔬 Nutriments per 100g — energy, fat, saturated fat, carbs, sugars, fiber, protein, salt, sodium
• ⚠️ Ingredients & allergens — parsed tags (milk, nuts, gluten…) + additives & labels
• 🔎 Search — by text, category or brand across millions of products
• ⚡ HTTP API (Standby) + usable from AI agents (MCP)

Sample output (product)

{
  "ok": true,
  "product": {
    "code": "3017620422003", "name": "Nutella", "brands": "Nutella, Ferrero", "quantity": "400 g",
    "nutriScore": "E", "novaGroup": 4, "ecoScore": "D",
    "nutrimentsPer100g": { "energyKcal": 539, "fat": 30.9, "saturatedFat": 10.6, "sugars": 56.3, "proteins": 6.3, "salt": 0.107 },
    "allergens": ["milk", "nuts", "soybeans"],
    "imageUrl": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/…/front.jpg"
  }
}

How to use

HTTP API (Standby — recommended)

Base URL: https://synthetic-ia--openfoodfacts-nutrition.apify.actor with header Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>.

Endpoint	Body	Does
POST /product	{ barcode }	One product: nutrition, ratings, ingredients, allergens, image
POST /search	{ q?, category?, brand?, page?, pageSize?: 1-50 }	Matching products
GET /	—	Endpoint list

GET /product?barcode=3017620422003 also works (query-string form).

# Barcode → nutrition
curl -X POST ".../product" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -d '{"barcode":"3017620422003"}'

# Search foods
curl -X POST ".../search" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"q":"greek yogurt","pageSize":10}'

# Search by category
curl -X POST ".../search" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"category":"breakfast-cereals","pageSize":20}'

Input (one-shot run)

• operation — product or search.
• barcode — 4-14 digits (Product).
• q / category / brand / pageSize — Search filters.

Use cases

Diet & health apps, calorie trackers, "scan a product" features, grocery tools, allergen checks, and any place you need clean nutrition data from a barcode without licensing a food database.

Pricing

Per query from $0.01 (drops to $0.003 on higher tiers). Platform usage included.

Related Actors

• Weather API, ESPN Sports Data API, Yahoo Finance API — more clean no-key data APIs.

FAQ

Do I need a key? No. Open Food Facts is open data.

Which barcodes? Millions of food products worldwide (EAN/UPC). Coverage is best in Europe and growing everywhere; some products may be missing or partly filled (it's crowdsourced).

Is nutrition per serving or per 100g? We return per-100g nutriments (the OFF standard); serving size is included when available.

Legal

Data by Open Food Facts, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — you may reuse it, including commercially, provided you attribute Open Food Facts and share back any enrichment of the database under ODbL. Product images have their own licenses. This Actor is not affiliated with Open Food Facts.