# Open Food Facts Product Scraper (`vxc1104/openfoodfacts-scraper`) Actor

Look up food products by barcode or search (name, brand, categories, Nutri-Score, ingredients) via the Open Food Facts API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vxc1104/openfoodfacts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vincent Krüger](https://apify.com/vxc1104) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 resluts

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Open Food Facts Product Scraper

Look up **food products** — name, brand, categories, Nutri-Score, NOVA group and ingredients — by barcode or search, via the Open Food Facts database.

### What it does

Turn barcodes or search terms into clean product records. Built for retail, nutrition apps, price/label monitoring and catalog enrichment.

### Example output

```json
{
  "code": "3017620422003",
  "productName": "Nutella",
  "brands": "Nutella, Ferrero",
  "categories": "Spreads, Sweet spreads, Cocoa and hazelnuts spreads",
  "quantity": "400 g",
  "nutriscoreGrade": "e",
  "novaGroup": 4,
  "ingredientsText": "Sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts 13%, ...",
  "countries": "France, Germany, ...",
  "imageUrl": "https://images.openfoodfacts.org/..."
}
```

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `barcodes` | Product barcodes (EAN/UPC) to look up directly (fast, exact). |
| `searches` | Free-text product searches (can be slower/rate-limited). |
| `maxItems` | Hard cap on products returned (cost protection). |

### Pricing

Pay per result. **1,000 products ≈ $1** (see the pricing tab). You are only charged for products actually returned.

### Legal

Uses the Open Food Facts API (open data, ODbL). No login or paywall is bypassed. Product data only.

### Support

Issues answered within **12 hours** — include your input and run ID.

# Actor input Schema

## `barcodes` (type: `array`):

Product barcodes (EAN/UPC) to look up directly. One per entry, e.g. \["3017620422003"].

## `searches` (type: `array`):

Free-text product searches. One per entry, e.g. \["chocolate spread"]. Note: the search endpoint can be slower/rate-limited than direct barcode lookups.

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

Hard cap on the number of products returned (cost protection).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003"
  ],
  "maxItems": 2000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

# 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 = {
    "barcodes": [
        "3017620422003"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vxc1104/openfoodfacts-scraper").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 = { "barcodes": ["3017620422003"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vxc1104/openfoodfacts-scraper").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 '{
  "barcodes": [
    "3017620422003"
  ]
}' |
apify call vxc1104/openfoodfacts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vxc1104/openfoodfacts-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/H93VahNXLRu3iOvqT/builds/wnRxP8dP2KoQp6ZxA/openapi.json