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Open Food Facts

Nutrition & Food No key

AuthenticationNo key
Rate limitAbout 15 product reads/minute per IP and 10 searches/minute per IP; include a descriptive User-Agent

Documentation: openfoodfacts.github.io ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026

About

Open Food Facts is a free, crowdsourced database of food products from around the world, backed by a nonprofit. You can look up products by barcode and get nutrition facts, ingredients, allergens, and Nutri-Score ratings with no API key for read access. Write access is available too, but requires authentication and a descriptive User-Agent.

Details

No key needed. You can call it right away.

Auth: No key

Rate limit: About 15 product reads/minute per IP and 10 searches/minute per IP; include a descriptive User-Agent

Verified: 2026-09-13

Best for: barcode-scanning nutrition open-data

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Setup

  1. No account or key is needed for read access.
  2. Start calling the public product endpoints directly from your app.
  3. Add a descriptive User-Agent header identifying your app to every request.
  4. Use the v3 API for new projects.
  5. Create an account only if you want to contribute product data back.
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