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Spoonacular

Nutrition & Food Free key (no card)

AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limitFree plan: 150 points/day and 1 request/second; a backlink to Spoonacular is required

Documentation: spoonacular.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026

About

Spoonacular's food API offers recipe search, nutrition analysis, ingredient data, meal planning, and even food jokes. The free plan gives you a working API key with a daily point budget. Enough for personal projects and prototyping. A backlink to Spoonacular is required on the free plan.

Details

Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.

Auth: Free key (no card)

Rate limit: Free plan: 150 points/day and 1 request/second; a backlink to Spoonacular is required

Verified: 2026-09-13

Best for: recipes meal-planning nutrition

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Setup

  1. Sign up for a free account on the Spoonacular food API page.
  2. Copy your personal API key from the account dashboard.
  3. Read the docs to find the endpoints you need (recipes, nutrition, ingredients).
  4. Pass your key as the apiKey query parameter or x-api-key header.
  5. Add the required backlink credit in your app, then build within the daily budget.
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