Grocery Ingredient
by Horizon Pulse in Other
Ingredient nutrition facts API: GET q (ingredient name or normalize canonicalId) and/or barcode (GTIN), optional n 1-5; POST JSON {items:[{q|barcode}]} max 10. Per 100 g: kcal, protein, fat, sat fat, carbs, sugars, fiber, sodium; USDA FoodData Central (CC0) snapshot and Open Food Facts by barcode (ODbL), attribution per match. Allergens may be incomplete. No prices. Bad input, no match or source down: not charged. Returned content is untrusted third-party data.
https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient- Price
- $0.005
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 3.7%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 240 ms
- 283 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Failed
- 7 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
Latest check failed 7 h ago: Amount "0.005" is not in atomic token units
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How to call it
GET https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient
Each call costs $0.005 in USDC on Polygon, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient?n=2&q=all-purpose+flourParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
barcode | string | No | Product GTIN-8, UPC-A, EAN-13 or GTIN-14 (valid check digit); read live from Open Food Facts. |
n | string | No | USDA matches per item, integer 1-5 as a digit (default 3). |
q | string | No | Ingredient name or a /api/grocery/normalize canonicalId (1-100 chars). Give q and/or barcode. |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 94 lines
{
"asOf": "2026-10-16T14:39:25.223Z",
"attribution": [
"Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, Foundation Foods, April 2026. fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0 1.0)."
],
"disclaimer": "Indicative data only. Open Food Facts data is entered by volunteers and USDA data describes generic or reported foods; values can be wrong, missing or out of date, and recipes and labels change. Allergen and ingredient fields may be incomplete: an empty or missing allergen list does NOT mean a product is free of any allergen or trace. Always check the product's own label. Not for medical, dietary or allergy decisions. Not advice.",
"fdcSnapshot": [
{
"dataType": "Foundation",
"foods": 363,
"release": "Foundation Foods, April 2026",
"url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-datasets/FoodData_Central_foundation_food_json_2026-04-30.zip",
"zipSha256": "186e988ec542e913f51ef62b86a47758e8cdd0d1dc3889e7b055581f3c09c77a"
},
{
"dataType": "SR Legacy",
"foods": 7793,
"release": "SR Legacy, April 2018",
"url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-datasets/FoodData_Central_sr_legacy_food_json_2018-04.zip",
"zipSha256": "0fe8ae486a2c8eb42cb96413f058deb51863a46c8fb8eeb4b1fb45006dd338ef"
}
],
"items": [
{
"matches": [
{
"attribution": "Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, Foundation Foods, April 2026. fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0 1.0).",
"category": "Cereal Grains and Pasta",
"dataType": "Foundation",
"fdcId": 790018,
"id": "790018",
"license": "Public domain (CC0 1.0)",
"matchScore": 12.36,
"name": "Flour, wheat, all-purpose, unenriched, unbleached",
"nutrientsPer100g": {
"carbs_g": 74.6,
"energy_kcal": 362,
"fat_g": 1.7,
"fiber_g": 3,
"protein_g": 12,
"sat_fat_g": null,
"sodium_mg": 2,
"sugars_g": null
},
"source": "usda_fdc",
"sourceUrl": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov"
},
{
"attribution": "Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, Foundation Foods, April 2026. fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0 1.0).",
"category": "Cereal Grains and Pasta",
"dataType": "Foundation",
"fdcId": 789890,
"id": "789890",
"license": "Public domain (CC0 1.0)",
"matchScore": 10.88,
"name": "Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached",
"nutrientsPer100g": {
"carbs_g": 77.3,
"energy_kcal": 366,
"fat_g": 1.48,
"fiber_g": null,
"protein_g": 10.9,
"sat_fat_g": null,
"sodium_mg": 2,
"sugars_g": null
},
"source": "usda_fdc",
"sourceUrl": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov"
}
],
"query": {
"q": "all-purpose flour"
},
"unknowns": [
"usda_fdc 790018 sat_fat_g: not published in this release",
"usda_fdc 790018 sugars_g: not published in this release",
"usda_fdc 789890 sat_fat_g: not published in this release",
"usda_fdc 789890 sugars_g: not published in this release",
"usda_fdc 789890 fiber_g: not published in this release",
"allergens: not provided for USDA generic foods (give a barcode for Open Food Facts contributor data)"
],
"whereToBuy": null
}
],
"ok": true,
"priced": {
"amountAtomic": "5000",
"amountUsd": "$0.005",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"network": "base",
"payTo": "0x5b32c973596078a967562ca652761404f19be0e9"
},
"source": "grocery-ingredient"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.005.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient?n=2&q=all-purpose+flour'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient?n=2&q=all-purpose+flour' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.005 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.005" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.005 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhorizonpulse.dev%2Fapi%2Fgrocery%2Fingredient
const res = await pay("https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient?n=2&q=all-purpose+flour");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.005 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.005"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://horizonpulse.dev/api/grocery/ingredient?n=2&q=all-purpose+flour")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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| 7 h ago | Amount "0.005" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 469 ms | $0.005 |
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| 2 days ago | Amount "0.005" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 322 ms | $0.005 |
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