Openfoodfacts MCP Server
by openfoodfacts.caseyjhand.com in Developer tools
Barcode lookup, nutrition search, and product comparison for 3M+ crowd-sourced food products.
https://openfoodfacts.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Last 30 days
- Uptime
- 100%
- Response time
- 233 ms typical, 233 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- 10 h ago
- Next check
- any minute now
How to call it
Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.
{
"mcpServers": {
"openfoodfacts-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://openfoodfacts.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}4 tools
- off_get_product
Fetch a packaged food product by barcode (4–40 digits: EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC, and the shorter and longer codes Open Food Facts also holds) from Open Food Facts. Returns the product name, brand, quantity, ingredients (raw text and parsed list), declared allergens, trace allergens the
- off_search_products
Search Open Food Facts by full-text query, structured tag filters, or both at once. Returns a summary list with barcodes, product names, brands, Nutri-Score, NOVA group, and categories — enough for triage and selection, not full label data. Use off_get_product on the returned bar
- off_compare_products
Side-by-side nutrition and scoring comparison for 2–10 products by barcode. Returns a normalized table of energy (kcal/100g), fat, saturated fat, sugars, salt, protein, fiber, Nutri-Score, NOVA group, and Green-Score. Designed for "which of these cereals is healthiest?" or "compa
- off_browse_taxonomy
Resolve a human term to the canonical Open Food Facts tag ID that off_search_products filters on. Covers categories, labels/certifications, allergens, additives, countries, NOVA groups, and Nutri-Score grades. Pass a search term to resolve against the Open Food Facts vocabulary,
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 h ago | Passed | 200 | 233 ms |