Food APIs
Food APIs
About food APIs
Eating is a fundamental part of every person’s day. As people learn more about the relationship between food and wellness, they want more information about what they take into their bodies. A food-related API is a database that contains a broad range of information about food nutrition, ingredients, and preparation. Using this tool, a developer can create a website or app that analyzes restaurant menus, promotes healthy eating, or even helps a user find the ingredients for a new recipe.
How does a food API work?
An API is a digital collection of information. When a website or app makes a GET request of a food API, the database returns the information in JSON or XML format. For a recipe API like the FoodtoFork API, the user will receive a list of the ingredients and the steps required to make a dish. For a nutrition-focused API like Edamam’s Nutrition Analysis API will return information such as the calorie and macronutrient content.
Who would use a food menu API?
Because there are many sources of food, there are many applications for food and nutrition APIs. Developers who make apps that relate to health and wellness will find these APIs to be critical tools. Apps that focus on the restaurant industry will also use these databases for information about menus and locations. If a user wants to the nearest spot for their favorite restaurant, the app will reach out to a food API.
Why is food information important?
People need accurate food information because food is critical to the physical and mental health of every human being. These APIs can help people find the comfort food they crave while sharing information about their nutritional value. They can help people discover healthy recipes and avoid foods that will trigger their allergies.
What information is available on food APIs?
The data in food menu APIs covers many aspects of the food-related world. Depending on the resource, developers can link to information about restaurants, nutrition, and recipes. The EatStreet API helps with apps related to menus and takeout orders. The USDA Food Composition API has comprehensive nutrition information.
Are there examples of free food APIs?
Most information from government resources like the USDA is free for developers. While it is a free food API, there can be restrictions on the number of requests allowed in an hour. The Campbell’s Kitchen API has free recipe information because it serves as a marketing platform for the company.
Browse these food-related APIs to access food databases (like Spoonacular), nutritional data, recipe/ingredient analyses, and many more.
Spoonacular's Food API
The Food and Recipe API is spoonacular's Food, Recipe, Menu, Restaurant and Nutrition API which allows users to access over 360,000 recipes and 80,000 food products.
> Our food ontology and semantic recipe search engine makes it possible to search for recipes using natural language queries, such as "gluten free brownies without sugar" or "low fat vegan cupcakes." You can automatically calculate the nutritional information for any recipe, analyze recipe costs, visualize ingredient lists, find recipes for what's in your fridge, find recipes based on special diets, nutritional requirements, or favorite ingredients, classify recipes into types and cuisines, convert ingredient amounts, or even compute an entire meal plan. With our powerful API, you can create many kinds of food and especially nutrition apps.
> Special diets/dietary requirements currently available include: vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, high protein, low sodium, low carb, Paleo, Primal, ketogenic, FODMAP, and Whole 30. We will soon be adding Weight Watcher points, too.
Food API SDKs
All food APIs are supported and made available in multiple developer programming languages and SDKs including:
- Node.js
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Objective-C
- Java (Android)
- C# (.NET)
- cURL
Just select your preference from any API endpoints page.
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FAQ
What is a good food API?
There are many good food APIs available to use within this food-related API collection.
What are the best recipe and diet APIs?
Some of the best recipe and diet APIs include:
- Spoonacular
- Nutritionix
- Edamam
- WebKnox
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