Food, Health & Nature

Nutrition API

Calories and full macronutrient breakdowns for thousands of everyday foods in one query.

Request Headers

Name Required Description
X-RapidAPI-Key required Your RapidAPI key. Get one free.
X-RapidAPI-Host required nutrition.p.rapidapi.com

Endpoints

GET /v1/nutrition

Nutrition facts for foods matching a name

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDefaultConstraints
foodstringrequired—matches \S
limitintegeroptional——
offsetintegeroptional——

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://nutrition.p.rapidapi.com/v1/nutrition?food=example' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: nutrition.p.rapidapi.com'

Interactive Example

nutrition
$ GET /v1/nutrition?food=banana
{"data":[{"name":"Banana, raw","calories":89.0,"protein_g":1.1,"fat_g":0.3,"carbs_g":22.8,"fiber_g":2.6,"sugar_g":12.2,"sodium_mg":1.0,"serving_size_g":100.0}],"meta":{"total":1,"limit":10,"offset":0}}

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