CalorieNinjas
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Nutrition facts for foods and meals parsed from a natural-language food query.
Example request
curl -s 'https://api.calorieninjas.com/v1/nutrition?query=3lb%20carrots%20and%20a%20chicken%20sandwich' -H 'X-Api-Key: $API_KEY'
Free tier, in plain English
10,000 free calls a month with a key; the free tier explicitly forbids commercial use.
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