Building a recipe site

A working stack, not a category dump: core data, enrichment. Every listing below carries its own spec sheet.

5 APIs across 2 roles

01

Core data

Recipes and drinks to fill the site

TheMealDBFreemium

Crowd-sourced meal recipes with ingredients, measures, steps and photos, searchable by ingredient or cuisine.

API key · JSON

SpoonacularFreemium

Recipe search by ingredient, diet or nutrients, plus nutrition facts, grocery products and meal planning.

API key · JSON

TheCocktailDBFreemium

Cocktail and mocktail recipes with measures, glassware, ingredient details and photos, filterable by spirit.

API key · JSON

02

Enrichment

Nutrition and product facts per ingredient

Open Food FactsFree

Crowd-sourced packaged-food data by barcode: ingredients, nutrition facts, allergens, Nutri-Score and photos.

Edamam Nutrition AnalysisPaid

Turns plain-text ingredient lines or full recipes into calories, nutrients, and diet and allergy labels.

API key · JSON

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