Food & Drink APIs
Food APIs here cover cooking, eating out and what's in the food. Recipes includes Spoonacular and TheMealDB for searchable recipes with ingredients and steps; Nutrition pairs USDA FoodData Central and crowd-sourced Open Food Facts with commercial databases like Edamam; Drinks spans cocktails, wine, breweries and whisky auctions. Restaurants adds official UK food hygiene ratings.
| API | Pricing | Auth | Format | Free tier | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
API Ninjas RecipeLooks up recipes by title from 200,000+ dishes, returning ingredients with quantities, servings and steps. Food & Drink › Recipes | Freemium | API key | JSON | 100–1k/day | Live |
CalorieNinjasNutrition facts for foods and meals parsed from a natural-language food query. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Freemium | API key | JSON | 100–1k/day | Deprecated |
ChompBarcode, name and ingredient lookups for 1.2M+ branded groceries with nutrition and allergen data. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Freemium | API key | JSON | — | Live |
Coffee APIReturns a random coffee stock photo, as raw image bytes or a JSON URL. Food & Drink › Drinks | Free | None | JSON | Unlimited | Live |
DietlyAPIFood and nutrition lookup with calories, macros and barcode search from Open Food Facts and USDA. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Freemium | None | JSON | 10k+/day | Live |
Edamam Food DatabaseParses free-text or barcode food searches into matched foods with nutrient and allergen data. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Paid | API key | JSON | — | Live |
Edamam Nutrition AnalysisTurns plain-text ingredient lines or full recipes into calories, nutrients, and diet and allergy labels. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Paid | API key | JSON | — | Live |
Edamam Recipe SearchSearches millions of web recipes by ingredient or diet, returning nutrition data Edamam calculates itself. Food & Drink › Recipes | API key | JSON | — | Live | |
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API (FSA)Official hygiene ratings for 600,000+ UK restaurants, takeaways, pubs and shops, with address and location. Food & Drink › Restaurants | Free | None | JSON | — | Live |
Food InfoHarmonized nutrition data for millions of foods merged from five national databases plus Open Food Facts. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Freemium | API key | JSON | 100–1k/day | Live |
FoodData CentralUSDA nutrient data for foundation, branded and survey foods, with full nutrient breakdowns. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Free | API key | JSON | 10k+/day | Live |
FoodishRandom photos of cooked dishes, returned as a JSON image URL, no key required. Food & Drink › Recipes | Free | None | JSON | Unlimited | Down |
FruityviceBotanical family, genus, and per-100g nutrition data (calories, sugar, protein) for common fruits. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Free | None | JSON | Unlimited | Live |
grapeminds Wine API311,000+ wines with producers, regions, grape varieties, drinking windows and multilingual tasting notes. Food & Drink › Drinks | Freemium | API key | JSON | <100/day | Live |
Open Brewery DBDirectory of breweries, cideries, brewpubs and bottle shops with location and contact details. Food & Drink › Drinks | Free | None | JSON | Unlimited | Live |
Open Food FactsCrowd-sourced packaged-food data by barcode: ingredients, nutrition facts, allergens, Nutri-Score and photos. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Free | None | JSON | 10k+/day | Live |
Passio Nutrition AIFood and nutrient database of 2.5M+ items with text, barcode, photo and voice meal logging Food & Drink › Nutrition | Paid | API key | JSON | — | Live |
RecipeAPIRecipe search with ingredients, cooking instructions and nutrition data via a REST API. Food & Drink › Recipes | Freemium | API key | JSON | <100/day | Live |
SpoonacularRecipe search by ingredient, diet or nutrients, plus nutrition facts, grocery products and meal planning. Food & Drink › Recipes | Freemium | API key | JSON | — | Live |
TheCocktailDBCocktail and mocktail recipes with measures, glassware, ingredient details and photos, filterable by spirit. Food & Drink › Drinks | Freemium | API key | JSON | Unlimited | Live |
TheMealDBCrowd-sourced meal recipes with ingredients, measures, steps and photos, searchable by ingredient or cuisine. Food & Drink › Recipes | Freemium | API key | JSON | Unlimited | Live |
UntappdBeer, brewery and user check-in data from the Untappd social beer-logging platform. Food & Drink › Drinks | Free | OAuth | JSON | 1k–10k/day | Down |
What's on the Menu?Retired NYPL archive of 17,000+ digitized historical restaurant menus and dishes, 1851-2012. Food & Drink › Restaurants | Free | API key | JSON | 1k–10k/day | Deprecated |
WhiskyHunterAggregates past and live online whisky auction results, prices, fees, and distillery statistics. Food & Drink › Drinks | Freemium | None | JSON | Unlimited | Live |
Your Move - Nutrition APIFood and nutrition search, barcode lookup, and meal-plan generation across 180+ countries. Food & Drink › Nutrition | Free trial | API key | JSON | — | Live |
ZestfulParses free-text recipe ingredient lines into structured quantity, unit and product data. Food & Drink › Recipes | Freemium | API key | JSON | <100/day | Untested |
API Ninjas RecipeFreemiumLive
Looks up recipes by title from 200,000+ dishes, returning ingredients with quantities, servings and steps.
API key · JSON
100–1k/day
no machine-readable spec
CalorieNinjasFreemiumDeprecated
Nutrition facts for foods and meals parsed from a natural-language food query.
API key · JSON
100–1k/day
OpenAPI spec
ChompFreemiumLive
Barcode, name and ingredient lookups for 1.2M+ branded groceries with nutrition and allergen data.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec
Coffee APIFreeLive
Returns a random coffee stock photo, as raw image bytes or a JSON URL.
None · JSON
Unlimited
no machine-readable spec
DietlyAPIFreemiumLive
Food and nutrition lookup with calories, macros and barcode search from Open Food Facts and USDA.
None · JSON
10k+/day
llms.txt
Edamam Food DatabasePaidLive
Parses free-text or barcode food searches into matched foods with nutrient and allergen data.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec
Edamam Nutrition AnalysisPaidLive
Turns plain-text ingredient lines or full recipes into calories, nutrients, and diet and allergy labels.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec
Edamam Recipe SearchLive
Searches millions of web recipes by ingredient or diet, returning nutrition data Edamam calculates itself.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API (FSA)FreeLive
Official hygiene ratings for 600,000+ UK restaurants, takeaways, pubs and shops, with address and location.
None · JSON
—
no machine-readable spec
Food InfoFreemiumLive
Harmonized nutrition data for millions of foods merged from five national databases plus Open Food Facts.
API key · JSON
100–1k/day
OpenAPI spec · llms.txt
FoodData CentralFreeLive
USDA nutrient data for foundation, branded and survey foods, with full nutrient breakdowns.
API key · JSON
10k+/day
no machine-readable spec
FoodishFreeDown
Random photos of cooked dishes, returned as a JSON image URL, no key required.
None · JSON
Unlimited
no machine-readable spec
FruityviceFreeLive
Botanical family, genus, and per-100g nutrition data (calories, sugar, protein) for common fruits.
None · JSON
Unlimited
no machine-readable spec
grapeminds Wine APIFreemiumLive
311,000+ wines with producers, regions, grape varieties, drinking windows and multilingual tasting notes.
API key · JSON
<100/day
no machine-readable spec
Open Brewery DBFreeLive
Directory of breweries, cideries, brewpubs and bottle shops with location and contact details.
None · JSON
Unlimited
no machine-readable spec
Open Food FactsFreeLive
Crowd-sourced packaged-food data by barcode: ingredients, nutrition facts, allergens, Nutri-Score and photos.
None · JSON
10k+/day
no machine-readable spec
Passio Nutrition AIPaidLive
Food and nutrient database of 2.5M+ items with text, barcode, photo and voice meal logging
API key · JSON
—
no machine-readable spec
RecipeAPIFreemiumLive
Recipe search with ingredients, cooking instructions and nutrition data via a REST API.
API key · JSON
<100/day
llms.txt
SpoonacularFreemiumLive
Recipe search by ingredient, diet or nutrients, plus nutrition facts, grocery products and meal planning.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec
TheCocktailDBFreemiumLive
Cocktail and mocktail recipes with measures, glassware, ingredient details and photos, filterable by spirit.
API key · JSON
Unlimited
OpenAPI spec
TheMealDBFreemiumLive
Crowd-sourced meal recipes with ingredients, measures, steps and photos, searchable by ingredient or cuisine.
API key · JSON
Unlimited
OpenAPI spec
UntappdFreeDown
Beer, brewery and user check-in data from the Untappd social beer-logging platform.
OAuth · JSON
1k–10k/day
no machine-readable spec
What's on the Menu?FreeDeprecated
Retired NYPL archive of 17,000+ digitized historical restaurant menus and dishes, 1851-2012.
API key · JSON
1k–10k/day
no machine-readable spec
WhiskyHunterFreemiumLive
Aggregates past and live online whisky auction results, prices, fees, and distillery statistics.
None · JSON
Unlimited
MCP server · llms.txt
Your Move - Nutrition APIFree trialLive
Food and nutrition search, barcode lookup, and meal-plan generation across 180+ countries.
API key · JSON
—
OpenAPI spec · llms.txt
ZestfulFreemiumUntested
Parses free-text recipe ingredient lines into structured quantity, unit and product data.
API key · JSON
<100/day
no machine-readable spec
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Choosing a Food & Drink API
Is there a free Food & Drink API?
Yes. Open Food Facts, Coffee API, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API (FSA), FoodData Central, Fruityvice and 1 other are free to use, and Spoonacular, TheCocktailDB, API Ninjas Recipe, Chomp, DietlyAPI and 6 others have a free tier alongside paid plans.
Which Food & Drink APIs work without an API key?
Open Food Facts, Coffee API, DietlyAPI, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API (FSA), Fruityvice and 2 others need no key or sign-up, so you can try them with a plain request.
Can I call a Food & Drink API from front-end JavaScript?
Open Food Facts, DietlyAPI and Open Brewery DB allow cross-origin requests and need no key, so they work straight from the browser. For the others, call them from your server so your key stays private.
Can I use Food & Drink APIs in a commercial project?
Spoonacular, Open Food Facts, API Ninjas Recipe, Chomp, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme API (FSA) and 3 others permit commercial use. TheCocktailDB, DietlyAPI, Edamam Food Database, grapeminds Wine API, Passio Nutrition AI and 1 other restrict it, for example to non-commercial or attributed use, so read the terms first.
Which Food & Drink APIs work with AI agents?
WhiskyHunter has an MCP server, so an AI agent can call it directly. Spoonacular, TheCocktailDB, Chomp, Edamam Food Database, Edamam Nutrition Analysis and 4 others publish an OpenAPI spec for generating clients and tools.
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