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Open Food Facts API

Open Food Facts API — Open Food Facts is a free, open database of food produc…

🩺 Health & FoodUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Open Food Facts API exposes open Food Facts is a free, open database of food products worldwide. Its API turns a barcode into ingredients, nutrition, Nutri-Score, allergens and images, with no API key. We verified a keyless GET endpoint returning JSON (Food & Drink). Check the provider docs for rate limits and terms before production use.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://world.openfoodfacts.net/api/v3.6/product/3274080005003.json&quot

{
  "code": "3274080005003",
  "errors": [],
  "product": {
    "_id": "3274080005003",
    "_keywords": [
      "and",
      "beverage"
    ],
    "abbreviated_product_name": "CRISTALINE Eau De Source 1.5L",
    "abbreviated_product_name_fr": "CRISTALINE Eau De Source 1.5L",
    "abbreviated_product_name_fr_imported": "CRISTALINE Eau De Source 1.5L",
    "added_countries_tags": [],
    "additives_n": 0,
    "additives_original_tags": []
  },
  "result": {
    "id": "product_found",
    "lc_name": "Product found",
    "name": "Product found"
  },
  "status": "success",
  "warnings": []
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://world.openfoodfacts.net/api/v3.6/product/3274080005003.json&quot"
const res = await fetch("https://world.openfoodfacts.net/api/v3.6/product/3274080005003.json&quot");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://world.openfoodfacts.net/api/v3.6/product/3274080005003.json&quot")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /api/v3.6/product/3274080005003.json&quot awaits first probe
GET/api/v3.6/product/3274080005003.json&quotPROBED

Open Food Facts API — Open Food Facts is a free, open database of food produc…

GET/api

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/1

Api details by ID (example: 1).

GET/api?limit=10

Api — documented GET route.

GET/api/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/api/v

V — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Open Food Facts API: common questions

Is Open Food Facts API free to use?

Yes — Open Food Facts API is a free health & food API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Open Food Facts API need an API key?

No — Open Food Facts API needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Open Food Facts API from the browser?

Yes — Open Food Facts API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Open Food Facts API up right now?

Open Food Facts API is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.