Open Food Facts

Food Products Database

Food & DrinkAuth: NoneHTTPS: YesCORS: unknownStatus: alive

Last verified: April 1, 2026

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Getting Started

This API requires no authentication — you can start making requests immediately with no sign-up or API key needed.

Find the endpoint — Check the API's documentation for available endpoints and what data they return.
Make a request — Use fetch() in JavaScript, curl in your terminal, or any HTTP client to call the API.
Use the data — The API will return data (usually JSON) that you can parse and use in your application.

No-auth APIs are the easiest to get started with — perfect for learning, prototyping, and building side projects.

CORS Support

CORS support for this API is unknown. If you get cross-origin errors in the browser, try calling the API from your server instead.

Quick Example

// Using cURL
curl https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data

// Using JavaScript fetch()
const response = await fetch(apiUrl);
const data = await response.json();

About Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts is a free, no-authentication API in the Food & Drink category. You can start using it immediately without creating an account or obtaining an API key — just send an HTTP request and receive data back. This API supports HTTPS for secure connections and has unknown CORS support — test from your environment to confirm.

Frequently Asked Questions

What food data does Open Food Facts provide?

Open Food Facts is a food and drink API that may offer recipes, nutritional information, ingredient databases, restaurant data, or beverage information. The scope depends on the API's focus — some are recipe-centric while others focus on nutritional analysis or food product databases.

Can I search recipes by ingredients with Open Food Facts?

Recipe search by ingredient is a common feature in food APIs. Open Food Facts may support ingredient-based search, dietary filters (vegan, gluten-free, keto), cuisine type, or calorie ranges. Check the API documentation for available search parameters and filtering options.

Does Open Food Facts include nutritional information?

Nutritional data (calories, macronutrients, vitamins, minerals) is available from some food APIs but not all. Open Food Facts may provide nutrition facts per serving or per ingredient. Check the response schema for nutritional fields. Browse our Food & Drink APIs for APIs that specialize in nutrition tracking.

Is Open Food Facts free to use?

Yes, Open Food Facts is listed as a free public API. It requires no sign-up or API key — you can start making requests immediately. Some APIs have rate limits on their free tier, so check the official documentation for current limits.

Is Open Food Facts still working in 2026?

Yes! According to our most recent health check (Open Food Facts's last ping: 2026-04-01 13:40:06), this API is responding normally. We periodically verify all listed APIs to ensure they are still online and functioning.