Food Nutrition API

Calories, protein, fat, carbohydrate, fibre, sugars, 36 vitamins, minerals and other nutrients for about 8,300 generic foods (fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, grains, baked goods, restaurant and baby foods and more), plus common portion sizes. Branded products are not included.

Quick start

curl "https://nutrition.quiply.net/v1/foods?q=banana&limit=3" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Authentication

Every request must include your key in the X-API-Key header. You get your key instantly on the pricing section. Keep it secret — don't put it in public front-end code.

Base URL: https://nutrition.quiply.net

GET/v1/foods

Search foods. Results include calories, protein, fat and carbohydrate per 100 g.

GET/v1/foods/{id}

Full nutrient profile and portions. Nutrients a food has no data for are omitted.

{ "id": 173944, "name": "Bananas, raw", "category": "Fruits and Fruit Juices", "source": "sr_legacy",
  "basis": "per 150 g",
  "nutrients": { "calories": 133.5, "protein": 1.635, "…": "…" },
  "units": { "calories": "kcal", "protein": "g", "…": "…" },
  "portions": [ { "description": "1 medium (7\" to 7-7/8\" long)", "grams": 118 } ] }

GET/v1/categories

Food categories with the number of foods in each.

GET/v1/nutrients

The nutrients provided, with their units (g, mg or µg per 100 g).

GET/v1/health

Service status and dataset size. No key needed.

Errors

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