Nutrition API

Overview

To use Nutrition, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

GET Endpoint

https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nutrition

Example

How to call the Nutrition API in different programming languages.

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nutrition?food=banana&grams=118" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"

const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nutrition?food=banana&grams=118', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nutrition?food=banana&grams=118', headers=headers)

data = response.json()
print(data)

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"

)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nutrition?food=banana&grams=118", nil)

    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "food": "Bananas, raw",
    "fdcId": 173944,
    "category": "Fruits and Fruit Juices",
    "basis": "per 100g",
    "servingSizes": [
      {
        "label": "1 NLEA serving",
        "grams": 126
      },
      {
        "label": "1 extra large (9\" or longer)",
        "grams": 152
      },
      {
        "label": "1 large (8\" to 8-7/8\" long)",
        "grams": 136
      }
    ],
    "nutrition": {
      "calories": 89,
      "protein": 1.09,
      "totalFat": 0.33,
      "carbohydrates": 22.8,
      "fiber": 2.6,
      "sugars": 12.2
    },
    "micronutrients": {
      "sodium": 1,
      "potassium": 358,
      "cholesterol": 0,
      "saturatedFat": 0.112,
      "transFat": 0,
      "monounsaturatedFat": 0.032,
      "polyunsaturatedFat": 0.073,
      "calcium": 5,
      "iron": 0.26,
      "magnesium": 27,
      "phosphorus": 22,
      "zinc": 0.15,
      "vitaminC": 8.7,
      "vitaminA": 3,
      "vitaminD": 0,
      "vitaminE": 0.1,
      "vitaminK": 0.5,
      "thiamin": 0.031,
      "riboflavin": 0.073,
      "niacin": 0.665,
      "vitaminB6": 0.367,
      "folate": 20,
      "vitaminB12": 0,
      "water": 74.9
    },
    "analytics": {
      "caloriesPerGram": 0.89,
      "proteinCaloriePercent": 4.4,
      "fatCaloriePercent": 3,
      "carbCaloriePercent": 92.6,
      "proteinPer100Calories": 1.22
    }
  }
}

Authentication

The Nutrition API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Learn more about authentication →

Interactive API Playground

Test the Nutrition API directly in your browser with live requests and responses.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for the Nutrition API:

Response

The Nutrition API returns responses in JSON, XML, YAML, and CSV formats. The JSON response is shown in the Example section above; alternative formats below.

Other Response Formats

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
  <data>
    <food>Bananas, raw</food>
    <fdcId>173944</fdcId>
    <category>Fruits and Fruit Juices</category>
    <basis>per 100g</basis>
    <servingSizes>
      <servingSize>
        <label>1 NLEA serving</label>
        <grams>126</grams>
      </servingSize>
      <servingSize>
        <label>1 extra large (9&quot; or longer)</label>
        <grams>152</grams>
      </servingSize>
      <servingSize>
        <label>1 large (8&quot; to 8-7/8&quot; long)</label>
        <grams>136</grams>
      </servingSize>
    </servingSizes>
    <nutrition>
      <calories>89</calories>
      <protein>1.09</protein>
      <totalFat>0.33</totalFat>
      <carbohydrates>22.8</carbohydrates>
      <fiber>2.6</fiber>
      <sugars>12.2</sugars>
    </nutrition>
    <micronutrients>
      <sodium>1</sodium>
      <potassium>358</potassium>
      <cholesterol>0</cholesterol>
      <saturatedFat>0.112</saturatedFat>
      <transFat>0</transFat>
      <monounsaturatedFat>0.032</monounsaturatedFat>
      <polyunsaturatedFat>0.073</polyunsaturatedFat>
      <calcium>5</calcium>
      <iron>0.26</iron>
      <magnesium>27</magnesium>
      <phosphorus>22</phosphorus>
      <zinc>0.15</zinc>
      <vitaminC>8.7</vitaminC>
      <vitaminA>3</vitaminA>
      <vitaminD>0</vitaminD>
      <vitaminE>0.1</vitaminE>
      <vitaminK>0.5</vitaminK>
      <thiamin>0.031</thiamin>
      <riboflavin>0.073</riboflavin>
      <niacin>0.665</niacin>
      <vitaminB6>0.367</vitaminB6>
      <folate>20</folate>
      <vitaminB12>0</vitaminB12>
      <water>74.9</water>
    </micronutrients>
    <analytics>
      <caloriesPerGram>0.89</caloriesPerGram>
      <proteinCaloriePercent>4.4</proteinCaloriePercent>
      <fatCaloriePercent>3</fatCaloriePercent>
      <carbCaloriePercent>92.6</carbCaloriePercent>
      <proteinPer100Calories>1.22</proteinPer100Calories>
    </analytics>
  </data>
</response>

status: ok
error: null
data:
  food: Bananas, raw
  fdcId: 173944
  category: Fruits and Fruit Juices
  basis: per 100g
  servingSizes:
    - label: 1 NLEA serving
      grams: 126
    - label: 1 extra large (9" or longer)
      grams: 152
    - label: 1 large (8" to 8-7/8" long)
      grams: 136
  nutrition:
    calories: 89
    protein: 1.09
    totalFat: 0.33
    carbohydrates: 22.8
    fiber: 2.6
    sugars: 12.2
  micronutrients:
    sodium: 1
    potassium: 358
    cholesterol: 0
    saturatedFat: 0.112
    transFat: 0
    monounsaturatedFat: 0.032
    polyunsaturatedFat: 0.073
    calcium: 5
    iron: 0.26
    magnesium: 27
    phosphorus: 22
    zinc: 0.15
    vitaminC: 8.7
    vitaminA: 3
    vitaminD: 0
    vitaminE: 0.1
    vitaminK: 0.5
    thiamin: 0.031
    riboflavin: 0.073
    niacin: 0.665
    vitaminB6: 0.367
    folate: 20
    vitaminB12: 0
    water: 74.9
  analytics:
    caloriesPerGram: 0.89
    proteinCaloriePercent: 4.4
    fatCaloriePercent: 3
    carbCaloriePercent: 92.6
    proteinPer100Calories: 1.22

Response Structure

All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:

Learn more about response formats →

Response Data Fields

When the request is successful, the data object contains the following fields:

Headers

Only X-API-Key is required. Optional headers include Accept for response format negotiation (JSON, XML, or YAML), User-Agent, and X-Request-ID for request tracing. See all request headers →

GraphQL AccessALPHA

Access Nutrition through GraphQL to combine it with other API calls in a single request. Query only the nutrition data you need with precise field selection, and orchestrate complex data fetching workflows.

Credit Cost: Each API called in your GraphQL query consumes its standard credit cost.

POST https://api.apiverve.com/v1/graphql

query {
  nutrition(
    input: {
      food: "banana"
      grams: 118
    }
  ) {
    food
    fdcId
    category
    basis
    servingSizes
    nutrition {
      calories
      protein
      totalFat
      carbohydrates
      fiber
      sugars
    }
    micronutrients {
      sodium
      potassium
      cholesterol
      saturatedFat
      transFat
      monounsaturatedFat
      polyunsaturatedFat
      calcium
      iron
      magnesium
      phosphorus
      zinc
      vitaminC
      vitaminA
      vitaminD
      vitaminE
      vitaminK
      thiamin
      riboflavin
      niacin
      vitaminB6
      folate
      vitaminB12
      water
    }
    analytics {
      caloriesPerGram
      proteinCaloriePercent
      fatCaloriePercent
      carbCaloriePercent
      proteinPer100Calories
    }
  }
}

Note: Authentication is handled via the x-api-key header in your GraphQL request, not as a query parameter.

CORS Support

The Nutrition API accepts cross-origin requests from any origin, so it can be called directly from browser-based applications without a proxy. See CORS support →

Rate Limiting

Nutrition requests are throttled per minute on the Free plan and unthrottled on paid plans. Exceeding the limit returns 429 Too Many Requests; rate-limit usage is reported in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset response headers. See per-plan limits and best practices →

Error Codes

The Nutrition API uses standard HTTP status codes — 200 on success, 400 for invalid parameters, 401 for missing or invalid keys, 403 for insufficient credits, 429 for rate-limit exhaustion, and 500/503 for server-side issues. Each error response includes an X-Request-ID header you can quote when contacting support. See full error handling guide →

SDKs for Nutrition

Official Nutrition packages on npm, PyPI, NuGet, and JitPack — plus a Postman collection and an OpenAPI spec. See the SDK guide →

JitPack

No-Code Integrations

Nutrition works with Zapier, Make, Pipedream, n8n, and Power Automate using the same API key. See setup guides →

Zapier

Make

Pipedream

n8n

Power Automate

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