API Ninjas Nutrition

API Ninjas Nutrition MCP Connector for Claude

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Fast, NLP-powered food nutrition analysis — type any food description and get instant calorie, protein, fat, carb, fiber, and sugar data.

2 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

The API Ninjas Nutrition MCP Server provides fast, lightweight nutritional analysis using natural language processing. Successor to the popular CalorieNinjas API.

Core Capabilities

  • NLP Food Analysis — Type any food in plain English (e.g. "1 lb brisket", "200g salmon", "3 eggs") and get instant nutrient breakdown.
  • Comprehensive Data — Returns calories, protein, total fat, saturated fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol.
  • Recipe Search — Find recipes by keyword with serving information.
  • Per-Serving Data — All nutrition data is returned per serving size in grams.

Free API key with rate limits. Simple X-Api-Key header authentication.

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2 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

ninja_analyze_nutrition

g. "1 lb brisket", "200g salmon", "3 eggs and 2 slices of toast") and get instant nutritional data: calories, protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol. Fast NLP-powered analysis. Analyze nutritional content of any food using natural language

ninja_search_recipes

Returns recipe titles and serving information. Search for recipes by name or keyword

See how to talk to your AI agent using API Ninjas Nutrition.

How many calories in 200g of grilled salmon?

200g of grilled salmon contains approximately 412 calories, 40g protein, 27g fat (4.4g saturated), 0g carbs, and 0g fiber. It's also a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids. Cholesterol: 126mg, Sodium: 98mg.

API Ninjas Nutrition is simpler and faster for basic lookups. It's the spiritual successor to CalorieNinjas. Use Nutritionix for branded/restaurant data and more advanced NLP, or API Ninjas for quick, lightweight analysis.

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