Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts MCP Connector for Claude

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Access the world's largest open food database — retrieve nutrition facts, ingredients, and environmental scores for millions of products.

2 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect to Open Food Facts, the collaborative, free, and open database of food products from around the world. This MCP server allows your AI agent to analyze millions of products to help with nutrition tracking, dietary research, and conscious shopping.

What you can do

  • Barcode Lookup — Instantly retrieve full product data including Nutri-Score, Eco-Score, and NOVA groups using EAN-13 barcodes.
  • Advanced Search — Filter the global database by brands, categories, labels (like 'Organic' or 'Vegan'), and nutrient levels.
  • Ingredient Analysis — Inspect ingredient lists and check for the presence of specific additives or allergens.
  • Nutritional Profiling — Access detailed 100g breakdowns for energy, fats, sugars, and proteins to compare products accurately.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. (Optional) Provide a User Agent string to identify your application
  3. Start querying food data directly from your AI assistant

Who is this for?

  • Health-Conscious Users — quickly check if a product fits your dietary requirements or has high-quality ingredients.
  • Researchers & Developers — access structured food data for analysis, app development, or nutritional studies.
  • Sustainability Advocates — evaluate the environmental impact of products through the integrated Eco-Score metrics.
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2 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_product

Retrieve detailed information about a specific product by its barcode

search_products

Search for products using keywords and filters

See how to talk to your AI agent using Open Food Facts.

Get product details for barcode 3017620422003.

I've retrieved the data for Nutella (400g). It has a Nutri-Score of 'E', contains ingredients like sugar and palm oil, and belongs to the 'Chocolate spreads' category. Would you like to see the full nutritional breakdown?

Search for 'Organic' dark chocolate brands.

I found several organic dark chocolate products. Notable brands include 'Alter Eco' and 'Green & Black's'. Would you like me to list the specific products and their cocoa percentages?

Find products in the 'Beverages' category that are 'without' additives.

Searching the database... I've found several additive-free beverages, including various mineral waters and pure fruit juices like 'Innocent Orange Juice'. Would you like the details for any of these?

Use the `get_product` tool and provide the barcode (EAN-13). The agent will return the product name, ingredients, Nutri-Score, and detailed nutritional facts.

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