fdc.nal.usda.gov API: get_food_nutrients
fdc.nal.usda.gov via Parse · food_dining
Retrieve structured nutritional values for a food item, categorized into macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, lipids, and other. Each category is a map of nutrient name to an object containing amount, unit, and name. Derived from the full food detail record by classifying each nutrient. Access the USDA FoodData Central database for detailed food and nutrition information. Supports searching across Foundation, Branded, SR Legacy, Survey (FNDDS), and Experimental datasets. Fulfilled by Parse from fdc.nal.usda.gov.
- fdc-nal-usda-gov
- food-dining
- government-public
- healthcare
- parse
- platform-key
Price and execution
- Price
- $0.02 USD credits / call
- Trust tier
- Verified
- Execution
- Managed call
- Capability group
- food_dining
Interface snapshot
- Protocol
- HTTP operation
- Operation
- GET /scraper/f47af225-4ebf-4150-8fd9-c2db987ee74e/get_food_nutrients
- Interface artifact
- sha256:ad69e865c7abf538eed7c7eedafd65387b0d8c03b06e5d3647ad5663d7f21efd
- Manifest digest
- sha256:adf058c37bf3bc739d626d96b55c008d9b4831cd65cd42d3d166c33c9226cc3e
Request fields
- fdc_id (string, required): The FDC ID of the food item (e.g. '1750340')
Example queries
- {"fdc_id":"1750340"}