Food

What is in it and whether the kitchen is clean

Scan a barcode for ingredients and allergens, or check a restaurant's hygiene rating.

Look something up

Open Food →

Calling it

Everything here is public and free. No token, no account, no payment.

How every call behaves →

Methods

GET /api/v1/food/hygiene

Food hygiene ratings for UK businesses, from the Food Standards Agency inspections. Takes a business name, a town or postcode, or a lat/lon to look around

Argument	Type	Description
`name`	string	Business name, e.g. 'Nandos'
`where`	string	Town, street or postcode to narrow it to
`lat`	number	Optional: look around this point instead
`lon`	number	Optional: look around this point instead
`limit`	number	How many to return, default 10, max 30

curl \
  "https://mu-mcp.yvangodard.me/api/v1/food/hygiene"

namewherelatlonlimit

GET /api/v1/food/product

Look up a packaged food by its barcode — name, brand, ingredients, allergens, nutrition per 100g, Nutri-Score and how processed it is

Argument	Type	Description
`barcode` *	string	The barcode, 6 to 14 digits, e.g. 5000168034928

curl \
  "https://mu-mcp.yvangodard.me/api/v1/food/product?barcode=barcode"

barcode *

GET /api/v1/food/search

Find packaged foods by name or brand, with the barcode of each so one can then be looked up in full

Argument	Type	Description
`query` *	string	Product or brand name, e.g. 'hobnobs' or 'oat milk'
`limit`	number	How many to return, default 10, max 25

curl \
  "https://mu-mcp.yvangodard.me/api/v1/food/search?query=query"

query *limit

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