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Open Food Facts MCP — Open Food Facts API (free, no auth)

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_products

Search food products by name or keyword. Returns product name, brand, nutrition facts (per 100g), Nutri-Score, NOVA group, allergens, and ingredients. Example: search_products("nutella", "spreads").

No parameters required.

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get_product

Get detailed food product info by barcode (EAN/UPC). Returns full nutrition facts, ingredients, Nutri-Score, allergens, and labels. Example: get_product("3017620422003") for Nutella.

No parameters required.

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get_categories

List popular food product categories from Open Food Facts. Returns category names and product counts. Useful for discovering what categories are available for filtering searches.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-food-facts/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-food-facts/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_products","arguments":{}}}'