What it returns
Nutrition facts for 450,000+ branded grocery products plus USDA reference foods, from USDA FoodData Central. - **UPC lookup**: scan a barcode, get the product's nutrition label and ingredients. - **Search** by product name, brand or category; filter by calories, protein, sugars, sodium, fat, carbs and fiber; include or exclude ingredients (e.g. no corn syrup, no peanuts). - **Generic foods** ("apples, raw", "hummus") from the Foundation and SR Legacy reference sets.
`fdcId`, `source` (branded or generic), `description`, `brandOwner`, `brandName`, `upc`, `category`, `ingredients`, `servingSize`, `servingUnit`, `householdServing`, `packageWeight`, `per100` (calories, protein, fat, saturated and trans fat, cholesterol, carbs, fiber, sugars, added sugars, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, vitamins C and D per 100 g/ml), `perServing` for branded products, and the USDA page `url`. Discontinued products are excluded, and each UPC appears once (its newest label).
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/usda-food-nutrition/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query | string | Food or product name words, e.g. greek yogurt, cheerios. |
upcs | list of strings | Look up packaged products by UPC/GTIN barcode (leading zeros optional). |
brands | list of strings | Brand or brand-owner name text, e.g. Kellogg, Chobani. |
categories | list of strings | Category text, e.g. Cereal, Snacks, Fruits. |
sources | list of strings | branded (packaged products) or generic (USDA reference foods like 'apples, raw'). Default both. |
ingredientsInclude | list of strings | Every listed ingredient must appear, e.g. oats. |
ingredientsExclude | list of strings | None of these may appear, e.g. corn syrup, peanut. |
maxCalories | integer | Upper limit on kcal per 100 g or ml. |
minProtein | integer | Lower limit on protein grams per 100 g or ml. |
maxSugars | integer | Upper limit on total sugars per 100 g or ml. |
maxSodium | integer | Upper limit on sodium mg per 100 g or ml. |
maxFat | integer | Upper limit on total fat per 100 g or ml. |
maxCarbs | integer | Upper limit on carbohydrates per 100 g or ml. |
minFiber | integer | Lower limit on fiber per 100 g or ml. |
sortBy | string: relevance, calories, protein, sugars, sodium, fiber, newest | Result order (nutrient sorts are per 100 g). Default: "relevance". |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/usda-food-nutrition/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"query": "greek yogurt", "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.24 per 1,000 foods. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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