# Approved Food UK Scraper (`saswave/approved-food-uk-scraper`) Actor

Collect product information from website approvedfood.co.uk . Approved food web scraper collect item products at scale. Improve monitoring and following trends in ecommerce food industry. Latest, Hot Deals, Groceries, Drinks, Alcohol, Beauty, Health, Baby, Dietary, Household, Pets, Occasion, Sale

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/approved-food-uk-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.8% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$19.00/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#rental-actors

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### Approved Food Scraper

The Approved Food Scraper is a specialized web scraper that collects product information from approvedfood.co.uk at scale.

It is designed to monitor trends in the e-commerce food industry, track deals, and collect detailed product data for analysis.

### ⭐ Key Features

Extract product details including:

Name, brand, description, and short description

Product size, packaging, and type

Pricing: retail price, sale price, and price per unit

Stock information: quantity, reserved quantity, best before date, and availability

Images and associated media

Product collections (e.g., “Top Pick”, “30 Under 30”)

Alcohol content where applicable

Track latest deals and hot items

Categorize products by Grocery, Drinks, Alcohol, Beauty, Health, Baby, Dietary, Household, Pets, Occasion, Sale

Retrieve creation and update timestamps for product monitoring

### 📤 Output Example

```json
{
  "id": 40046537,
  "productId": 193948,
  "wishlist": 0,
  "name": "Snowy Road Chocolates 100g",
  "displayName": "Moo Free Snowy Road Chocolates 100g",
  "offerTitleName": "",
  "associatedImages": 1,
  "primaryMediaToken": "137622901b39d685d9e0f15506d31415f48883c6836f1e356a7c7edd2e7923d8",
  "brandId": 3565,
  "alcohol": 0,
  "barcode": "NO BARCODE",
  "typePackage": "",
  "size": "100g from £0.06 / 100g",
  "colour": "",
  "storageInstructions": "",
  "quantityPerCase": "",
  "alcoholPercentage": "",
  "pieceInOne": "",
  "slug": "40046537-moo-free-snowy-road-chocolates-100g",
  "defaultCategory": "",
  "rrpPrice": 2.99,
  "weight": 0.122,
  "caseQTY": 1,
  "limit": 2,
  "description": "6p each white chocolate white choccy covered raisins, rice balls, bunnycomb and mallows",
  "shortDescription": "6p each",
  "dateCreated": "2025-07-02 08:00:00",
  "dateUpdated": "2025-07-02 08:36:40",
  "hideFromGrid": 0,
  "statusId": 1,
  "stock": {
    "quantity": 117,
    "reservedQuantity": 89,
    "userReservedQuantity": 0,
    "quantityMaxPerBasket": 206,
    "bestBeforeDate": "2025-05-30 00:00:00",
    "salePrice": 0.06,
    "supplierId": 1,
    "availableFrom": "2025-07-02 08:00:00Z",
    "availableTo": "2025-07-04 08:00:00Z",
    "datePublished": "2025-06-26 12:52:25",
    "dateCreated": "2025-06-26 12:52:25",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-07-02 13:17:18",
    "priority": 999
  },
  "brandInfo": {
    "id": 3565,
    "name": "Moo Free",
    "slug": "moo-free",
    "dateCreated": "2024-04-08 12:33:42",
    "dateUpdated": "",
    "statusId": "1"
  },
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": 334,
      "name": "30 Under 30",
      "banner": "navy",
      "slug": "30-under-30",
      "displayType": 1,
      "collectionExpiry": ""
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Top Pick",
      "banner": "",
      "slug": "top-picks",
      "displayType": 1,
      "collectionExpiry": "2025-07-04 07:59:00.000000"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://approvedfood.co.uk/40046537-moo-free-snowy-road-chocolates-100g"
}
```

### ⚙️ Use Cases

E-commerce monitoring: Track product availability and pricing trends

Market research: Analyze the UK online food market

Deal tracking: Monitor sales and hot deals across categories

Inventory analysis: Keep tabs on stock levels and product updates

### 📝 Notes

Supports tracking of multiple product categories:
Latest, Hot Deals, Groceries, Drinks, Alcohol, Beauty, Health, Baby, Dietary, Household, Pets, Occasion, Sale

Stock and price data are updated in real-time when available

Can be extended to collect additional product metadata on request

### 🛟 SUPPORT

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We stay available anytime

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Select category to collect items from the search

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Select max number of products to be extracted (0 = no limit)

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

The best option is usually Automatic proxy. But you can also use your own proxies or no proxy

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "latest",
  "max_results": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": []
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/approved-food-uk-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [],
    } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/approved-food-uk-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}' |
apify call saswave/approved-food-uk-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=saswave/approved-food-uk-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/xhfSqqhwYyCUXdeie/builds/wQSsAwPurwHGLGNek/openapi.json