# Barcode to Nutrition (Open Food Facts) (`thoob/barcode-nutrition-lookup`) Actor Turns UPC/EAN barcodes into clean product and nutrition records, name, brand, ingredients, per-100g nutriments, Nutri-Score, and NOVA group, from the open Open Food Facts database. Billed only per product found. - **URL**: https://apify.com/thoob/barcode-nutrition-lookup.md - **Developed by:** [Pono Data](https://apify.com/thoob) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $0.06 / 1,000 product founds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Barcode to Nutrition (Open Food Facts) Turn product barcodes (UPC/EAN) into clean product and nutrition records: name, brand, quantity, ingredients, allergens, per-100g nutriments, Nutri-Score, NOVA processing group, and Eco-Score. Powered by Open Food Facts, the open, community-maintained food database, no key required. ### Input - **Barcodes**: UPC-A, EAN-13, or EAN-8, one per line. Spaces and hyphens ignored. - **Max delivered products**: cap on billed rows (0 = no cap). ### Output One row per product found, with the fields above plus provenance (`sourceUrl` is the product's Open Food Facts page, `retrievedAt`, `confidence`, `dataSource`). ### How it works Each field is copied from the Open Food Facts record; nothing is inferred. Open Food Facts is community-maintained, so completeness varies by product, a field that is not in the record is null, never guessed. A barcode not in the database is written to the free `rejected` dataset and is not billed. ### Billing Pay per product found. Barcodes not in the database cost nothing. ### Sample output A real run turning UPC/EAN barcodes into food facts (Open Food Facts): | barcode | product | brand | Nutri-Score | kcal/100g | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 737628064502 | Thai peanut noodle kit incl… | Simply Asia, Th… | d | 385 | | 0049000028911 | Diet Coke Soft Drink | Coke | b | 0 | | 3017620422003 | Nutella | Nutella, Yum yum | e | 539 | | 5449000000996 | Original Taste | Coca-Cola | e | 42 | Every row carries a `sourceUrl` to the product record, for example `https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/737628064502`. Barcodes not found route to the free reject dataset. ### See also More clean, pay-only-for-results data tools from Pono Data: - [ZIP / Postal Code to Geo](https://apify.com/thoob/zip-geo-lookup) - postal code to city, state, lat/lon - [FDA Food Recall & Enforcement Alerts](https://apify.com/thoob/fda-food-recall-feed) - US food recalls and enforcement reports Full catalog: https://apify.com/thoob # Actor input Schema ## `barcodes` (type: `array`): Product barcodes to look up, one per line. UPC-A, EAN-13, and EAN-8 are accepted. Spaces and hyphens are ignored. ## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`): Cap on found, billed rows. 0 means no cap. The platform spend cap is honored regardless. ## Actor input object example ```json { "barcodes": [ "737628064502", "3017620422003", "0049000028911" ], "maxProducts": 0 } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `products` (type: `string`): One row per product found. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "barcodes": [ "737628064502", "3017620422003", "0049000028911" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("thoob/barcode-nutrition-lookup").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ 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); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ 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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "barcodes": [ "737628064502", "3017620422003", "0049000028911", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("thoob/barcode-nutrition-lookup").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "barcodes": [ "737628064502", "3017620422003", "0049000028911" ] }' | apify call thoob/barcode-nutrition-lookup --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=thoob/barcode-nutrition-lookup", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Barcode to Nutrition (Open Food Facts)", "description": "Turns UPC/EAN barcodes into clean product and nutrition records, name, brand, ingredients, per-100g nutriments, Nutri-Score, and NOVA group, from the open Open Food Facts database. 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