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Food & Nutrition

Food and nutrition data: search, macros, and comparisons

Should I use this

Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
90%
Schema completeness
90%
Naming quality
93%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Findings (1)

  • LOWTool 'compare_foods' description lacks action verbin compare_foods

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~317Tokens (tool definitions)
~813 BTypical response size
Minimal attention impact (0.25% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "food": {
      "url": "https://food.memoryapi.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://food.memoryapi.org/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (3)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢search_food(q, limit, dataType, brand)

Search USDA FoodData Central for foods by name. Returns nutrition macros for matching foods.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Food name to search (e.g. \"chicken breast\", \"avocado\")",
      "default": "chicken breast"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results (max 25)",
      "default": 10
    },
    "dataType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Filter by data type: Foundation, SR Legacy, Survey (FNDDS), Branded"
    },
    "brand": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Filter by brand owner"
    }
  }
}
🟢get_nutrition(fdc_id, format)

Get full nutrition profile for a specific food by USDA FDC ID. Returns macros, vitamins, and minerals.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "fdc_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "USDA FoodData Central ID (e.g. 173950 = avocado raw)",
      "default": "173950"
    },
    "format": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "abridged or full",
      "default": "abridged"
    }
  }
}
⚪compare_foods(ids)

Compare nutrition profiles of multiple foods side-by-side. Identifies winners by protein and calorie density.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ids": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated USDA FDC IDs (e.g. \"173950,2187885,1103516\")",
      "default": "173950,2187885,1103516"
    }
  }
}

Recommended Prompts

search_research
Search for information about [topic] using Food & Nutrition
Expected tools: search_food
find_specific
Find [specific item] using Food & Nutrition
Expected tools: search_food
retrieve_data
Get details about [item] from Food & Nutrition
Expected tools: get_nutrition
fetch_info
Fetch [information type] using Food & Nutrition
Expected tools: get_nutrition
research_workflow
Search for [topic], then get detailed information about the top results using Food & Nutrition
Expected tools: search_foodget_nutrition

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Evidence

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