What is a nutrition API?

A nutrition API is a REST endpoint that returns food and nutrition data (calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, vitamins, minerals) for a given food name, barcode, or query. Developers use a nutrition API to power calorie counters, macro trackers, meal planners, and fitness apps without having to build and maintain a food database themselves. The YMove nutrition API combines USDA FoodData Central with Open Food Facts so you get gold-standard generic foods plus millions of branded products.

Which nutrition API uses USDA FoodData Central?

YMove's nutrition API is built directly on USDA FoodData Central for generic foods (chicken breast, brown rice, broccoli) and merges in Open Food Facts for branded and packaged products. You can pass usdaOnly=true to restrict any food search to USDA-only results, which is what most calorie tracker and macro tracking apps want for clean reference data.

How do I add barcode food lookup to my fitness app?

Call GET /api/v2/foods/barcode/{upc} with the scanned UPC or EAN code. The endpoint returns full nutrition data for the packaged product, with locale-aware labels when you pass cc=XX (ISO alpha-2 country code). The barcode endpoint covers 3M+ products from 180+ countries via Open Food Facts.

Can I use the nutrition API to build a calorie tracker?

Yes. The YMove calorie tracking API exposes per-100g and per-serving calories along with protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, and a full micronutrient profile for every food. Combine /api/v2/foods (search) with /api/v2/foods/barcode (scan) and the AI food logging endpoints (/api/v2/foods/log/text and /api/v2/foods/log/photo) to ship a complete calorie counter.

Does the nutrition API include macro tracking?

Every food row in the API includes protein, carbs, and fat per serving so you can build macro tracking features directly from the response. The /api/v2/mealplans/generate endpoint also accepts a macro split target (e.g. high_protein) and returns a meal plan that meets that split.

Does the API return nutrition facts and nutritional values?

Yes. Every food in the API returns full nutrition facts: calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, plus a complete micronutrient profile (vitamins and minerals) per 100g and per serving. That makes it a drop-in nutritional value API for food labels, recipe cards, and tracking features.

Can I access USDA FoodData Central through an API?

Yes. YMove's nutrition API serves USDA FoodData Central data directly, with commercial-friendly terms, fast search, and a single API key that also covers barcode lookup and branded products. Pass usdaOnly=true to restrict results to FoodData Central reference foods only.

Is there an alternative to MyFitnessPal API?

Yes. The MyFitnessPal API is closed to new developers, so most teams are looking for a developer-friendly drop-in. YMove provides USDA-backed nutrition data, barcode lookup, AI food logging, and meal-plan generation under one API key starting at $19/mo. See the MyFitnessPal API alternative page for endpoint mappings.

REST API

Nutrition & Food Database API

A complete nutrition API powered by USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts. Search foods, get full nutrition facts and nutritional values: calories, macros and micronutrients. Generate meal plans and look up packaged products from 180+ countries worldwide.

Food & ingredient search - full food database with macros + micronutrientsTry search demo →
Barcode scanner (UPC/EAN lookup) - 3M+ packaged products, 180+ countriesTry barcode demo →
AI photo food logging - food image recognition: photo in, logged foods outTry AI demo →
AI text food logging - natural-language meal descriptions to nutritionTry AI demo →
Recipe API - recipe search with per-ingredient USDA nutritionExplore →

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Values per:

USDA only (generic foods, no branded)

Country:

USDA + Open Food Facts

Nutrition data from both USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts. USDA provides the gold standard for generic foods, while Open Food Facts adds millions of branded and packaged products from 180+ countries worldwide.

Macro Tracking

Get protein, carbs, fat, fiber, and sugar per serving. Build calorie counters and macro tracking features.

Meal Plan Generation

Generate meal plans by calorie target, dietary preference, and macro split. Ready-to-use in your fitness app.

Exercise + Nutrition

Combine with the Exercise API for a complete fitness platform. Workouts, nutrition, and meal plans in one integration.

AI Food Logging

Send a photo or text description of a meal and get identified foods with full nutrition data. Powered by AI.

Barcode Lookup

Look up packaged food products by barcode (UPC/EAN). Get instant nutrition data for any scanned product. Barcode API details →

USDA-First Ranking

Generic USDA foods are ranked above branded duplicates so searches for "chicken breast" or "brown rice" surface clean reference data, not packaged noise. Flip on usdaOnly=true for a pure USDA feed.

Country Locale Boost

Pass a 2-letter ISO country code and Open Food Facts products tagged to that country rank higher, so users in the Netherlands, France, Germany, or Brazil see local products first. Falls back to worldwide results when local matches are thin.

Product Images Included

Every food includes an imageUrl when available, pulled from Open Food Facts for branded items and enriched from curated staple mappings for generic USDA foods. Render thumbnails directly in your food search UI.

Food Database with Full Nutrition Data

Powered by USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts, covering generic foods and millions of branded products from 180+ countries.

Chicken Breast (grilled)

165

Cal

31g

Protein

Carbs

3.6g

Fat

Fiber

Brown Rice (cooked)

216

Cal

Protein

45g

Carbs

1.8g

Fat

3.5g

Fiber

Broccoli (steamed)

Cal

3.7g

Protein

11g

Carbs

0.6g

Fat

5.1g

Fiber

Salmon (baked)

208

Cal

20g

Protein

Carbs

13g

Fat

Fiber

Sweet Potato (baked)

103

Cal

2.3g

Protein

24g

Carbs

0.1g

Fat

3.8g

Fiber

Greek Yogurt (plain)

100

Cal

17g

Protein

Carbs

0.7g

Fat

Fiber

Almonds (raw)

579

Cal

21g

Protein

22g

Carbs

50g

Fat

12.5g

Fiber

Eggs (whole, boiled)

155

Cal

13g

Protein

1.1g

Carbs

11g

Fat

Fiber

Sample data per 100g serving.

Food	Calories	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fiber
Chicken Breast (grilled)	165	31g	0g	3.6g	0g
Brown Rice (cooked)	216	5g	45g	1.8g	3.5g
Broccoli (steamed)	55	3.7g	11g	0.6g	5.1g
Salmon (baked)	208	20g	0g	13g	0g
Sweet Potato (baked)	103	2.3g	24g	0.1g	3.8g
Greek Yogurt (plain)	100	17g	6g	0.7g	0g
Almonds (raw)	579	21g	22g	50g	12.5g
Eggs (whole, boiled)	155	13g	1.1g	11g	0g

Sample data per 100g serving. Full API returns complete micronutrient profiles.

Simple REST API

Search foods, get nutrition data, and generate meal plans with a few API calls.

# Search the food database
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods?q=chicken+breast"

# USDA-only: clean generic foods, no branded noise
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods?q=rice&usdaOnly=true"

# Country locale: boost products local to your users (ISO alpha-2)
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods?q=yoghurt&country=NL"

# Get nutrition details for a food (response includes imageUrl)
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods/chicken-breast-grilled"

# Generate a meal plan
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/mealplans/generate?calories=2000&diet=high_protein"

# Barcode lookup
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods/barcode/041631000564"

# AI food logging (photo)
curl -X POST -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"image": "<base64-encoded-image>", "media_type": "image/jpeg"}' \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods/log/photo"

# AI food logging (text)
curl -X POST -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "grilled chicken with rice and broccoli"}' \
  "https://exercise-api.ymove.app/api/v2/foods/log/text"

API Endpoints

Nutrition API endpoints for food search, nutrient lookup, and meal plan generation.

GET

/api/v2/foods?query=...&usdaOnly=true&country=NL

Search the food database by name. Returns nutrition data including calories, protein, carbs, fat, micronutrients, and imageUrl. Supports usdaOnly=true to restrict to USDA generic foods and country=XX (ISO alpha-2) to boost locale-matched Open Food Facts products.

GET

/api/v2/foods/{id}

Get full nutrition details for a specific food item, including all vitamins, minerals, serving sizes, and product image.

GET

/api/v2/mealplans/generate

Generate a daily or weekly meal plan by calorie target, macro split, and dietary preferences.

GET

/api/v2/foods/barcode/{upc}?cc=nl

Look up a food product by barcode (UPC/EAN). Returns full nutrition data for packaged foods. Pass cc=XX (ISO alpha-2) to get localized nutrition labels and serving descriptions when Open Food Facts has them.

POST

/api/v2/foods/log/text

AI food logging from text. Send a meal description and get identified foods with nutrition data. Pro plan and above.

POST

/api/v2/foods/log/photo

AI food logging from photo. Send a meal image and get identified foods with nutrition data. Pro plan and above.

Full API documentation →

Powered by USDA FoodData Central + Open Food Facts

We combine two best-in-class data sources: USDA FoodData Central for the gold standard in generic food nutrition data, and Open Food Facts for millions of branded and packaged products from over 180 countries. Both are open data with no licensing fees.

USDA FoodData Central

Public domain US government data
Full macro and micronutrient profiles
Used by MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, and clinical software
Ideal for generic foods: chicken breast, rice, broccoli

Open Food Facts

3M+ branded products with barcode lookup
180+ countries including US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, India, Japan, Australia, and more
Community-maintained and continuously growing
Ideal for packaged foods and local products worldwide

Worldwide Food Coverage

Open Food Facts is the world's largest open food database, with products from every continent. The largest databases are in France, the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Poland, Brazil, Mexico, India, Sweden, Japan, and Argentina, with coverage growing daily as contributors worldwide scan and add products.

The Complete Fitness API Platform

Combine nutrition data with our exercise API to build a full fitness app. One API key, one integration.

698+

HD Exercise Videos

Exercise API →

3M+

Food Products

USDA + Open Food Facts

Workout Generation

Workout API →

Meal

Plan Generation

Nutrition API

500+

Recipes

Recipe API →

Calorie Tracker API and Macro Tracking

Build calorie counters and macro trackers on top of the YMove nutrition API.

YMove is a calorie tracking api and calorie counter api in one. Every food row returned from GET /api/v2/foods includes per-100g and per-serving calories, plus a full macro profile (protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar) and a micronutrient breakdown. That makes it a drop-in macro tracking api for any fitness, weight-loss, or meal-logging app.

The food calories api is backed by USDA FoodData Central for clean generic foods and Open Food Facts for branded products with barcodes. Pass usdaOnly=true when you only want generic reference foods (chicken breast, rice, oats), or query by barcode for packaged items. AI food logging from text and photo turns any meal description into structured nutrition data you can save to your user's daily calorie log.

Calorie tracking api:GET /api/v2/foods?q=... returns calories per serving for every match.
Calorie counter api:combine search with POST /api/v2/foods/log/text and /log/photo for one-tap meal logging.
Macro tracking api:protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar on every food row, no extra request needed.
Food calories api:USDA-grade calorie data per gram, per serving, and per common household measure.

Pair the nutrition data with the exercise api, workout api, meal plan generator, and AI recipe generator under one API key to ship a complete fitness, calorie tracking, and meal planning app.

How YMove Compares

The only nutrition API that includes exercise videos, workout generation, and recipe search in one plan.

USDA Food Database

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Open Food Facts (180+ countries)

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Macro Tracking

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Meal Plan Generation

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

AI Food Logging

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Barcode Lookup

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Exercise Videos

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Recipe Search

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Workout Generation

YMove

Edamam

Nutritionix

Spoonacular

Starting Price

$19/mo

YMove

$9/mo

Edamam

Enterprise

Nutritionix

$5/mo

Spoonacular

All-in-One

$19/mo

YMove

$58+/mo

Edamam

N/A

Nutritionix

$34+/mo

Spoonacular

Feature	YMove	Edamam	Nutritionix	Spoonacular
USDA Food Database
Open Food Facts (180+ countries)
Macro Tracking
Meal Plan Generation
AI Food Logging
Barcode Lookup
Exercise Videos
Recipe Search
Workout Generation
Starting Price	$19/mo	$9/mo	Enterprise	$5/mo
All-in-One (exercises + nutrition + recipes)	$19/mo	$58+/mo	N/A	$34+/mo

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Detailed comparisons

YMove vs Nutritionix

Public pricing + photo food logging vs custom enterprise pricing.

YMove vs Edamam

Edamam splits nutrition, food DB, and recipes; YMove bundles them under one key.

YMove vs FatSecret

Self-serve $19/mo vs FatSecret enterprise contracts.

MyFitnessPal API alternative

Drop-in replacement for the closed MyFitnessPal API.

Top 8 Nutrition APIs in 2026

The full ranking: YMove, Edamam, USDA FoodData Central, FatSecret, Nutritionix, Open Food Facts, Spoonacular, and API Ninjas compared.

Pricing

Simple, Usage-Based Pricing

Pay for what you use. All plans include the full exercise library with 698+ videos, yoga poses, workout generation, and program builder.

MonthlyYearly

Starter

For apps getting started with exercise content.

$19/mo

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10,000 video minutes/mo (~40K plays)
Full exercise library
Watermarked videos
Workout & program generation
Nutrition & recipe API
10 AI form analyses/mo
1 brand license
Email support

Pro

Clean, unwatermarked videos for your app.

$29/mo

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25,000 video minutes/mo (~100K plays)
Full exercise library
Clean unwatermarked videos
Workout & program generation
Nutrition & recipe API
25 AI form analyses/mo
25 AI food photo analyses/mo
1 brand license
Email support

Scale

For growing platforms with higher volume needs.

$79/mo

Start Free Trial

50,000 video minutes/mo (~200K plays)
Full exercise library
Clean unwatermarked videos
Workout & program generation
Nutrition & recipe API
50 AI form analyses/mo
50 AI food photo analyses/mo
3 brand licenses
Priority support

Enterprise

For large platforms with custom needs.

$299/mo

Start Free Trial

100,000 video minutes/mo (~400K plays)
Full exercise library
Clean unwatermarked videos
Workout & program generation
Nutrition & recipe API
200 AI form analyses/mo
200 AI food photo analyses/mo
10 brand licenses
Dedicated support

Average exercise video is 10–15 seconds, yoga poses around 30 seconds. 10,000 minutes equals roughly 40,000 exercise video plays or 20,000 yoga pose plays.

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