The Nutrition API extracts nutrition information from text using natural language processing. From food blogs to menus to recipes, it can read any text and calculate the corresponding nutrition data.
An intelligent feature of this API is custom portioning: if your text specifies quantities of individual food items or ingredients, the algorithm will automatically scale the nutrition data in the result accordingly.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/nutrition
Returns a list of nutrition information extracted from given text. Nutrition data for each food item is scaled to 100g unless a quantity is specified within the query parameter.
query requiredQuery text to extract nutrition information.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
calories premiumNutritional energy in calories.
serving_size_g premiumServing size in grams.
fat_total_gTotal combined fat (including saturated and trans fats) in grams.
fat_saturated_gSaturated fat in grams.
protein_g premiumProtein in grams.
sodium_mgSodium in milligrams.
potassium_mgPotassium in milligrams.
cholesterol_mgCholesterol in milligrams.
carbohydrates_total_gTotal carbohydrates (including fiber and sugar) in grams.
fiber_gFiber in grams.
sugar_gSugar in grams.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/nutrition?query=1lb brisket and fries1
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[
{
"name": "brisket",
"calories": 1312.3,
"serving_size_g": 453.592,
"fat_total_g": 82.9,
"fat_saturated_g": 33.2,
"protein_g": 132,
"sodium_mg": 217,
"potassium_mg": 781,
"cholesterol_mg": 487,
"carbohydrates_total_g": 0,
"fiber_g": 0,
"sugar_g": 0
},
{
"name": "fries",
"calories": 317.7,
"serving_size_g": 100,
"fat_total_g": 14.8,
"fat_saturated_g": 2.3,
"protein_g": 3.4,
"sodium_mg": 212,
"potassium_mg": 124,
"cholesterol_mg": 0,
"carbohydrates_total_g": 41.1,
"fiber_g": 3.8,
"sugar_g": 0.3
}
]1
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import requests
query = '1lb brisket and fries'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/nutrition?query={}'.format(query)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.