deadletterq/mcp-opennutrition

Overview

An MCP server that exposes the OpenNutrition food database of over 300,000 food items. It supports nutritional data queries and barcode lookups for food products.

Best for

Best for
Developers building MCP-based nutrition or food tracking tools

Use cases

• Querying nutritional data for over 300,000 food items
• Performing barcode-based lookups for food products
• Building MCP-integrated health or diet applications

How to use

Install

docker run --rm -p 9113:3000 deadletterq/mcp-opennutrition

Tools exposed

• Search by Name
• Browse Foods
• Get by ID
• Barcode Lookup

Tested with

Claude, Cline

Example client config

"mcp-opennutrition": {\n    "type": "streamable-http",\n    "url": "http://localhost:9113"\n}

Notes

An MCP server that exposes the OpenNutrition food database of over 300,000 food items. It supports nutritional data queries and barcode lookups for food products.

186 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-15. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Querying nutritional data for over 300,000 food items
• Performing barcode-based lookups for food products
• Building MCP-integrated health or diet applications

Pros

• Comprehensive food database with 300,000+ items
• Enables quick barcode lookups
• Open-source and TypeScript for easy integration

Cons

• Requires MCP client integration to use
• Database coverage may vary by region and product availability
• Data maintenance depends on external sources

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