deadletterq/mcp-opennutrition repository overview

MCP OpenNutrition

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing access to the comprehensive OpenNutrition food database with 300,000+ food items, nutritional data, and barcode lookups.

OpenNutrition combines authoritative public sources (USDA, CNF, FRIDA, AUSNUT) into a single, transparent, and freely accessible nutritional database.

Tools

• Search by Name — Find foods by name, brand, or partial matches
• Browse Foods — Get paginated lists of all available foods
• Get by ID — Retrieve detailed nutritional information using food IDs
• Barcode Lookup — Find foods using EAN-13 barcodes

Usage

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

Then add to your MCP configuration:

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

All data is bundled in the image — no external API calls, ensuring privacy and fast response times.

Links

• Source: github.com/deadletterq/mcp-opennutrition
• Data: opennutrition.app