Open Food Facts

About Open Food Facts

Use Open Food Facts with your agent

claude mcp add open-food-facts -- npx -y openfoodfacts-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-food-facts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What is Open Food Facts?

Open Food Facts is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server by domdomegg in the Search category. Search and contribute to the Open Food Facts database.

How do I connect Open Food Facts to Claude, Cursor, or another MCP client?

Install Open Food Facts from its npm package (openfoodfacts-mcp) and register it under "mcpServers" in your client's MCP configuration — for example claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor's mcp.json — then restart the client.

Is Open Food Facts open source?

Yes — the source code is public at github.com/domdomegg/openfoodfacts-mcp, with 3 GitHub stars.

Can AI agents pay to use Open Food Facts?

Not yet through Loomal — Open Food Facts is listed as a free directory entry. If its maintainer verifies ownership, they can set per-call USDC pricing that agents pay over x402, with settlement on Base.