# FoodData Central FDC API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/fooddata-central/fooddata-fdc-api/  
**Provider:** FoodData Central — https://apis.io/providers/fooddata-central/  
**Base URL:** https://api.nal.usda.gov/fdc/v1  
**Documentation:** https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-guide

FoodData Central FDC API is one of 2 APIs that [FoodData Central](https://apis.io/providers/fooddata-central/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include FDC. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

endpoints to retrieve nutrient data

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fooddata-central/refs/heads/main/openapi/fooddata-central-fdc-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-guide
- **Signup** — https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-key-signup

## Other FoodData Central APIs (1)

- [FoodData Central](https://apis.io/apis/fooddata-central/fooddata-central/)

## Tags

FDC

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/fooddata-central/fooddata-fdc-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/fooddata-central/.