USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) · Open Collection

USDA FoodData Central API

7
Requests
2
Folders
1.0
Version
View on GitHub Raw JSON Federal-GovernmentAgricultureFood SafetyNutritionOpen DataResearchOpen Collection

Overview

USDA FoodData Central API is a Open Collection published by USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) on the APIs.io network, version 1.0.

The collection contains 7 requests organised into 2 folders.

Tagged areas include Federal-Government, Agriculture, Food Safety, Nutrition, and Open Data.

Requests & Folders

Foods
Food Search

Related API Specs

USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Datasets API (OpenAPI) USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Search API (OpenAPI) USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Foods API (OpenAPI)
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