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Food And Grocery Database Api Food Structure

Food schema from Edamam Food and Grocery Database API

Type: object Properties: 7
RestaurantFoodNutritionUPC

Food is a JSON Structure definition published by Edamam, describing 7 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

foodId label knownAs nutrients category categoryLabel image

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/edamam/refs/heads/main/json-structure/food-and-grocery-database-api-food-structure.json",
  "name": "Food",
  "description": "Food schema from Edamam Food and Grocery Database API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "foodId": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "food_bpdj2labtmnvf2a8tk4nqa1y9pty"
    },
    "label": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "Apple"
    },
    "knownAs": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "apple"
    },
    "nutrients": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "double"
      },
      "example": {
        "ENERC_KCAL": 52,
        "PROCNT": 0.26,
        "FAT": 0.17,
        "CHOCDF": 13.81
      }
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "Generic foods"
    },
    "categoryLabel": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "food"
    },
    "image": {
      "type": "uri",
      "example": "https://www.edamam.com/food-img/apple.jpg"
    }
  }
}

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