Chi Forest

Chi Forest (marketed as CHI FOREST) is the US-facing consumer beverage brand of the Chinese drinks company Genki Forest (元气森林), backed by Hongshan (Sequoia China) and IDG Capital. The company produces zero-sugar, zero-calorie, zero-caffeine sparkling refreshers with Asian-inspired, fruit-forward flavors such as guava and lychee, distributed through retailers including Costco, Amazon, and H Mart. It is a direct-to-consumer and retail beverage brand with a marketing/e-commerce web presence and no public developer platform, API, or documentation surface at this time. This profile is maintained in the API Evangelist network as a consumer-sector company record.

Chi Forest is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Beverages, Food and Beverage, and Sparkling Water.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyConsumerBeveragesFood and BeverageSparkling WaterDirect to ConsumerRetailConsumer Packaged Goods

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

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Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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name: Chi Forest
description: Chi Forest (marketed as CHI FOREST) is the US-facing consumer beverage brand of the Chinese drinks company Genki
  Forest (元气森林), backed by Hongshan (Sequoia China) and IDG Capital. The company produces zero-sugar, zero-calorie, zero-caffeine
  sparkling refreshers with Asian-inspired, fruit-forward flavors such as guava and lychee, distributed through retailers
  including Costco, Amazon, and H Mart. It is a direct-to-consumer and retail beverage brand with a marketing/e-commerce web
  presence and no public developer platform, API, or documentation surface at this time. This profile is maintained in the
  API Evangelist network as a consumer-sector company record.
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- FN: APIs.json
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Chi Forest

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Security Posture 1

Chi Forest Domain Security

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Access & Security 1

Company 1

Source (apis.yml)