Consumer Products

aid: consumer-products
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Consumer Products
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Consumer Products
- CPG
- Product Data
- Retail
- GTIN
- Barcode
- Product Catalog
- PIM
- Syndication
- Schema.org Product
description: Industry-vertical index of APIs, data sources, syndication networks, and product information management (PIM)
  platforms that power the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and consumer products ecosystem. Catalogs corporate developer surfaces
  from large CPG manufacturers (P&G, Unilever, Nestle, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mondelez, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate-Palmolive), product-identifier
  registries (GS1 Digital Link, GTIN/UPC lookup), open product databases (Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts), commercial
  syndication networks (Salsify, Syndigo, 1WorldSync), and PIM platforms (Akeneo, Pimcore, Plytix, Sales Layer).
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: GS1 Digital Link
  description: GS1 Digital Link is the global standard that turns GS1 identifiers (GTINs, SSCCs, GLNs) into web URIs so a
    single barcode or QR code can connect to multiple sources of brand, regulatory, supply chain, and consumer information.
    It is the cornerstone identification standard for consumer products and underpins GS1 2D Sunrise 2027.
  humanURL: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gs1-digital-link
  baseURL: https://ref.gs1.org/standards/digital-link/
  tags:
  - GS1
  - Digital Link
  - GTIN
  - 2D Barcode
  - Identification
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gs1-digital-link
  - type: Specification
    url: https://ref.gs1.org/standards/digital-link/uri-syntax/
    title: GS1 Digital Link URI Syntax 1.4
  - type: Specification
    url: https://ref.gs1.org/standards/resolver/
    title: GS1 Digital Link Resolver Standard 1.3
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/gs1/GS1DigitalLinkToolkit.js
    title: GS1 Digital Link Toolkit (JavaScript)
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/gs1/GS1_DigitalLink_Resolver_CE
    title: GS1 Digital Link Resolver Community Edition
- name: Open Food Facts
  description: Open Food Facts is a collaborative, free, open database of food products from around the world maintained by
    a global community of contributors. Its REST API exposes ingredients, nutrition facts, additives, allergens, Nutri-Score,
    NOVA group, packaging, and labels for over three million products keyed by barcode (GTIN/EAN/UPC).
  humanURL: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/
  baseURL: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Food
  - Nutrition
  - Ingredients
  - Barcode
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ref-v2/
    title: Open Food Facts API v2 Reference
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-python
    title: openfoodfacts-python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-nodejs
    title: openfoodfacts-nodejs
  - type: License
    url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
    title: Open Database License (ODbL)
- name: Open Beauty Facts
  description: Open Beauty Facts is the Open Food Facts sister project covering cosmetics and personal care products. The
    same REST shape exposes ingredients (INCI), labels, packaging, and brand metadata for beauty products contributed by a
    global community and keyed by barcode.
  humanURL: https://world.openbeautyfacts.org/
  baseURL: https://world.openbeautyfacts.org/api/v2/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Beauty
  - Cosmetics
  - INCI
  - Barcode
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/API
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server
    title: Shared platform powering Open Beauty Facts
  - type: License
    url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/
    title: Open Database License (ODbL)
- name: Procter & Gamble (P&G) Brands
  description: Procter & Gamble is the world's largest CPG company by revenue, operating ten product categories across Beauty,
    Grooming, Health Care, Fabric & Home Care, and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. P&G does not publish a public consumer-facing
    developer portal; integrations are restricted to retail trading partners, EDI/GS1 networks, and the P&G Direct direct-to-consumer
    commerce stack.
  humanURL: https://us.pg.com/brands/
  baseURL: https://us.pg.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Beauty
  - Grooming
  - Health Care
  - Home Care
  - Baby Care
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://us.pg.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://us.pg.com/brands/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/procter-and-gamble
- name: Unilever Brands
  description: Unilever is a multinational CPG company with more than 400 brands across Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care,
    Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. Public APIs are not consolidated under a single developer portal; integrations run
    through retailer data syndication networks and brand- specific e-commerce platforms (e.g. Hellmann's, Dove, Magnum, Knorr).
  humanURL: https://www.unilever.com/brands/
  baseURL: https://www.unilever.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Beauty
  - Personal Care
  - Home Care
  - Food
  - Ice Cream
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.unilever.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.unilever.com/brands/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/unilever
- name: Nestle Brands
  description: Nestle is the world's largest food and beverage company with more than 2,000 brands across Beverages, Dairy,
    Confectionery, Nutrition, Pet Care, and Prepared Dishes. Like other large CPGs, Nestle has no public unified developer
    portal; product information flows through retailer syndication networks (1WorldSync, Salsify), GS1 GDSN, and brand-level
    commerce APIs such as Nestle Professional and Purina e-commerce.
  humanURL: https://www.nestle.com/brands
  baseURL: https://www.nestle.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Food
  - Beverages
  - Dairy
  - Confectionery
  - Pet Care
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.nestle.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.nestle.com/brands
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/Nestle
- name: The Coca-Cola Company
  description: The Coca-Cola Company manufactures more than 200 brands across sparkling soft drinks, water, sports drinks,
    juice, tea, coffee, and plant-based beverages. Public developer surfaces are limited to the Coca-Cola Freestyle dispenser
    ecosystem, the My Coke Rewards / Sip & Scan loyalty mechanics, and the Coca-Cola Vending API. Product master data is distributed
    via GS1 GDSN and Syndigo to North American retailers.
  humanURL: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands
  baseURL: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Beverages
  - Soft Drinks
  - Loyalty
  - Vending
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/Coca-Cola
- name: PepsiCo Brands
  description: PepsiCo operates a portfolio of 22 billion-dollar brands spanning Beverages (Pepsi, Gatorade, Tropicana, Lipton,
    Bubly) and Convenient Foods (Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Quaker, SodaStream). Developer integration occurs through PepsiCo
    Partners (retailer EDI), the Sodastream connected dispenser ecosystem, and PepsiCo Labs initiatives. There is no consolidated
    public API portal.
  humanURL: https://www.pepsico.com/brands
  baseURL: https://www.pepsico.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Beverages
  - Snacks
  - SodaStream
  - Connected Devices
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.pepsico.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.pepsico.com/brands
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pepsico-ecommerce
- name: Mondelez International
  description: Mondelez International is the global snacks leader with billion-dollar brands including Oreo, Cadbury, Milka,
    Toblerone, Ritz, Trident, and Halls. Public-facing developer assets are limited; retail master data flows through 1WorldSync
    and GS1 GDSN, and direct-to-consumer brand experiences (e.g. SnackWorks recipe API for the US baking brands) are brand-specific
    rather than portfolio-wide.
  humanURL: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/snack-brands
  baseURL: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Snacks
  - Confectionery
  - Biscuits
  - Gum
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/snack-brands
- name: Kimberly-Clark Brands
  description: Kimberly-Clark is a personal-care CPG making essentials in Family Care, Personal Care, and K-C Professional.
    Brands include Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Kotex, Depend, and Poise. Like its CPG peers, Kimberly-Clark does
    not publish a general developer portal; B2B and retail integrations rely on GS1 / GDSN data syndication and EDI.
  humanURL: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/en-us/brands
  baseURL: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Personal Care
  - Family Care
  - Hygiene
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/en-us/brands
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/KimberlyClark
- name: Colgate-Palmolive Brands
  description: Colgate-Palmolive is a global CPG focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition (Hill's).
    Lead brands include Colgate, Tom's of Maine, Palmolive, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Ajax, Murphy Oil Soap, and Hill's Science
    Diet / Prescription Diet. Public API surfaces are limited to the Hill's Pet Nutrition product locator and brand commerce
    stacks; master data flows through GS1 GDSN to retailers.
  humanURL: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/en-us/brands
  baseURL: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/
  tags:
  - CPG
  - Oral Care
  - Personal Care
  - Home Care
  - Pet Nutrition
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/
  - type: BrandPortfolio
    url: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/en-us/brands
- name: Salsify Product Experience Cloud
  description: Salsify is a Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that combines PIM, digital asset management, syndication,
    and digital shelf analytics. Salsify's REST APIs let brands centralize product content and syndicate it to thousands of
    retail destinations, marketplaces, and direct channels with channel-specific transformations and validation.
  humanURL: https://developers.salsify.com/
  baseURL: https://app.salsify.com/api/
  tags:
  - PXM
  - PIM
  - Syndication
  - Digital Shelf
  - DAM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.salsify.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.salsify.com/reference/getting-started-with-the-api
    title: Salsify Getting Started With The API
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/salsify
- name: Syndigo Content Experience Hub
  description: Syndigo is a Master Data Management (MDM), PIM, and content syndication network that distributes product, location,
    and digital asset data to retailers and recipients across grocery, hardlines, foodservice, and healthcare. Syndigo APIs
    cover product content publishing, validation against retailer requirements, and digital asset delivery.
  humanURL: https://www.syndigo.com/
  baseURL: https://api.syndigo.com/
  tags:
  - MDM
  - PIM
  - Syndication
  - Content Experience
  - Retail
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.syndigo.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.syndigo.com/platform/
    title: Syndigo Active Content Engine
- name: 1WorldSync GDSN
  description: 1WorldSync is the largest GS1-certified Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) data pool, operating the
    Content1 platform for product content management and syndication. Brands publish master data once and synchronize it with
    subscribing retailers worldwide using GS1 standards (GTIN, GLN, GPC, GDSN messages).
  humanURL: https://www.1worldsync.com/
  baseURL: https://api.1worldsync.com/
  tags:
  - GDSN
  - GS1
  - Syndication
  - Master Data
  - Retail
  properties:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.1worldsync.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.1worldsync.com/solutions/product-content-management/
    title: 1WorldSync Content1 Platform
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.1worldsync.com/solutions/data-quality/
    title: 1WorldSync Data Quality
- name: Akeneo Product Cloud
  description: Akeneo is an open-source-rooted Product Information Management (PIM) platform. Its REST API exposes products,
    product models, families, attributes, categories, channels, locales, reference entities, and assets, enabling integration
    with e-commerce platforms, ERPs, syndication partners, and DAM systems.
  humanURL: https://api.akeneo.com/
  baseURL: https://your-instance.cloud.akeneo.com/api/rest/v1/
  tags:
  - PIM
  - Open Source
  - Product Cloud
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.akeneo.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.akeneo.com/api-reference.html
    title: Akeneo REST API Reference
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/akeneo
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/akeneo/pim-community-dev
    title: Akeneo PIM Community Edition
- name: Pimcore Platform
  description: Pimcore is an open-source Digital Experience Platform combining PIM, MDM, DAM, CDP, and DXP capabilities. Pimcore
    exposes both REST and GraphQL APIs (the Datahub) for product data, classification stores, object bricks, assets, documents,
    and customer data, with a strong focus on flexible data modeling.
  humanURL: https://pimcore.com/
  baseURL: https://your-instance/pimcore/
  tags:
  - PIM
  - DAM
  - DXP
  - GraphQL
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pimcore.com/docs/platform/Platform/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pimcore.com/docs/platform/Datahub/
    title: Pimcore Datahub GraphQL & REST
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/pimcore
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore
    title: Pimcore Platform Repository
  - url: graphql/consumer-products-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- name: Plytix PIM
  description: Plytix is a SaaS Product Information Management platform aimed at mid-market brands, with channel syndication,
    brand portals, and a public REST API for products, variants, attributes, categories, assets, and relationships, used to
    feed marketplaces (Amazon, Walmart) and e-commerce stacks.
  humanURL: https://help.plytix.com/en/api
  baseURL: https://pim.plytix.com/api/v1.1.0/
  tags:
  - PIM
  - SaaS
  - Mid-Market
  - Syndication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.plytix.com/en/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.plytix.com/
    title: Plytix API Documentation
- name: Sales Layer PIM
  description: Sales Layer is a cloud PIM platform with REST API access to product catalogs, attribute schemas, categories,
    media, related products, and syndication channels. It connects brands and retailers across marketplaces, e-commerce platforms,
    and printed catalog workflows.
  humanURL: https://docs.saleslayer.com/
  baseURL: https://api.saleslayer.com/
  tags:
  - PIM
  - SaaS
  - Cloud
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.saleslayer.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.saleslayer.com/api/api-introduction
    title: Sales Layer API Reference
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist
- type: Standards
  url: https://www.gs1.org/standards
  title: GS1 Standards (GTIN, GLN, GDSN, Digital Link, GPC)
- type: Standards
  url: https://schema.org/Product
  title: schema.org/Product Vocabulary
- type: OpenData
  url: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data
  title: Open Food Facts Data Dumps
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-schema/consumer-product-schema.json
  title: Consumer Product Schema
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-schema/product-identifier-schema.json
  title: Product Identifier Schema
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-schema/nutrition-facts-schema.json
  title: Nutrition Facts Schema
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-structure/consumer-product-structure.json
  title: Consumer Product Structure
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-structure/product-identifier-structure.json
  title: Product Identifier Structure
- type: JSONStructure
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-structure/nutrition-facts-structure.json
  title: Nutrition Facts Structure
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-ld/consumer-products-context.jsonld
  title: Consumer Products JSON-LD Context
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/consumer-products-vocabulary.yml
  title: Consumer Products Vocabulary
- type: Examples
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/examples/consumer-product-food-example.json
  title: Consumer Product (Food) Example
- type: Examples
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/examples/consumer-product-beauty-example.json
  title: Consumer Product (Beauty) Example
- type: Examples
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/examples/consumer-product-household-example.json
  title: Consumer Product (Household) Example
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Global Product Identification
    description: GS1-issued GTIN, UPC, EAN, and ISBN identifiers, increasingly carried in GS1 Digital Link URIs and 2D barcodes
      for omnichannel resolution.
  - name: Master Data Syndication
    description: Centralized publishing of product master data through GDSN data pools (1WorldSync, Syndigo) so retailers
      receive consistent, validated attributes across regions.
  - name: Product Information Management
    description: PIM platforms (Akeneo, Pimcore, Plytix, Sales Layer, Salsify) that model attribute families, variants, channels,
      locales, and assets for omnichannel commerce.
  - name: Nutrition And Ingredient Transparency
    description: Open and commercial APIs surfacing ingredients, allergens, nutrition facts, Nutri-Score, NOVA classification,
      and additive data for food and beverage products.
  - name: Cosmetic And Personal Care Transparency
    description: INCI ingredient lists, allergen flags, and packaging data for beauty and personal care products, exposed
      through Open Beauty Facts and retailer feeds.
  - name: Digital Shelf Analytics
    description: Monitoring product content quality, search rank, ratings, reviews, pricing, and availability across retailer
      e-commerce sites and marketplaces.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Product Onboarding To Retailers
    description: Brands publish master data once into a GDSN data pool and syndicate to grocery, drug, mass, and club retailers
      with channel-specific validation.
  - name: Connected Packaging With 2D Barcodes
    description: Replacing 1D UPC barcodes with GS1 Digital Link QR codes to expose brand experiences, regulatory data, supply
      chain provenance, and recycling guidance from a single scan.
  - name: Ingredient And Allergen Lookup
    description: Consumer apps querying Open Food Facts or Open Beauty Facts by barcode to surface allergens, additives, certifications,
      and nutritional scoring.
  - name: PIM-Driven Marketplace Distribution
    description: Mid-market brands using PIM platforms to push consistent catalogs to Amazon, Walmart, Target Plus, Shopify,
      and direct-to-consumer channels.
  - name: Regulatory Reporting And Recall Management
    description: Tracing recalled lots, batch codes, and serialized units through GS1 identifiers and supply chain APIs to
      support food safety, FDA, USDA, and EU recall workflows.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)
    description: The international network of certified data pools enabling brands and retailers to synchronize standardized
      product master data globally.
  - name: Schema.org Product
    description: The web vocabulary used for embedding product, offer, and review markup in e-commerce pages and consumed
      by search engines and shopping platforms.
  - name: Amazon Selling Partner API
    description: Marketplace API consumed by PIM platforms (Salsify, Plytix, Sales Layer) to push catalogs, manage listings,
      and read orders.
  - name: Shopify Admin API
    description: DTC commerce API integrated by brands and PIM platforms for product, inventory, and order synchronization.
  - name: SAP S/4HANA And Oracle NetSuite
    description: Enterprise resource planning systems where master product data originates and is published outward through
      PIM and syndication layers.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com