Edamam

Edamam is a leading provider of nutrition data and analytics. They offer nutrition analysis, food database, recipe search, and meal planning APIs that power thousands of health, fitness, and food apps. Their databases contain close to 900,000 foods, over 2 million recipes, and comprehensive nutritional information.

Edamam publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Nutrition Analysis API, Recipe Search API, Meal Planner API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Restaurant, Food, Nutrition, and UPC.

The Edamam catalog on APIs.io includes 4 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Edamam’s developer surface includes authentication, tooling, code examples, FAQ, developer portal, and 20 more developer resources.

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32.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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4 APIs

Restaurant Food NutritionUPC

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 32.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.6 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.6 / 18

Access Clarity 8.5 / 18

Operational Transparency 1.2 / 12

Contract Governance 3.1 / 11

Discoverability 5.8 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Edamam Nutrition Analysis API

The Edamam Nutrition Analysis API provides detailed nutrition data for recipes and food items. Send a recipe or food description and receive comprehensive nutritional informatio...

Edamam Recipe Search API

The Edamam Recipe Search API provides access to over 2 million recipes with full nutritional analysis, diet and health labels, ingredient details, and cuisine type.

Edamam Meal Planner API

The Edamam Meal Planner API provides personalized meal planning capabilities based on dietary preferences, nutrition goals, and available ingredients.

Edamam Food Database API

Search foods by keyword or barcode and resolve nutrition.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Edamam Food and Grocery Database API

OPEN COLLECTION

Edamam Food and Grocery Database Food Database API

OPEN COLLECTION

Edamam Food and Grocery Database Food Database Meal Planner API

OPEN COLLECTION

Edamam Food and Grocery Database Food Database Nutrition Analysis API

OPEN COLLECTION

Edamam Food and Grocery Database Food Database Recipe Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Edamam Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Edamam Rate Limits

11 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Edamam Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 4

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Edamam Food And Grocery Database Api Context

7 classes · 25 properties

JSON-LD

Edamam Meal Planner Api Context

5 classes · 14 properties

JSON-LD

Edamam Nutrition Analysis Api Context

3 classes · 18 properties

JSON-LD

Edamam Recipe Search Api Context

4 classes · 27 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Edamam API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Edamam API Rules

44 rules · 8 errors 20 warnings 16 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 19

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

FoodHint

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Food

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Measure

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Nutrient

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NutrientsRequest

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NutrientsResponse

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ParserResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Constraint

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MealPlanRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

MealPlanResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NutrientRange

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Section

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Nutrient

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NutritionResponse

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RecipeRequest

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Nutrient

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RecipeHit

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Recipe

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RecipeSearchResponse

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 19

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Food And Grocery Database Api Food Hint Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Food And Grocery Database Api Food Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Food And Grocery Database Api Measure Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Food And Grocery Database Api Nutrient Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Food And Grocery Database Api Nutrients Request Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Food And Grocery Database Api Nutrients Response Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Food And Grocery Database Api Parser Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Meal Planner Api Constraint Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Meal Planner Api Meal Plan Request Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Meal Planner Api Meal Plan Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Meal Planner Api Nutrient Range Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Meal Planner Api Section Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Nutrition Analysis Api Nutrient Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Nutrition Analysis Api Nutrition Response Structure

10 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Nutrition Analysis Api Recipe Request Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Recipe Search Api Nutrient Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Recipe Search Api Recipe Hit Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Recipe Search Api Recipe Search Response Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Recipe Search Api Recipe Structure

19 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 19

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Food And Grocery Database Api Food Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Food And Grocery Database Api Food Hint Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Food And Grocery Database Api Measure Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Food And Grocery Database Api Nutrient Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Food And Grocery Database Api Nutrients Request Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Food And Grocery Database Api Nutrients Response Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Food And Grocery Database Api Parser Response Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Meal Planner Api Constraint Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Meal Planner Api Meal Plan Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Meal Planner Api Meal Plan Response Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Meal Planner Api Nutrient Range Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Meal Planner Api Section Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Nutrition Analysis Api Nutrient Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Nutrition Analysis Api Nutrition Response Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Nutrition Analysis Api Recipe Request Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Recipe Search Api Nutrient Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Recipe Search Api Recipe Example

19 fields

EXAMPLE

Recipe Search Api Recipe Hit Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Recipe Search Api Recipe Search Response Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Edamam Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Edamam Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Edamam Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Edamam Spectral Rules

Spectral

Edamam Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Nutrition Analysis Context

JSONLD

Food Database Context

JSONLD

Recipe Search Context

JSONLD

Meal Planner Context

JSONLD

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

MCP Server (Food Database)

Tools

Tools

Tools

Java Demo (Nutrition Analysis API)

CodeExamples

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

FAQ

FAQ

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Partners

Partners

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Attribution

Attribution

DataLicensing

DataLicensing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: edamam
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-search/edamam/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: edamam:edamam-nutrition-analysis-api
  name: Edamam Nutrition Analysis API
  description: The Edamam Nutrition Analysis API provides detailed nutrition data for recipes and food items. Send a recipe
    or food description and receive comprehensive nutritional information including calories, macros, and micronutrients.
  humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-nutrition-api
  baseURL: https://api.edamam.com
  tags:
  - Food
  - Health
  - Nutrition
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-nutrition-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-nutrition-api
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/edamam/main/openapi/edamam-nutrition-analysis-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
- aid: edamam:edamam-recipe-search-api
  name: Edamam Recipe Search API
  description: The Edamam Recipe Search API provides access to over 2 million recipes with full nutritional analysis, diet
    and health labels, ingredient details, and cuisine type.
  humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-recipe-api
  baseURL: https://api.edamam.com
  tags:
  - Food
  - Nutrition
  - Recipes
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-recipe-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-recipe-api
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/edamam/main/openapi/edamam-recipe-search-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
- aid: edamam:edamam-meal-planner-api
  name: Edamam Meal Planner API
  description: The Edamam Meal Planner API provides personalized meal planning capabilities based on dietary preferences,
    nutrition goals, and available ingredients.
  humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-meal-planner-api
  baseURL: https://api.edamam.com
  tags:
  - Food
  - Meal Planning
  - Nutrition
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-meal-planner-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.edamam.com/meal-planner-api
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/edamam/main/openapi/edamam-meal-planner-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
- aid: edamam:edamam-food-database-api
  name: Edamam Food Database API
  description: Search foods by keyword or barcode and resolve nutrition.
  humanURL: https://developer.edamam.com/edamam-docs-nutrition-api
  baseURL: https://api.edamam.com
  tags:
  - Food Database
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/edamam-food-database-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/food-database-api-docs
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://developer.edamam.com/food-database-api
name: Edamam
tags:
- Restaurant
- Food
- Nutrition
- UPC
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Paid (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/edamam.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-13'
modified: '2026-06-02'
position: Consuming
description: Edamam is a leading provider of nutrition data and analytics. They offer nutrition analysis, food database, recipe
  search, and meal planning APIs that power thousands of health, fitness, and food apps. Their databases contain close to
  900,000 foods, over 2 million recipes, and comprehensive nutritional information.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.edamam.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/edamam-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/edamam-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/edamam-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/edamam
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edamam
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (Food Database)
  url: https://github.com/edamam-llc/mcp-edamam-food
- name: Edamam Food MCP
  description: Official Edamam Model Context Protocol server exposing the Food Database and Vision capabilities as LLM-friendly
    tools (get_food_nutrition, analyze_food_image) over Streamable HTTP / JSON-RPC 2.0 at https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food.
  url: https://developer.edamam.com/mcp-edamam-food
  type: Tools
- type: CodeExamples
  title: Java Demo (Nutrition Analysis API)
  url: https://github.com/edamam-llc/edamam-api-demo
- type: Spectral
  title: Edamam Spectral Rules
  url: rules/edamam-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  title: Edamam Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/edamam-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/edamam-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/edamam-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/edamam-finops.yml
- type: JSONLD
  title: Nutrition Analysis Context
  url: json-ld/edamam-nutrition-analysis-api-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  title: Food Database Context
  url: json-ld/edamam-food-and-grocery-database-api-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  title: Recipe Search Context
  url: json-ld/edamam-recipe-search-api-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  title: Meal Planner Context
  url: json-ld/edamam-meal-planner-api-context.jsonld
- name: FAQ - Edamam
  description: 'null'
  url: https://developer.edamam.com/api/faq
  type: FAQ
- name: Attribution Requirements for Edamam Data Services
  description: 'null'
  url: https://developer.edamam.com/attribution
  type: Attribution
- name: Edamam Data Licensing
  description: 'null'
  url: https://www.edamam.com/data-licensing/
  type: DataLicensing
- name: Edamam Partners
  description: 'null'
  url: https://www.edamam.com/partners/
  type: Partners
- name: Edamam Developer Portal
  description: 'null'
  url: https://www.edamam.com/
  type: Portal
- name: Privacy Policy - Edamam
  description: 'null'
  url: https://www.edamam.com/privacy/
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- name: Edamam APIs Terms of Service
  description: 'null'
  url: https://www.edamam.com/terms/api/
  type: TermsOfService

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