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FatSecret

FatSecret is a global nutrition and wellness platform whose Platform API exposes a verified database of more than 1.9 million foods across 56 countries, plus recipes, exercises, and user-scoped food diary, exercise diary, and weight tracking. The API is used by more than 35,000 developers and serves over 700 million calls per month.

FatSecret publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Exercise Diary API, Food Diary API, Foods API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Barcode Scanning, Calories, Diets, Exercise, and Fitness.

The FatSecret catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

FatSecret’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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45.0/100 developing ▼ -5.1 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
8 APIs
Barcode ScanningCaloriesDietsExerciseFitnessFood DiaryHealthMacronutrientsNutritionRecipesWeight Tracking

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 45.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 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
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APIs 8

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

FatSecret Exercise Diary API

Daily exercise tracking

FatSecret Food Diary API

Daily food entries and summaries

FatSecret Foods API

Search and retrieve food nutrition data

FatSecret Profile Foods API

User-managed custom foods and favorites

FatSecret Profile Meals API

Saved meals and meal items

FatSecret Recipes API

Search and retrieve recipes

FatSecret Reference API

Reference data for brands, categories, and exercises

FatSecret Weight Tracking API

User weight history

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Open Collections 1

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

FatSecret Platform API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Fatsecret Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Fatsecret Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Fatsecret Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

FatSecret API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

FatSecret Food Diary Entry

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FatSecret Food

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FatSecret Recipe

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Fatsecret Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Fatsecret Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Fatsecret Scopes

2 scopes · clientCredentials

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Fatsecret Agentic Access

23 operations · 6 acting

23 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 Guides
Guides

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: fatsecret
name: FatSecret
description: FatSecret is a global nutrition and wellness platform whose Platform API exposes a verified database of more
  than 1.9 million foods across 56 countries, plus recipes, exercises, and user-scoped food diary, exercise diary, and weight
  tracking. The API is used by more than 35,000 developers and serves over 700 million calls per month.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/fatsecret.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Barcode Scanning
- Calories
- Diets
- Exercise
- Fitness
- Food Diary
- Health
- Macronutrients
- Nutrition
- Recipes
- Weight Tracking
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatsecret/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-exercise-diary-api
  name: FatSecret Exercise Diary API
  description: Daily exercise tracking
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Exercise Diary
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-exercise-diary-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-food-diary-api
  name: FatSecret Food Diary API
  description: Daily food entries and summaries
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Food Diary
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-food-diary-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-foods-api
  name: FatSecret Foods API
  description: Search and retrieve food nutrition data
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Foods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-foods-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-profile-foods-api
  name: FatSecret Profile Foods API
  description: User-managed custom foods and favorites
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Profile Foods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-profile-foods-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-profile-meals-api
  name: FatSecret Profile Meals API
  description: Saved meals and meal items
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Profile Meals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-profile-meals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-recipes-api
  name: FatSecret Recipes API
  description: Search and retrieve recipes
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Recipes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-recipes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-reference-api
  name: FatSecret Reference API
  description: Reference data for brands, categories, and exercises
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-reference-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
- aid: fatsecret:fatsecret-weight-tracking-api
  name: FatSecret Weight Tracking API
  description: User weight history
  humanURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  baseURL: https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest
  tags:
  - Weight Tracking
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fatsecret-weight-tracking-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
  - type: Guides
    url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-recipe-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/fatsecret-food-entry-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/fatsecret-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fatsecret-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/fatsecret-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/fatsecret-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/fatsecret-group
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fatsecret
- type: Website
  url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/platform-api
- type: Signup
  url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/registration
- type: Guides
  url: https://platform.fatsecret.com/docs/guides
- url: https://blog.fatsecret.com/rss
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com