# fatsecret

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/fatsecret/  
**Website:** https://platform.fatsecret.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 10

fatsecret is a global nutrition and wellness platform whose Platform API exposes a verified database of more than 2.3 million foods across 58 countries and 26 languages, plus recipes, exercises, image recognition, natural language processing, and user-scoped food diary, exercise diary, and weight tracking. The API is used by more than 50,000 developers and serves over 700 million calls per month. Bootstrapped and profitable since 2006, fatsecret has never raised venture funding.

## Kin Score — 64.0 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 64.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 92.6 |
| Contract Quality | 51.3 |
| Governance | 26.5 |
| Contract Governance | 26.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 54.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 84.2 |
| Access Clarity | 84.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 62.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 37.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (10)

- **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 Image Recognition API** — Identify foods and their nutrition from a photograph
- **fatsecret Natural Language Processing API** — Turn a free-text meal description into matched foods and nutrition
- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Fatsecret Agentic Access** — 23 operations · 6 acting

## Security (2)

- **Fatsecret Authentication** — oauth2/http · 2 schemes
- **Fatsecret Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Fatsecret Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Barcode Scanning, Calories, Diets, Image Recognition, Natural Language Processing, Exercise, Fitness, Food Diary, Health, Macronutrients, Nutrition, Recipes, Weight Tracking

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/fatsecret/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.