# TheMealDB

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/mealdb/  
**Website:** https://www.themealdb.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

TheMealDB is an open, crowd-sourced database of recipes from around the world offering a free REST API with 669 meals, 927 ingredients, 300+ recipes complete with ingredients, step-by-step cooking instructions, categories, area cuisines, and meal images. The API and site will always remain free at point of access; a lifetime supporter upgrade unlocks premium V2 endpoints including multi-ingredient filtering, random sets, latest meals, and the ability to add custom meals and images.

## Kin Score — 43.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 43.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 56.0 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 35.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 28.1 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

Freemium · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **TheMealDB Categories.php API** — The Categories.php API from TheMealDB — 1 operation(s) for categories.php.
- **TheMealDB Filter.php API** — The Filter.php API from TheMealDB — 1 operation(s) for filter.php.
- **TheMealDB List.php API** — The List.php API from TheMealDB — 1 operation(s) for list.php.
- **TheMealDB Lookup.php API** — The Lookup.php API from TheMealDB — 1 operation(s) for lookup.php.
- **TheMealDB Premium API** — Premium-only endpoints requiring a paid lifetime supporter API key
- **TheMealDB Random.php API** — The Random.php API from TheMealDB — 1 operation(s) for random.php.
- **TheMealDB Search.php API** — The Search.php API from TheMealDB — 1 operation(s) for search.php.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Mealdb Agentic Access** — 8 operations

## Security (1)

- **Mealdb Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Mealdb Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Food, Recipes, Meals, Cooking, Ingredients, Cuisine, Open Data

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