Spoonacular

The Spoonacular Recipe and Food API provides programmatic access to thousands of recipes, thousands of ingredients, 800,000+ food products, and 100,000+ menu items, plus nutrition analysis, meal planning, wine pairing, and food classification. Authentication is via an API key sent in the x-api-key header.

Spoonacular publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Ingredients API, Meal Planning API, Menu Items API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Restaurant, Food And Drink, Recipes, Nutrition, and Meal Planning.

The Spoonacular catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Spoonacular’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, pricing, code examples, tooling, and 17 more developer resources.

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59.7/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

7 APIs 8 Features 4 Use Cases

RestaurantFood And DrinkRecipesNutritionMeal PlanningPublic APIs

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Composite quality — 59.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 20.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

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 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

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APIs 7

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

Spoonacular Ingredients API

The Ingredients API from Spoonacular — 9 operation(s) for ingredients.

Spoonacular Meal Planning API

The Meal Planning API from Spoonacular — 12 operation(s) for meal planning.

Spoonacular Menu Items API

The Menu Items API from Spoonacular — 8 operation(s) for menu items.

Spoonacular Misc API

The Misc API from Spoonacular — 11 operation(s) for misc.

Spoonacular Products API

The Products API from Spoonacular — 11 operation(s) for products.

Spoonacular Recipes API

The Recipes API from Spoonacular — 42 operation(s) for recipes.

Spoonacular Wine API

The Wine API from Spoonacular — 4 operation(s) for wine.

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 1

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

spoonacular API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Spoonacular Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spoonacular Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Spoonacular Finops

FINOPS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Recipe Search and Information

Complex multi-filter search, search by ingredients or nutrients, full recipe information, similar/random recipes, autocomplete, and analyzed instructions.

Nutrition Analysis

Compute and visualize nutrition for recipes, ingredients, products, and menu items including macro- and micronutrient breakdowns.

Ingredient Intelligence

Search ingredients, get information and substitutes, parse ingredient strings, compute conversions, and look up glycemic load.

Grocery Products

Search 800,000+ packaged food products by name or UPC, retrieve product information, compare products, and classify them.

Menu Items

Search and retrieve 100,000+ restaurant menu items with nutrition and autocomplete.

Meal Planning

Generate daily and weekly meal plans, build shopping lists, and manage meal plan templates.

Wine Pairing

Recommend wine pairings for dishes and recipes and return wine descriptions and recommendations.

Food Classification and Media

Classify food in images, search recipe videos, extract recipes from web pages, and return food jokes and trivia.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Spoonacular Context

8 classes · 102 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Spoonacular API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Spoonacular API Rules

29 rules · 6 errors 19 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 8

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

ComparableProduct

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

Spoonacular Agentic Access

99 operations · 24 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Recipe and Cooking Apps

Power consumer cooking apps with searchable recipes, step-by-step instructions, and ingredient-based discovery.

Diet and Nutrition Tracking

Analyze meals and products for calories and nutrients to drive diet, fitness, and health applications.

Grocery and Shopping List Tools

Build shopping lists from meal plans and look up packaged products by name or UPC.

AI Cooking Assistants

Expose recipe, nutrition, and meal-planning operations to LLM agents through the official MCP server.

Integrations 3

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Model Context Protocol

Official spoonacular-mcp server exposes the API as MCP tools for AI assistants.

OpenAPI Generator

Official multi-language client SDKs are generated from the OpenAPI 3 spec with OpenAPI Generator.

RapidAPI

The Spoonacular API is also available through the RapidAPI marketplace.

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Console

Console

Signup

Signup

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 7

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

API Clients (22 languages)

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

API Clients

Widgets

MCP Server

MCP Server (npm)

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Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Tutorials

Tutorials

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: spoonacular
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/spoonacular.png
name: Spoonacular
description: The Spoonacular Recipe and Food API provides programmatic access to thousands of recipes, thousands of ingredients,
  800,000+ food products, and 100,000+ menu items, plus nutrition analysis, meal planning, wine pairing, and food classification.
  Authentication is via an API key sent in the x-api-key header.
url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-06-03'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Food & Drink
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Restaurant
- Food And Drink
- Recipes
- Nutrition
- Meal Planning
- Public APIs
apis:
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-ingredients-api
  name: Spoonacular Ingredients API
  description: The Ingredients API from Spoonacular — 9 operation(s) for ingredients.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Ingredients
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-ingredients-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-meal-planning-api
  name: Spoonacular Meal Planning API
  description: The Meal Planning API from Spoonacular — 12 operation(s) for meal planning.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Meal Planning
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-meal-planning-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-menu-items-api
  name: Spoonacular Menu Items API
  description: The Menu Items API from Spoonacular — 8 operation(s) for menu items.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Menu Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-menu-items-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-misc-api
  name: Spoonacular Misc API
  description: The Misc API from Spoonacular — 11 operation(s) for misc.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Misc
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-misc-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-products-api
  name: Spoonacular Products API
  description: The Products API from Spoonacular — 11 operation(s) for products.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Products
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-products-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-recipes-api
  name: Spoonacular Recipes API
  description: The Recipes API from Spoonacular — 42 operation(s) for recipes.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Recipes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-recipes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
- aid: spoonacular:spoonacular-wine-api
  name: Spoonacular Wine API
  description: The Wine API from Spoonacular — 4 operation(s) for wine.
  humanURL: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
  baseURL: https://api.spoonacular.com
  tags:
  - Wine
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spoonacular-wine-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/docs#Getting-Started
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/python
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/javascript
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/java
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/php
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/ruby
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients/tree/master/go
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-recipe-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-search-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-product-information-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-menu-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-comparable-product-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-ingredient-basics-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spoonacular-taste-information-schema.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/spoonacular/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spoonacular-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spoonacular-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/spoonacular-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api
- url: https://spoonacular.com/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
- type: Console
  url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/console
- type: Signup
  url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/console#Dashboard
- type: Pricing
  url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/pricing
- type: SDKs
  title: API Clients (22 languages)
  url: https://spoonacular.com/food-api/sdk
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ddsky
- type: GitHubRepository
  title: API Clients
  url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-clients
- type: Tutorials
  url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-api-tutorials
- type: CodeExamples
  title: Widgets
  url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-widgets
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server
  url: https://github.com/ddsky/spoonacular-mcp
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (npm)
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/spoonacular-mcp
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/spoonacular-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spoonacular-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/spoonacular-context.jsonld
- type: Plans
  url: plans/spoonacular-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/spoonacular-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/spoonacular-finops.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Recipe Search and Information
    description: Complex multi-filter search, search by ingredients or nutrients, full recipe information, similar/random
      recipes, autocomplete, and analyzed instructions.
  - name: Nutrition Analysis
    description: Compute and visualize nutrition for recipes, ingredients, products, and menu items including macro- and micronutrient
      breakdowns.
  - name: Ingredient Intelligence
    description: Search ingredients, get information and substitutes, parse ingredient strings, compute conversions, and look
      up glycemic load.
  - name: Grocery Products
    description: Search 800,000+ packaged food products by name or UPC, retrieve product information, compare products, and
      classify them.
  - name: Menu Items
    description: Search and retrieve 100,000+ restaurant menu items with nutrition and autocomplete.
  - name: Meal Planning
    description: Generate daily and weekly meal plans, build shopping lists, and manage meal plan templates.
  - name: Wine Pairing
    description: Recommend wine pairings for dishes and recipes and return wine descriptions and recommendations.
  - name: Food Classification and Media
    description: Classify food in images, search recipe videos, extract recipes from web pages, and return food jokes and
      trivia.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Recipe and Cooking Apps
    description: Power consumer cooking apps with searchable recipes, step-by-step instructions, and ingredient-based discovery.
  - name: Diet and Nutrition Tracking
    description: Analyze meals and products for calories and nutrients to drive diet, fitness, and health applications.
  - name: Grocery and Shopping List Tools
    description: Build shopping lists from meal plans and look up packaged products by name or UPC.
  - name: AI Cooking Assistants
    description: Expose recipe, nutrition, and meal-planning operations to LLM agents through the official MCP server.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Model Context Protocol
    description: Official spoonacular-mcp server exposes the API as MCP tools for AI assistants.
  - name: OpenAPI Generator
    description: Official multi-language client SDKs are generated from the OpenAPI 3 spec with OpenAPI Generator.
  - name: RapidAPI
    description: The Spoonacular API is also available through the RapidAPI marketplace.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com