Swiss Food Composition Database

The Swiss Food Composition Database is the official reference dataset on the nutrient composition of foods available in Switzerland, published by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO / BLV). Version 7.1 (1 July 2026) covers 1,246 mostly generic foods across 19 main categories and 106 subcategories, with macronutrients, water, alcohol and energy for nearly every food, plus vitamins, minerals, fatty acid groups and individual fatty acids for most. The data is published free of charge in German, French, Italian and English, for commercial as well as scientific use, subject to acknowledgement of the source. Alongside the Excel export and the public search application, the FSVO operates a documented, entirely unauthenticated JSON REST API on the FoodCASE platform, described by a served OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with 21 read-only operations covering food search, single-food retrieval, nutrient values and their sources, ingredients, LanguaL codes, the category tree, component/unit reference data and the current database version.

Swiss Food Composition Database publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Food, Nutrition, Food Composition, Health, and Open Data.

Swiss Food Composition Database’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, support, changelog, authentication, and 20 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-08-27 · rubric v0.15.1
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
FoodNutritionFood CompositionHealthOpen DataGovernmentSwitzerlandReference DataPublic SectorResearch

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scored 2026-08-27 · rubric v0.15.1
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Agent Skills 5 / 5
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APIs 1

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

Swiss Food Composition Database API

Public, unauthenticated JSON REST API over the Swiss Food Composition Database, served from the FoodCASE platform operated for the FSVO. 21 read-only GET operations: food search...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Swiss Food Composition Database MCP Server

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Swiss Food Composition Database Plans Pricing

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Swiss Food Composition Database Rate Limits

0 limits

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Security Posture 3

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Swiss Food Composition Database Authentication

0 schemes

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Swiss Food Composition Database Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Swiss Food Composition Database Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

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Documentation 2

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Company 1

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: swiss-food-composition-database
name: Swiss Food Composition Database
description: The Swiss Food Composition Database is the official reference dataset on the nutrient composition of foods available
  in Switzerland, published by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO / BLV). Version 7.1 (1 July 2026) covers
  1,246 mostly generic foods across 19 main categories and 106 subcategories, with macronutrients, water, alcohol and energy
  for nearly every food, plus vitamins, minerals, fatty acid groups and individual fatty acids for most. The data is published
  free of charge in German, French, Italian and English, for commercial as well as scientific use, subject to acknowledgement
  of the source. Alongside the Excel export and the public search application, the FSVO operates a documented, entirely unauthenticated
  JSON REST API on the FoodCASE platform, described by a served OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with 21 read-only operations covering
  food search, single-food retrieval, nutrient values and their sources, ingredients, LanguaL codes, the category tree, component/unit
  reference data and the current database version.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swiss-food-composition-database/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/favicon.png
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:health-device-stack
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: enrichment-pipeline
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-27'
modified: '2026-08-27'
tags:
- Food
- Nutrition
- Food Composition
- Health
- Open Data
- Government
- Switzerland
- Reference Data
- Public Sector
- Research
tags_raw:
- food
- nutrition
- food-composition
- health
- open-data
- government
- switzerland
- reference-data
- public-sector
- research
apis:
- name: Swiss Food Composition Database API
  description: 'Public, unauthenticated JSON REST API over the Swiss Food Composition Database, served from the FoodCASE platform
    operated for the FSVO. 21 read-only GET operations: food search with category, subcategory and nutrient-threshold filters,
    single food retrieval, nutrient values and their source/provenance records, recipe ingredients, LanguaL descriptors, the
    full category tree, component / component-set / group / unit reference data, generic-food counts and the current database
    version. Every operation accepts a lang parameter (de, en, fr, it). No API key, no quota and no rate limiting is documented
    or observed.'
  humanURL: https://api.webapp.prod.blv.foodcase-services.com/BLV_WebApp_WS
  baseURL: https://api.webapp.prod.blv.foodcase-services.com/BLV_WebApp_WS
  tags:
  - Food
  - Nutrition
  - Food Composition
  - Open Data
  - Government
  - Switzerland
  - Reference Data
  tags_raw:
  - food
  - nutrition
  - food-composition
  - open-data
  - government
  - switzerland
  - reference-data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swiss-food-composition-database-openapi.json
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://api.webapp.prod.blv.foodcase-services.com/BLV_WebApp_WS/webresources/openapi.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.webapp.prod.blv.foodcase-services.com/BLV_WebApp_WS
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Swiss-Food-Composition-Database-API-descripton_V3-separate-API-prod.docx
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/swiss-food-composition-database-openapi-overlay.yaml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/swiss-food-composition-database-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/swiss-food-composition-database-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/swiss-food-composition-database-data-model.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/swiss-food-composition-database-rate-limits.yml
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/swiss-food-composition-database-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/swiss-food-composition-database-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/swiss-food-composition-database-lifecycle.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/swiss-food-composition-database-mcp.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/swiss-food-composition-database-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/swiss-food-composition-database-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch
- type: Documentation
  url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/en/downloads/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.webapp.prod.blv.foodcase-services.com/BLV_WebApp_WS
- type: Support
  url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/en/contact/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/en/legal-information/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/en/legal-information/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://naehrwertdaten.ch/en/versions-and-updates/
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/swiss-food-composition-database-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/swiss-food-composition-database-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/swiss-food-composition-database-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/swiss-food-composition-database-packages.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/swiss-food-composition-database-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/swiss-food-composition-database-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/swiss-food-composition-database-conformance.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/swiss-food-composition-database-changelog.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/swiss-food-composition-database-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/swiss-food-composition-database-rate-limits.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/swiss-food-composition-database-data-model.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/swiss-food-composition-database-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/swiss-food-composition-database-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/swiss-food-composition-database-authentication.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/swiss-food-composition-database-openapi-overlay.yaml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-27'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 25
  pass: local-v1

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