Zestful

Zestful provides a machine-learning-powered ingredient parser API that turns plain recipe ingredient strings into structured JSON data. The API extracts quantity, unit, product name, preparation notes, and USDA FoodData Central database matches from free-form recipe text. Designed for recipe app developers building searchable recipes, shopping lists, and ingredient databases.

Zestful publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Parse API. Tagged areas include Food, Ingredients, Parsers, Recipes, and USDA.

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

Zestful’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, and 6 more developer resources.

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39.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Food Ingredients Parsers Recipes USDA

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 39.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Access Clarity 5.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 3.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: zestful
name: Zestful
description: Zestful provides a machine-learning-powered ingredient parser API that turns plain recipe ingredient strings
  into structured JSON data. The API extracts quantity, unit, product name, preparation notes, and USDA FoodData Central database
  matches from free-form recipe text. Designed for recipe app developers building searchable recipes, shopping lists, and
  ingredient databases.
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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zestful.png
tags:
- Food
- Ingredients
- Parsers
- Recipes
- USDA
created: '2024-11-14'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zestful/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: zestful:zestful-parse-api
  name: Zestful Parse API
  description: Ingredient parsing operations
  humanURL: https://zestfuldata.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://zestfuldata.com
  tags:
  - Parse
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zestful-parse-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://zestfuldata.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://zestfuldata.com/pricing/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/zestful-ingredient-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/zestful-parse-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/zestful-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/zestful-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/zestful-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zestful-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/zestful-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zestful
- url: https://zestfuldata.com/
  name: Zestful Website
  type: Website
  description: Main Zestful website with API overview.
- url: https://zestfuldata.com/docs/
  name: API Reference
  type: Documentation
  description: Full API documentation and reference.
- url: https://zestfuldata.com/pricing/
  name: Pricing
  type: Pricing
  description: Pricing plans for the Zestful API.
- url: https://rapidapi.com/zestfuldata/api/recipe-and-ingredient-analysis
  name: Zestful on RapidAPI
  type: Integrations
  description: Zestful API available on the RapidAPI marketplace.
- url: https://github.com/mtlynch/zestful-client
  name: Zestful Client
  type: SDKs
  description: Official Zestful API client library on GitHub.
- url: vocabulary/zestful-vocabulary.yml
  name: Vocabulary
  type: Vocabulary
  description: Domain vocabulary for Zestful ingredient parsing concepts.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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