This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Open Food Facts. It enables AI assistants to access food product information, providing nutritional analysis, product comparisons…
Open Food Facts MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the jagjeevanak/openfoodfacts-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Open Food Facts. It enables AI assistants to access food product information, providing nutritional analysis…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares TRANSPORT. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| searchProducts | Search for products in the Open Food Facts database by name, brand, category, or other keywords |
| getProductByBarcode | Get detailed information about a product by its barcode (EAN, UPC, etc.) |
| analyzeProduct | Get AI-powered nutritional analysis of a food product |
| compareProducts | Compare two products with AI-powered insights |
| suggestRecipes | Get AI-powered recipe suggestions using a product |
| searchByCategory | Search products within a specific food category (e.g., beverages, snacks, dairy, cereals) |
| searchByBrand | Find all products from a specific brand |
| advancedSearch | Advanced product search with multiple filters including category, brand, Nutri-Score, Eco-Score, NOVA group, allergen-free options, labels, and country |
| autocomplete | Get autocomplete suggestions for categories, brands, labels, ingredients, allergens, or additives |
| getNutriScore | Get the Nutri-Score grade (A-E) for a product - quick health assessment at a glance |
| getEcoScore | Get the Eco-Score (environmental impact rating A-E) for a product |
| getAdditivesInfo | List all additives in a product with their E-numbers and NOVA processing level |
| getAllergenCheck | Check if a product contains a specific allergen (gluten, milk, eggs, nuts, peanuts, soy, fish, shellfish, etc.) |
| checkMultipleAllergens | Check if a product contains any of multiple allergens at once |
| getProductAIQuestions | Get AI-generated questions about a product that need human verification |
| getRandomAIQuestions | Get random AI-generated questions from Robotoff that need human verification - great for community contribution |
| getProductInsights | Get AI-generated insights about products (detected labels, categories, ingredients issues, etc.) |
| getInsightTypes | Get a summary of available AI insight types in Robotoff |
| getProductPrices | Get price history and current prices for a product from Open Prices |
| searchPrices | Search for prices with filters (currency, country, date range) |
| getRecentPrices | Get recently added prices to discover what's available |
{
"mcpServers": {
"openfoodfacts": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/OpenFoodFacts-MCP/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TRANSPORT": "stdio"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TRANSPORT | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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