Overview

Comprehensive documentation for the Open Food Facts ecosystem - APIs, services, and infrastructure

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Open Food Facts Documentation

Open Food Facts Documentation

Welcome to the comprehensive documentation for the Open Food Facts ecosystem. Our platform provides access to the world's largest collaborative food database and related services, powering applications that help people make better food choices.

What is 🍊 Open Food Facts?

A food products database

Open Food Facts is a database of food products with ingredients, allergens, nutrition facts and all the tidbits of information we can find on product labels.

Made by everyone

Open Food Facts is a non-profit association of volunteers. 25,000+ contributors like you have added 1.7 million+ products from 150 countries using our Android, iPhone or Windows Phone app or their camera to scan barcodes and upload pictures of products and their labels.

For everyone

Data about food is of public interest and has to be open. The complete database is published as open data and can be reused by anyone and for any use. All our APIs and services are free to use!

Open Food Facts is a collaborative, free and open database of food products from around the world. All data is available under open licenses, enabling innovation in food transparency.

Technical Documentation

If you are here, you might be looking for technical documentation about our projects. This comprehensive documentation covers all the APIs, services, and infrastructure that power the Open Food Facts ecosystem.

Core Services

Product Opener

Core backend system powering Open Food Facts with API endpoints, database, and web interface

Robotoff

AI-powered service for automated product data extraction using computer vision and ML

Knowledge Panels

FastAPI service providing structured, ready-to-display knowledge panels for products

Open Prices

Global price database with location-based pricing information and analytics

Folksonomy Engine

Collaborative tagging system for adding custom properties to products

Getting Started

Select the service that best fits your needs from our comprehensive ecosystem

Each service has detailed API references, guides, and examples

Use our APIs and services to build applications that promote food transparency

Quick Access Guide

Choose the documentation section that best fits your needs:

  • Product Data: Use Product Opener API v2 or API v3 for accessing product information, nutrition data, and images
  • Smart Insights: Use Knowledge Panels for structured, ready-to-display product information
  • AI Predictions: Use Robotoff for machine learning predictions and annotation workflows
  • Price Information: Use Open Prices for product pricing data and store locations
  • Search Engine: Use Search-a-licious for powerful Elasticsearch-based search capabilities
  • Tagging System: Use Folksonomy Engine for collaborative product tagging

All APIs are free to use and don't require authentication for read operations. Check individual API sections for specific usage guidelines.

Frequently Asked Questions

Technical Details

How can I help?

Translate Open Food Facts

You can help translate the Open Food Facts web version and the app at translate.openfoodfacts.org (no technical knowledge required, takes a minute to signup)

Contribute to the Code

🐙 Open Food Facts GitHub Organization

Explore all our open-source projects and find ways to contribute. Our organization hosts dozens of repositories covering everything from mobile apps to machine learning models.

Check out our GitHub organization to find projects you can contribute to

Join the Community

Additional Resources

Folksonomy Engine API

Collaborative tagging system for adding free-form property/value pairs to Open Food Facts products