lookup_food
Look up a food
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Get the full per-100 g nutrient profile of a whole plant food, reconciled across up to 11 national food-composition datasets (USDA, UK CoFID, IFCT India, Ciqual, BLS, Frida, and more). Unlike a single-source table, every value reports how many sources contributed, which ones, and the per-source spread — so the number can be cited rather than asserted. Covers Indian foods from IFCT 2017, which is not available as an API elsewhere. Accepts a slug ("bitter-gourd") or a plain or regional name ("karela", "chickoo").
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| food | string | yes | Food slug, common name, or regional alias. |
| nutrients | array | no | Optional nutrient slugs or names to return (e.g. ["iron","vitamin-c"]). Omit for the full profile of ~168 nutrients. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"food": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Food slug, common name, or regional alias."
},
"nutrients": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Optional nutrient slugs or names to return (e.g. [\"iron\",\"vitamin-c\"]). Omit for the full profile of ~168 nutrients."
}
},
"required": [
"food"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}