API archive entry · source-reported
FoodData Central
National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
Decision snapshot
FoodData Central is catalogued as a Health API from FoodData Central. The directory reports api key authentication, HTTPS support, and CORS as unknown.
- Category
- Health
- Authentication
- API key
- HTTPS
- Reported
- CORS
- Unknown
Evaluation pathway
- Define endpoints, fields, freshness, and expected request volume.
- Read the live source and confirm access, terms, limits, and version.
- Test representative inputs, errors, latency, pagination, and data quality.
- Plan monitoring, retries, caching, version pinning, and a fallback.
What still needs verification
Pricing and quotas
Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.
Endpoint coverage
Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.
Reliability
Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.
Data and privacy
Review retention, licensing, regional processing, and compliance requirements.
Versioning
Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.
Developer experience
Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.
Nearby Health options
CMS.gov
Access to the data from the CMS - medicare.gov
API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown
Edamam
Food and nutrition data API with recipe search
API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown
Lexigram
NLP that extracts mentions of clinical concepts from text, gives access to clinical ontology
API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown
Source reference
This page separates source-reported facts from questions that need live provider verification.