API archive entry · source-reported

FoodData Central

National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Provider / source website

Other Health APIs

These records share a directory category and are ordered by similarity of reported access facts. They are a shortlist, not proof of drop-in compatibility.

NHS Health A-Z

NHS conditions, medicines and guidance

API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown

FDA Recalls

Latest FDA food, drug and product recall notices as JSON with keyword search

API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown

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

Nutritionix

Worlds largest verified nutrition database

API key · HTTPS reported · CORS Unknown

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