USDA-Verified Nutrition Analysis API
for Developers

✓ Your data. Your app. No usage restrictions.

Accurate, production-ready nutrition data in clean JSON. Easy to integrate, secure, lightning-fast responses with real USDA IDs.

Quick Start:

# CLI

npm install -g avocavo-nutrition-cli

avocavo login

avocavo ingredient "1 cup rice"

# Python

pip install avocavo-nutrition

import avocavo_nutrition as av

av.login()

result = av.analyze_ingredient("1 cup rice")

Example Requests and Responses

Complete examples for CLI, Python SDK, and direct API calls

See exactly how to install, authenticate, and make requests with CLI, Python, or direct API calls. Select a tab to see details.

## Install
$ npm install -g avocavo-nutrition-cli

## Login
$ avocavo login

## Example Request
$ avocavo ingredient "1 cup brown rice"

## Example Response (All 29 Nutrition Fields)
✅ 2 cups broccoli
  🔥 Calories: 114.08
  🥩 Protein: 9.46g
  🧈 Total Fat: 1.25g
  🌾 Carbohydrates: 23.07g
  🌿 Fiber: 8.83g
  🧂 Sodium: 120.96mg
  🦴 Calcium: 169.28mg
  🩸 Iron: 2.54mg
  🥛 Saturated Fat: 0.25g
  💛 Cholesterol: 0mg
  🍯 Sugar: 5.42g
  ⚡ Potassium: 1141.44mg
  🌟 Vitamin A: 2207.04 IU
  🍊 Vitamin C: 322.56mg
  🍃 Folate: 226.56mcg
  📋 USDA: Broccoli, raw (FDC ID: 747447)
  📏 Estimated Grams: 368g (scaled from USDA 100g)
  📊 Quality: excellent | Confidence: 0.95
  ⚠️  14 nutrients returned as null (no USDA data)

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✅ Supports single ingredients, batch lists, and complete recipes with serving-based nutrition.

Note: All endpoints now return all 29 nutrition fields with null transparency (null = no USDA data available, not zero).

Stop wrestling with messy nutrition parsing.

Building meal planners, recipe apps, or nutrition labeling shouldn't mean scraping, guessing, or maintaining massive databases.

Avocavo solves this:

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Official USDA FoodData Central integration

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Portion-aware parsing and automatic conversion

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Real FDC IDs and verification URLs in every response

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Clean, predictable JSON schema

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Typical ~200ms response times with intelligent caching

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Supports single ingredients, batch lists, and full recipes with servings

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Secure OAuth login — no API key headaches

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CLI, NPM, and Python packages for easy setup

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How It Works

Start using verifiable nutrition data in minutes — no complicated onboarding or hidden restrictions.

Send Your Ingredient or Recipe Text

e.g. "1 cup brown rice, cooked" or a full recipe list

We Normalize & Parse

Handles messy, real-world inputs automatically

USDA Lookup with Verification

Returns real FDC IDs, USDA links, and official nutrition data

Get Clean, Structured JSON

Ready to drop directly into your app

Why Developers Choose Avocavo

⭐No Usage Restrictions

Your data. Your app. No limitations.
Store and serve USDA-verifiable nutrition data with complete freedom
No rate limits on stored data access

⭐USDA-Verifiable Accuracy

Official FoodData Central IDs and nutrition data
USDA verification URLs in every response

⭐Handles Portion Conversion Automatically

User input like "2 cups rice, cooked" → correct USDA match
Accurate gram-based nutrition

⭐Supports Single Ingredients, Batch Lists, and Full Recipes

Analyze one ingredient or an entire recipe
Automatic serving calculations

⭐Clean, Structured JSON

No scraping
No manual parsing
Always consistent schema

⭐Lightning-Fast Responses

Typical ~200ms per request thanks to caching
Optimized for high-volume usage

⭐Secure OAuth Login

No API keys to manage or leak
Modern authentication flow

⭐Developer-First Tooling

CLI
NPM package
Python SDK
cURL-friendly REST API

⭐Predictable, Affordable Pricing

Free tier to test
Buy extra calls anytime at $1/1,000
Discounted monthly plans available
No surprise overages

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Simple, Transparent Pricing

⭐ Free trial — 100 calls (one-time) to test your integration

⭐ Pay-as-you-go credits available — $1 per 1,000 calls

⭐ All plans include all 29 nutrition fields with USDA verification

🔓Store and serve USDA-verifiable nutrition data in your app with no restrictions

Free Trial

Test your integration

No credit card required

100 API calls (one-time trial credit)
Batch limit: 3 ingredients
Full feature access

Starter

$9.99/month

For prototypes & indie apps

2,500 calls/month
Batch limit: 8 ingredients
Pay-as-you-go credits available

Pro

$49.00/month

For production apps

25,000 calls/month
Batch limit: 50 ingredients
Priority support

Enterprise

$249.00/month

High-volume & SLA

250,000+ calls/month
Batch limit: 100 ingredients
SLA & dedicated support

✅ Custom enterprise plans for high-volume use available on request.

Rate Limits & Burst Capacity

Designed for Production Use

Plan	Hourly Limit	Per-Minute Limit	Burst Rate
Free	1,000 / hour	100 / minute	Up to 50 requests / 10 seconds
Starter	2,500 / hour	500 / minute	Up to 100 requests / 10 seconds
Professional	10,000 / hour	1,000 / minute	Up to 200 requests / 10 seconds
Business	50,000 / hour	5,000 / minute	Custom limits with SLAs

✅ Need more? Contact us for custom enterprise plans.

Stop guessing. Start building.

USDA-verifiable nutrition data in clean, structured JSON — ready for your app in minutes.

✅Free tier — no credit card required

✅Easy OAuth login

✅Developer-friendly CLI, SDK, and cURL support

USDA-Verified Nutrition Analysis APIfor Developers