Avocavo Nutrition API – Features
Everything you need, built for real-world use cases.
Core Endpoints
Ingredient Analysis
Parse any ingredient with USDA verification, confidence scoring, and automatic unit conversions.
Batch Processing
Analyze up to 50 ingredients at once with parallel workers and smart caching.
Recipe Analysis
Handle complex formats, ingredient groups, and serving-size scaling with full transparency.
UPC / Barcode Search
Instantly retrieve nutrition, images, brand, and category data from Open Food Facts + USDA Branded Foods.
Data Transparency & Accuracy
No black boxes. Every number is traceable.
USDA-First Approach
Foundation Foods, SR Legacy, FNDDS, and Branded Foods, all verified with real IDs.
Anti-Hallucination Technology
Bulletproof against fabricated values.
Confidence Scoring
Results ranked by USDA match quality.
Verification Links
Every response includes direct source URLs.
Performance & Reliability
Fast, scalable, and always available.
Sub-100ms Cached Responses
With Redis-backed smart caching.
Parallel Processing
Analyze entire batches in seconds.
Background Workers
For async tasks and large requests.
Real-Time Monitoring
Health checks, performance metrics, error handling.
Security & Authentication
Enterprise-grade protection out of the box.
Secure API Keys
with usage tracking.
Tier-Based Rate Limiting
for fairness and scalability.
Audit Logging
with IP + user agent tracking.
Payment Integration
via Stripe with automated subscription management.
Developer Tools
We built this API for developers first.
Python SDK
Type hints, keyring integration, cross-platform.
Node.js CLI
Interactive commands, formatted output, secure key storage.
Global Installation
npm install -g avocavo ready.
Comprehensive Docs
Copy-paste examples, code snippets, and quickstart guides.
Quality & Validation
Your users get accurate data every time.
Consensus Validation
Multiple checks for accuracy.
Suspicious Data Detection
Catch impossible values (e.g. 0-calorie foods with macros).
Regression Prevention
Automated test suite across deployments.
Accuracy Monitoring
Live tracking of nutrition quality.
Why Avocavo
Real USDA Data
(not fabricated or estimated)
Full Transparency
(you see how every number was calculated)
Anti-Hallucination Protection
(no AI guesswork)
Sub-Second Responses
(at scale)
Developer-First Design
(SDKs, docs, CLI)
Always Available
(99.9% uptime SLA)