Open Food Facts runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 160 installs a week from npm. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.
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Today is the operative word: we check Open Food Facts every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add openfoodfacts-mcp -e 'MCP_TRANSPORT=<MCP_TRANSPORT>' -e 'OFF_USER_AGENT=<OFF_USER_AGENT>' -- npx -y openfoodfacts-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"openfoodfacts-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openfoodfacts-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"OFF_USER_AGENT": "<OFF_USER_AGENT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.openfoodfacts-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "openfoodfacts-mcp"]
env = { MCP_TRANSPORT = "<MCP_TRANSPORT>", OFF_USER_AGENT = "<OFF_USER_AGENT>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"openfoodfacts-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openfoodfacts-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"OFF_USER_AGENT": "<OFF_USER_AGENT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"openfoodfacts-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"openfoodfacts-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
"OFF_USER_AGENT": "<OFF_USER_AGENT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MCP_TRANSPORT> (Transport type), <OFF_USER_AGENT> (User-Agent string in format 'AppName/Version (email)'. Required by the Open Food Facts API).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
OFF_USER_ID (Open Food Facts user ID (optional, needed for write operations)), OFF_PASSWORD (Open Food Facts password (optional, needed for write operations)), OFF_COUNTRY (Country subdomain (default: 'world')).
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Open Food Facts — questions
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