Food Safety MCP Server

io.github.rootsbymenda/food-safety

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Food Safety is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 23 May 2026.

Food additive safety: JECFA, EFSA, ADI, halal/kosher/vegan. 6K+ additives. Free.

Uptime history 39 hours of history · worst hour 0%

39 hours agonow

9.3%

Uptime 24h

17 of 182 checks

Tools

read from the server

1226 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 23 May 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add food-safety --transport http https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "food-safety": {
      "url": "https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.food-safety]
url = "https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "food-safety": {
      "url": "https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "food-safety": {
      "url": "https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

additive

check_additive

Retrieve food additive safety data including toxicological evaluations, regulatory status, and dietary compatibility from 6,450 food additive records. Input: additive common name, E-number, or CAS number (e.g. 'aspartame', 'E951', '22839-47-0'). Returns: safety score (1-10 scale), ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake) with source, JECFA evaluation history (ADI status, functional class, evaluation year), EFSA toxicology data (ADI/TDI/NOAEL values, genotoxicity), EU and US regulatory status, Israel MOH permitted-additive status, IARC classification, health concerns, allergen flags, dietary compatibility (vegan, halal, kosher, diabetic), PubChem chemistry data, common foods, and banned-country list. Sources: JECFA (6,563 evaluations), EFSA (5,251 substances), EU food additive regulations, US FDA GRAS, Israel MOH, IARC. For food additive safety assessment and regulatory compliance. Do not use for full ingredient-list scans (use check_ingredient_list), nutrition queries (use check_nutrition), or pesticide MRLs (use check_pesticide_mrl).

additives

search_additives

Search food additive records by keyword, function, category, dietary filter, or health concern for additive discovery and selection. Input: food additive keyword (e.g. 'preservative', 'sweetener', 'hyperactivity', 'banned', 'E1') with optional filter (high_risk, allergens, banned, not_vegan, not_halal). Returns: matching additive names, E-numbers, CAS numbers, Hebrew names, categories, functions, safety scores (1-10), EU/US status, health concerns, allergen flags, dietary status (vegan/halal/kosher), and ADI values. Database: 6,450+ food additives searchable by name, function, category, and Hebrew name. For food additive discovery and category exploration. Do not use when the user has an exact additive name/E-number for full safety data (use check_additive).

ingredient

check_ingredient_list

Scan a packaged-food product ingredient list for additive safety risks, regulatory compliance, allergens, and dietary compatibility across target markets. Input: comma-separated ingredient list as printed on food packaging (up to 60 ingredients). Returns per-ingredient: matched additive name, E-number, safety score (1-10), category, EU/US status, health concerns, allergen flags, and ADI. Returns overall: LOW/MODERATE/HIGH risk assessment, average safety score, flagged high-risk additives with reasons and banned-country data, allergen warnings, and market-specific compliance notes. Database: 6,450+ food additives with 77,278 synonyms for fuzzy matching. For food product safety screening and market compliance. Do not use for single additive lookup (use check_additive), nutrition facts (use check_nutrition), or pesticide MRLs (use check_pesticide_mrl).

nutrition

check_nutrition

Retrieve Israeli Ministry of Health official nutrition data for a food item by name in Hebrew or English. Input: food name (e.g. 'hummus', 'chicken breast', 'bread', or Hebrew equivalent). Returns per 100g: energy (kcal), protein, total fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, total sugars, alcohol, moisture; vitamins (A, C, E, D, K, B6, B12, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate); minerals (calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, selenium, sodium, potassium, choline); fats (cholesterol, saturated, mono/polyunsaturated, trans). Source: Israel Ministry of Health Nutrition Database (4,624 food items). For nutritional analysis and dietary reference. Do not use for additive safety (use check_additive) or pesticide MRLs (use check_pesticide_mrl).

pesticide

check_pesticide_mrl

Check Israeli official pesticide Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) by pesticide active substance, crop, or pesticide-crop pair. Input: pesticide name, crop name, or combined query in Hebrew or English (e.g. 'glyphosate', 'tomato', 'chlorpyrifos apple'). Returns: active substance, crop (Hebrew and English), official MRL value in mg/kg (ppm), last update date, and pending regulatory changes. Source: Israel Ministry of Health Pesticide Residue Limits (3,708 pesticide-crop MRL records). For agricultural compliance and food safety residue assessment. Do not use for food additive safety (use check_additive), cannabis pesticide limits, or non-Israeli MRL regimes.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/mcp	streamable-http	answering	56 ms	8 min ago
https://food-mcp-server.rootsbybenda.workers.dev/sse	sse	answering	47 ms	9 min ago

Food Safety — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Food Safety do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_additive, check_ingredient_list, check_nutrition, check_pesticide_mrl, search_additives. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Food Safety working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 17 of 182 checks got a reply (9.3%), average response time 1226 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

The registry lists Food Safety as active — why does it not respond?

The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.

How do I connect Food Safety?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Food Safety need an API key?

No. Food Safety completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Food Safety?

It answers our handshake in 1226 ms on average, which is faster than 3% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Food Safety open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.