food-nutrients
The premium Open Source alternative to Nutritionix
🎯 Best for:Building applications that require offline nutritional calculations.
What is food-nutrients?
A structured dataset and utility library providing programmatic access to food nutrient profiles. It enables developers to integrate macro and micronutrient data into applications without relying on proprietary APIs.
Tech Stack
TypeScriptBiology & Biotechnology
Why food-nutrients?
- • No API latency
- • Works without internet
- • Easily parseable format
Limitations
- • Requires manual updates
- • Limited branded product data
- • No built-in search engine
1/21/2026
Last Update
28
Forks
1
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Nutritionix)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
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