# FoodData Central

> Use this tool when you need to retrieve detailed nutritional information about foods for nutrition analysis, meal planning, or dietary information retrieval. It provides access to the USDA's FoodData Central database, allowing searches by keywords, food IDs, or paginated lists, and returns detailed food data. Ideal for applications requiring accurate and up-to-date nutritional data, such as health and wellness services or recipe planning platforms.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/food-data-central  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/food-data-central

## Description

A Model Context Protocol server that provides access to the USDA's FoodData Central database, allowing AI assistants to search for foods and retrieve detailed nutritional information. The implementation supports searching by keywords, retrieving food details by ID, accessing multiple foods simultaneously, and listing foods with pagination options. It exposes both MCP resources for direct data access and tools for more complex search operations, making it useful for nutrition analysis, meal planning, and dietary information retrieval applications.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/food-data-central)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jlfwong/food-data-central-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "food-data-central"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/food-data-central` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/food-data-central/pull`

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