Ever tried to code a nutrition label in HTML?

It is not easy!  Holding true to our mission of making nutrition information more accessible,  we are releasing what we hope to be the first of many open-source tools to help developers and food brands share nutrition data.

Check out our project on GitHub:
https://github.com/nutritionix/nutrition-label

See a live demo of the jQuery Nutrition Label

HTML5 and Mobile Friendly

The goals of the open nutrition label project are simple:

• Closely resemble the FDA-standard nutrition label used on most packaged foods
• Display properly in common desktop and mobile web browsers
• Automatically calculate the Daily Value % based on a customizable recommended daily calorie intake (not limited to just 2000!)

Calling all Bloggers, Developers, and Hackers

Some example uses of the open nutrition label include:

• Posting nutrition information for a recipe on your blog
• Displaying nutrition information for a packaged good
• Viewing the nutritional details of an item in a diet-tracking app

The possibilities are endless.  We will continue improving the label, but we would love to hear your input and feature requests via the GitHub issues tracker.

The Future of Nutrition Labels

As nutrition labeling standards are bound to change, it is important for any websites listing nutrition information to similarly adhere to new standards, and our open nutrition label project aims to improve that.  With your help, we can rapidly improve the ways we display nutrition data on the web.

About Nutritionix

Founded in 2010, Nutritionix has a mission to make nutrition information more accessible. By partnering with restaurants and food manufacturers, Nutritionix provides a critical link between the companies creating nutrition information, and the consumers who need to access that data.

Nutrition API

Nutritionix developed an API to let developers innovate with nutrition data.  Check it out!

Please note: While our beta API has now launched, please keep in mind that we are uploading new nutrition data, and improving our existing data every day.  Please take time to post feature requests and vote on them to ensure we can rapidly improve our API for all developers.

1.  Developer Survey

Make sure you first have already filled out the developer survey.  Note: If you received our e-mail announcing the beta launch, you have most likely already filled out the developer survey.

2.  Sign up for your API key

Visit our 3Scale page to apply for your API key.  Please note, that only developers who have filled out the developer survey will be approved for the API key.

API KEY Signup: https://nutritionix.3scale.net/

3.  View Documentation

Our documentation is still in a temporary format via Google Doc.  Please view it here.

4.  Participate in our discussion forum

We are using Reddit to manage our feature requests and discussions.  Please visit our subreddit and subscribe.

Introduce yourself on the Reddit forum, and meet your fellow nutrition developers!

5.  Check out our public GitHub repo

Visit the Nutritionix public GitHub repo to get API library resources, and other cool scripts that help you interact with the Nutritionix API.

Anything not covered?  Please post questions here.

We look forward to seeing your app!

API Beta Launch Date: December 31st, 2012
API Proxy/Management Service:  3Scale.net

Current Waiting List Sign-Up: nutritionix.com/api (Posted on September 10th, 2012)

# Developers: 200+
# Food Brands in API: ~4,000
# Items in API: ~60,000

Real-Time API Pricing:
Access to our real-time nutrition API is 100% FREE with the following conditions:

• Calls must be made in real-time, not cached*
• You must include attribution text to Nutritionix on any page that is displaying data from the API
• Up to 250,000 API calls per month (higher threshold available upon request)

* With written persmission, data may be cached for historical diet tracking apps

Bulk Restaurant Data Export:
Currently, only our restaurant data is available to export in bulk data format.

To purchase a license for our bulk restaurant data export, please contact us at ENTERPRISE at nutritionix dot com.

The beta launch of the API will include three types of items:

• Common Foods (such as celery, carrots, etc)
• CPG (such as Gatorade, Dannon Yogurt, etc)
• Restaurant Items (such as McDonald’s Cheeseburger)

Nutritionix API Fields

The current public API fields we will be organizing are listed below.

Important Note: Not every item in the nutrition database will have every attribute available.  If an attribute is not available for a particular item, it will return “NULL” from the API request for that attribute’s value.  Please make sure your app properly handles a null request, and displays the information as “N/A” to the end user and not as zero.

field-name	field-description
id	Nutritionix Unique ID for Item
item name	Item full name, such as Turkey Club Sandwich
brand_id	Nutritionix ID for Food Brand
brand_name	varchar, Full name of food brand
upc	integer
remote_db_key	foreign key for this item in a remote database
remote_db_id	id of the database that this item is sourced from
usda_nbd_no	null or integer
category_id	1=appetizer,2=entree,3=side dish,4=dessert,5=beverage,6=modifier
allergen_contains_milk	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_eggs	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_fish	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_shellfish	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_tree_nuts	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_peanuts	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_wheat	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_soybeans	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_gluten	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_seeds	boolean (true, false, null)
allergen_contains_sulfites	boolean (true, false, null)
flag_gluten_free	boolean (true, false, null)
flag_vegan	boolean (true, false, null)
flag_vegetarian	boolean (true, false, null)
flag_pescatarian	boolean (true, false, null)
nf_serving_size_unit	If serving size is 1 cup, the unit would have a value of "cup"
nf_serving_size_qty	If serving size is 1 cup, the qty would have a value of "1"
nf_serving_weight_grams	If serving weight is 228g the value would be "228"
nf_servings_per_container	example: 2
nf_calories
nf_calories_from_fat
nf_total_fat
nf_saturated_fat
nf_monounsaturated_fat
nf_polyunsaturated_fat
nf_trans_fatty_acid
nf_cholesterol
nf_sodium
nf_total_carbohydrate
nf_dietary_fiber
nf_sugars
nf_protein
nf_vitamin_a_iu	Total IUs of vitamin A (5,000 IU is RDI)
nf_vitamin_a_dv	daily value percentage expressed as integer
nf_vitamin_c_mg	Total mgs of Vitamin C (60mg is RDI)
nf_vitamin_c_dv	daily value percentage expressed as integer
nf_calcium_mg	Total Mgs of Calcium (1,000mg is RDI)
nf_calcium_dv	daily value percentage expressed as integer
nf_iron_mg	Total mgs Iron (18mg is RDI)
nf_iron_dv	daily value percentage expressed as integer
import-id	Matches this row's data to the import it came from
timestamp_last_updated
last_updated_user
timestamp_created

*Seeking API Volunteers*

We are seeking five volunteers to help with testing, documentation, and bug tracking for our alpha stage API starting today.  Before you apply, please note we require the following:

• Volunteer at least 3 hours per week to the API project
• Sign our NDA agreement
• Experience with the following are a huge plus, but not required:
  • PHP / Yii Framework
  • 3Scale.net
  • GitHub
  • Amazon Web Services

Check out all of our restaurant listings on the Nutritionix restaurant directory. To suggest a restaurant to add to our directory, please contact us.

Our development team has been hard at work to get the beta release of the Nutritionix API ready by November 30th, 2012.

We are also pleased to announce that our waiting list has surpassed 200 developers, eager to include accurate and up-to-date nutrition information in their diet and health applications.

If you are new to our API list, please fill out the new API Survey, which will help us continue to shape the API to the needs of our developer base.

More to come soon!

Nutritionix was recently featured on the Food and Drink section of Forbes.  The two page feature, written by Food+Tech Connect CEO Danielle Gould, outlines Nutritionix’s plan for making accurate nutrition data available to all developers by December 2012.

In the coming months, Nutritionix will be announcing more information about our upcoming API release, so stay tuned!

ABOUT NUTRITIONIX

Nutritionix, a nutrition technology company established in 2009, provides software solutions for restaurants and food manufacturers to help make their nutrition information more accessible to consumers.   Nutritionix also hosts the most accurate database of restaurant nutrition information, comprising of nutrition information for over 60,000 different restaurant and consumer packaged foods.

For more information about how Nutritionix can help your business, please contact us.

We are pleased to announce that after months of negotiation with a private seller, Nutritionix has completed the acquisition of NutritionAPI.com for an undisclosed sum.

With this acquisition, we are also officially announcing our plan to open our international Nutrition API to developers worldwide in Q4 of 2012.

With a growing database of over 60,000 different verified food items from 5,000 different food brands, Nutritionix currently offers a public directory of searchable nutrition information for consumers.

WHAT MAKES NUTRITIONIX DIFFERENT?

In 2009, Nutritionix founders Matt Silverman and Daniel Zadoff noticed that app developers lack the resources to contact thousands of food brands to keep the nutrition information in their diet tracking apps up-to-date.  To ensure the accuracy of information in our database, Nutritionix establishes a direct relationship with restaurants and food manufacturers.

Because over 33% of calories are consumed outside of the home, it is crucial for app developers to have access the constantly evolving nutrition data that restaurants release.

As of today, hundreds of restaurants and food manufacturers are able to seamlessly update their product information in the Nutritionix database, and this information will soon be instantly pushed out to millions of consumers every day via the Nutritionix developer network.

Developers can apply today for the API waiting list.

ABOUT NUTRITIONIX

Nutritionix, a nutrition technology company established in 2009, provides software solutions for restaurants and food manufacturers to help make their nutrition information more accessible to consumers.   Nutritionix also hosts the most accurate database of restaurant nutrition information, comprising of nutrition information for over 60,000 different restaurant and consumer packaged foods.

For more information about how Nutritionix can help your business, please contact us.

We are pleased to announced the official launch of the Chickpea nutrition portal, powered by Nutritionix.

With 8 locations and growing, Chickpea has established a well-recognized mantra to describe their famous NYC falafel: “always baked. never fried.”  By using high-quality fresh ingredients, Chickpea is able to keep their menu flavorful without adding unnecessary fats.

Visit GetChickpea.com to learn more about the Chickpea brand, and check out their nutrition calculator as well.

ABOUT NUTRITIONIX

Nutritionix, a nutrition technology company established in 2009, provides web-based  software solutions for restaurants and food manufacturers to help make nutrition information more accessible to consumers.   Nutritionix also hosts the most accurate database of restaurant nutrition information, comprising of nutrition information for over 350 different restaurant concepts across the U.S.

For more information about how Nutritionix can help your business, please contact us.

Café Metro, the immensely popular NYC restaurant chain, has unveiled a brand new nutrition calculator to help health-conscious customers choose healthy meals at all 12 of their NYC locations.

With the goal of furthering their “Eat Well. Live Well” mission, Café Metro partnered with Nutritionix in 2012 to create a customized tool to help organize nutrition information in way that is easy for everyone to understand.

Café Metro has been recognized in many publications including Restaurant News, Crain’s New York Business, The New York Daily News, WNBC-TV and by the New York Post, who gave our sandwiches 3 Stars for outstanding taste, quality and freshness.

ABOUT NUTRITIONIX

Nutritionix, a nutrition technology company established in 2009, provides best-in-class software solutions for restaurants and food manufacturers to help make nutrition information more accessible to consumers.   Nutritionix also hosts the most accurate database of restaurant nutrition information, comprising of nutrition information for over 350 different restaurant concepts across the U.S.

For more information about how Nutritionix can help your business, please contact us.

Glory Days Grill, a 21-location restaurant with locations in the Maryland/Virginia area, has officially launched their new state-of-the-art nutrition calculator, powered by Nutritionix.

To see the new calculator, visit the nutrition page on the Glory Days Grill website, or visit the calculator directly.

Glory Days Grill partnered with Nutritionix in April 2012 and created a comprehensive tool to help their valued customers easily access nutrition information.  The fully customizable Nutritionix calculator enables Glory Days customers to see the exact information they need.  Try it out!

ABOUT NUTRITIONIX

Nutritionix, a nutrition technology company established in 2009, provides best-in-class software solutions for restaurants and food manufacturers to help make nutrition information more accessible to consumers.   Nutritionix also hosts the most accurate database of restaurant nutrition information, comprising of nutrition information for over 300 different restaurant concepts across the U.S.

For more information about how Nutritionix can help your business, please contact us.