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FoodDataCentral Get Food

Get detailed food information by FDC ID from USDA FoodData Central. Returns complete nutrient profile, ingredients, serving size, and food attributes. Example: FDC ID 2344723 returns 'Bananas, raw' with 70+ nutrients.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 96msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 96ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "fdc_id": {
      "description": "FoodData Central food ID (e.g., 2344723 for bananas, 2012128 for branded banana product). Get IDs from FoodDataCentral_search_foods.",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "fdc_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default FoodDataCentral Get Food call

public-safeinput

{}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_FoodDataCentral_get_food
Tool name: FoodDataCentral_get_food
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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