Edamam Remote Food MCP
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Edama remote MCP effectively gives an AI the ability to "understand" food in the same way a nutritionist would, by translating natural language descriptions, images or barcodes into structured nutrition and food.
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Food APIs are built for apps. MCP makes them useful inside agent workflows.
Edamam Food MCP turns the Food Database API into a small set of LLM-friendly tools. The agent keeps the conversation natural, while the server handles food parsing, quantity resolution, UPC lookup, nutrition calculation, and image-based dish analysis.
Use a single MCP endpoint for initialize, tools/list, and tools/call. No custom adapter layer for every assistant or automation tool.
Send phrases like "cheddar cheese", "1 cup cooked rice", "200g chicken breast", or a UPC/EAN barcode.
Provide a public image URL or base64 data URI and return detected food plus nutrition estimates from Edamam's Vision API.
The agent asks naturally. The MCP server returns structured nutrition.
I had a chicken enchilada and a French onion soup with a slice of bread for lunch. How many calories in this
Based on the nutrition data provided (1 whole serving each):
- Chicken enchilada (1 whole):503.7 kcal
- French onion soup (1 whole):395.6 kcal
- Bread (1 slice):79.5 kcal
Total calories:978.7 kcal(approx979 kcal)
get_food_nutrition({ "queries": ["1 chicken enchilada", "1 French onion soup", "1 slice of bread"] })
Give me macro breakdown and what diets is this good for?
- Protein:53.0 g
- Carbs:81.8 g
- Fat:47.8 g
Diet fit:Best for a general omnivorous/balanced diet. This meal isnota strong fit for keto/low-carb, low-fat, low-sodium, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, or dairy-free eating patterns (includes wheat/gluten and milk cautions in the returned items).
Look up nutrition facts for one or more foods described in plain text. Identify food in a image and return a full nutritional breakdown.
Add the server URL to your client and pass Edamam credentials as a bearer token. Discovery can connect first; actual tool calls require an Edamam Food Database API app_id and app_key.
{ "mcpServers": { "edamam-food": { "url": "https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <app_id>:<app_key>" } } } }
{ "servers": { "edamam-food": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <app_id>:<app_key>" } } } }
claude mcp add --transport http edamam-food \ https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food \ --header "Authorization: Bearer <app_id>:<app_key>"
{ "mcpServers": { "edamam-food": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.edamam.com/mcp/food", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer <app_id>:<app_key>" ] } } }
Two production tools, tuned for food questions.
The FastMCP server keeps the agent surface intentionally compact. Search, parsing, UPC recognition, and nutrient calculation are handled inside the nutrition tool; photos use a dedicated Vision tool.
Look up calories, macros, diet labels, health labels, cautions, total nutrients, daily values, and resolved ingredient data for one or more foods.
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "get_food_nutrition", "arguments": { "queries": ["1 croissant", "1 egg"] } }, "id": 3 }
Identify food in a photograph and return the detected item, quantity, measure, ingredient lines, calories, labels, cautions, and full nutrient breakdown.
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "analyze_food_image", "arguments": { "image": "https://example.com/plate.jpg" } }, "id": 4 }
Use your Edamam credentials without storing them on the MCP server.
Tool calls use the Food Database API credentials supplied by the caller. Send a bearer token with the app_id and app_key joined by a colon.
Authorization: Bearer <app_id>:<app_key>
For self-hosting:setEDAMAM_APP_IDandEDAMAM_APP_KEYas fallback credentials, or require every caller to pass the Authorization header.
Everything needed to test, self-host, and integrate.
The public endpoint is for immediate MCP clients. The GitHub repository contains the FastMCP server, shared auth and logging code, pytest coverage, deployment notes, and examples for direct JSON-RPC calls.
Get API keysFood Database API docsMCP Streamable HTTP spec
Client sendsinitializeto negotiate capabilities and receives anMCP-Session-Id.
Client callstools/listand receives schemas forget_food_nutritionandanalyze_food_image.
Client sendstools/callwith the session id and Edamam bearer credentials.
Mapped to the Food Database API paths agents need most.
Included with Edamam Food Database API plans.
Edamam lists Food MCP as included with Food Database API plans. Choose the plan by API volume, Vision usage, throttling, caching rights, and support needs.
- 100,000 calls/month
- 50 food and nutrition calls/min
- 500 Vision requests/month
- 30 day trial period
- 750,000 calls/month
- 100 food and nutrition calls/min
- Vision pay as you go
- Email and phone support
- 5,000,000 calls/month
- 300 food and nutrition calls/min
- 10,000 Vision requests/month
- Email and phone support
Plan details change over time. Confirm current prices, quotas, caching rights, and terms on the Edamam Food Database API page before launch.
Read-only food data, with API-key responsibility at the client edge.
Never commit app_key values to source control or paste them into shared prompts. Treat them like passwords.
Edamam API terms restrict automated collection, scraping, or building a copy of returned data.
When showing Edamam nutrition data to end users, display the required Edamam attribution and link.
Nutrition and Vision results should be presented as estimates for product use, not as medical or dietary advice.
Do I need Edamam API keys before connecting an MCP client?
You can connect to the public Food MCP endpoint and discover available tools first. To run actual tool calls, you need an Edamam Food Database APIapp_idandapp_keysent as a Bearer token.
Choose a Food Database API plan from the pricing section or the signup modal, create your API account, and then log in to complete the next billing step for API access.
Does the server store my Edamam credentials?
No. Public-client calls pass credentials in the Authorization header. Self-hosted deployments may set environment variables as fallback credentials.
Why is there no standalone search_food tool?
The current FastMCP implementation resolves food search internally insideget_food_nutrition. A separate search-only tool can be added later if user workflows need browse-style results.
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