MCP Server — Food Intelligence for AI Assistants

Give your AI assistant the ability to analyze food images and retrieve full nutritional data — calories, macros, vitamins, allergens, and more — with a single tool call.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add nutrients -- npx -y nutrients-mcp

Then add your key to the server environment:

TASTYAPI_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrients": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nutrients-mcp"],
      "env": { "TASTYAPI_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrients": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nutrients-mcp"],
      "env": { "TASTYAPI_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

analyze_food_image

Fetches a food image from a public URL and returns complete nutritional analysis — calories, macros, vitamins, minerals, allergens, and dietary flags.

Parameter	Type	Description
`image_url`	string	Public URL of a food image to analyze

Example output

{
  "food_name": "Grilled Chicken Salad",
  "calories": 320,
  "macros": {
    "protein_g": 34,
    "carbohydrates_g": 12,
    "fat_g": 14,
    "fiber_g": 4
  },
  "vitamins": { "vitamin_c_mg": 18, "vitamin_a_iu": 2200 },
  "minerals": { "calcium_mg": 90, "iron_mg": 2.1 },
  "allergens": [],
  "dietary": { "vegan": false, "vegetarian": false, "gluten_free": true }
}

analyze_food

Returns complete nutritional data for a food item by name or description. No image needed — just describe the food in plain text.

Parameter	Type	Description
`food_name`	string	Name or description of the food (e.g. `"grilled chicken 200g"`, `"large apple"`)

Pricing

$0.015 per request

+ $5/month base fee — or choose a flat-rate plan

Usage-based billing means you only pay for what you use. For high-volume workloads, our Monthly ($29/mo) and Professional ($69/mo) flat-rate plans offer better value.

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Ready to get started?

Get an API key, add the MCP server to your AI assistant, and start analyzing food images in minutes.

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