Open Food Facts

io.github.domdomegg/openfoodfacts-mcp·v2.5.1·Search

Quality Score

/100

Search and contribute to the Open Food Facts database.

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§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfoodfacts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFF_USER_AGENT": "<off_user_agent>",
        "OFF_USER_ID": "<off_user_id>",
        "OFF_PASSWORD": "<your-off_password>",
        "OFF_COUNTRY": "<off_country>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<mcp_transport>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfoodfacts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFF_USER_AGENT": "<off_user_agent>",
        "OFF_USER_ID": "<off_user_id>",
        "OFF_PASSWORD": "<your-off_password>",
        "OFF_COUNTRY": "<off_country>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<mcp_transport>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y openfoodfacts-mcp

§02 Environment variables

OFF_USER_AGENT

required

User-Agent string in format 'AppName/Version (email)'. Required by the Open Food Facts API.

OFF_USER_ID

Open Food Facts user ID (optional, needed for write operations).

OFF_PASSWORD

secret

Open Food Facts password (optional, needed for write operations).

OFF_COUNTRY

Country subdomain (default: 'world').

MCP_TRANSPORT

required

Transport type.

OFF_USER_AGENT

required

User-Agent string in format 'AppName/Version (email)'. Required by the Open Food Facts API.

OFF_USER_ID

Open Food Facts user ID (optional, needed for write operations).

OFF_PASSWORD

secret

Open Food Facts password (optional, needed for write operations).

OFF_COUNTRY

Country subdomain (default: 'world').

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