The UK food database API.
The food data behind Balance, our UK nutrition app. Nutrition data, barcodes and photo logging for UK apps. One API for health, weight-loss, fitness and coaching products.
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The most powerful food database for the UK.
Most food APIs are built for the US. Ours is built for Britain: supermarket own brands, meal deals, high-street chains and UK portion sizes, updated as products change.
Data points are the nutrition values, serving sizes and barcodes in our UK food database.
Everything your app needs to track UK food.
Instant search
Fast search that handles typos and UK food names.
Barcode lookup
Scan a UK product. Get its nutrition and pack sizes.
Photo logging
Send a meal photo. Get each food, its portion and a matching UK food.
Supermarkets and own brands
Branded and own-label products from the major UK supermarkets.
High-street chains
UK restaurant and coffee chain menus, including the options people order.
Quality checked
Every food is checked before it goes live, with real UK portions such as "1 slice" or "1 pack".
Search that knows UK food.
Users type what they ate and see the right product, dish or chain item first, with sensible portions. Ranking is tuned on real UK searches.
Snap a plate. Log every item.
Send a photo from your app. We identify each food, estimate its portion and match it to a real UK food. Your user confirms before it's logged. If we can't read a photo, we say so instead of guessing.
Scan a UK barcode. Get the product.
Look up UK supermarket products by barcode and get the exact product, with nutrition and serving sizes.
Simple to integrate. Simple to pay for.
Monthly billing
Pay monthly, nothing upfront. Pricing scales with your active users, with photos included.
Test environment and docs
A sandbox and clear docs, so your team can build before launch.
UK support
A UK team that replies, with agreed response times and a monthly uptime report.
Your data, protected
Built for UK GDPR, with a data processing agreement. Your users' data stays yours.
For teams building UK health products.
Fair pricing that grows with you.
Priced per active user, never per call. No annual lump sum, no jumping to a bigger plan.
Tell us your user numbers and we'll send a quote within a day.
Get a quoteQuestions about our food API.
Is there a UK food database API?
Yes. HomeCooks offers a UK food database API. It covers UK supermarket products, own brands, high-street chains and everyday foods, with nutrition values and real UK portion sizes.
Does it cover UK supermarket barcodes?
Yes. Look up a UK barcode and get the exact product, with its nutrition and serving sizes. It covers branded and own-label products from the major UK supermarkets.
How is it priced?
Per active user, billed monthly. No charge per call, no annual upfront fee, and photo logging is included. Tell us your user numbers and we'll send a quote.
Can it recognise food from photos?
Yes. Send a meal photo and we identify each food, estimate its portion and match it to a real UK food. Your user confirms before anything is logged.
Is HomeCooks an alternative to Nutritionix or Edamam?
Yes. Nutritionix and Edamam are US companies, and their data is built mainly around US food. Ours is built for UK food: UK supermarkets, own brands, chains and portion sizes.
Add UK food tracking to your product.
Tell us what you're building and how many users you expect. We'll send a quote and test access.
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