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Nutritionix MCP. Convert Food Text into Macro Data.

Nutritionix MCP lets your agent analyze complex meals described in natural language. Just type out everything you ate—like 'three slices of pizza and a Coke'—and get an immediate, precise breakdown of calories, protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol for every single item. It handles branded foods and restaurant menus.

Nutritionix MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Nutritionix MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Analyze Meals by Description

Input a meal description in natural language and receive a precise breakdown of all macro-nutrients and calories for every component listed.

Search Food Database

Look up common or branded food items within the database to retrieve specific nutritional facts and calorie counts.

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What AI agents can do with Nutritionix: 2 Tools Available

Use these tools to analyze food composition by describing meals or to search specific branded and common food items for their nutritional facts.

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Search Nutritionix Foods

Searches the database for either common or brand-specific food items to retrieve their individual nutritional facts.

Analyze Food Nutrition

Provides a precise breakdown of calories and macro-nutrients from any natural...

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Nutritionix MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

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Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

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Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

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Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Nutritionix integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Tracking diet means constant data entry and copy-pasting.

Right now, tracking nutrition is tedious. You find an item on a menu, click to check its calories, then open another tab for the macro breakdown. If you write down your meal later, you're faced with dozens of clicks and manual searches just trying to get a complete picture of what was consumed.

With this MCP, you simply describe the entire day’s meals in plain English—like telling a friend about dinner. The AI client handles everything after that. You instantly get a single, structured report detailing every calorie, protein gram, and carb count.

analyze_food_nutrition: Structured Meal Reports from Simple Text

The manual steps of finding the nutritional profile for each component—from the main dish to the side sauce—disappear. You stop worrying about which database link to click or how to format your search query.

Now, you just talk to your agent. It processes the text, identifies all the food items, and returns a comprehensive breakdown that's ready for immediate use in reports and recommendations.

What Nutritionix MCP does for your AI

This MCP gives your AI client access to one of the industry's best food analysis engines. You don't have to manually enter ingredients or search databases; you just describe what you ate in plain English. For example, if you type out a complex meal—say, 'a cup of oatmeal with peanut butter and a banana'—the MCP instantly calculates the total nutritional facts, item by item.

It provides metrics like calories, protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol for every part of that meal. Need to check out a specific brand or common food? You can search its vast database of both generic and branded items, including extensive menu data from major restaurant chains. It's the kind of deep-dive health analysis tool that serious fitness apps rely on.

Connecting this MCP via Vinkius means your agent can take unstructured text—like a photo caption or a diary entry—and convert it into structured, actionable nutritional data right where you need it.

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Frequently asked questions about Nutritionix MCP

What types of foods can analyze_food_nutrition handle? +

It handles complex meals composed of multiple ingredients. You can list anything from common pantry items like rice or eggs to specific branded restaurant menu components.

Does Nutritionix MCP cover international food brands? +

Yes, the tool has extensive coverage data for national and regional chains. This makes it useful for analyzing meals eaten in diverse settings.

Is analyze_food_nutrition better than just using a standard Google search? +

Absolutely. A general search gives you links, but the MCP performs the calculation itself, giving you instant, structured data points like total sodium and cholesterol per meal.

How does search_nutritionix_foods work? +

This tool lets your agent look up a specific food item. You provide the name of a common or branded food, and it returns the precise nutritional facts for that one item.

Can I use this MCP to track my daily intake? +

Yes, you can feed your agent multiple meal descriptions throughout the day. The combination of analyze_food_nutrition and simple text aggregation allows you to build a full daily macro report.

How accurate is the NLP food analysis? +

Nutritionix's NLP engine is used by major fitness and health apps globally. It can parse complex meal descriptions including quantities, cooking methods, and brand names with high accuracy, backed by a verified database of 1M+ food items.

Can it recognize branded foods or restaurant items? +

Yes, Nutritionix excels at this. If you type '1 Big Mac and a medium fries from McDonald's', it will correctly map these to specific branded items in its database.

Does it track micronutrients? +

Yes, in addition to macros (proteins, fats, carbs), it returns data on dietary fiber, sugars, sodium, cholesterol, and potassium for an incredibly comprehensive nutritional profile.