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Request

curl -s "https://api.nutrientgraph.com/demo/v1/food/barcode/016000228986"

Response

Recorded answer of the real API on the current data for this sample (long arrays trimmed).

{
  "data": {
    "gtin14": "00016000228986",
    "product": {
      "id": "gtin:00016000228986",
      "type": "branded",
      "names": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "name": "Dunkaroos Cinnamon Graham Cookie Vanilla Frosting 12 Count",
          "source": "fdc_branded description (as labelled)"
        }
      ],
      "group": "sweets_desserts",
      "gtin": "00016000228986",
      "gtin_published": "00016000228986",
      "gtin_derivation": "as published",
      "brand": "GENERAL MILLS SALES INC.",
      "brand_name": "DunkAroos",
      "subbrand_name": "",
      "market": "United States",
      "category": "Biscuits/Cookies",
      "ingredients": "Vanilla Frosting with Rainbow Chips: Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Water, Salt, Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Nonfat Dry Milk, Whey Powder, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodiu…",
      "basis": "100 g",
      "nutrients": {
        "energy_kcal": 429,
        "energy_kj": null,
        "protein_g": 2.38,
        "fat_g": 14.29,
        "carbohydrate_g": 71.43,
        "fiber_g": 2.4,
        "sugars_g": 45.24,
        "saturated_fat_g": 7.14,
        "sodium_mg": 357,
        "water_g": null,
        "alcohol_g": null,
        "added_sugars_g": 42.9,
        "trans_fat_g": 0,
        "mufa_g": null,
        "pufa_g": null,
        "cholesterol_mg": 0,
        "potassium_mg": 0,
        "calcium_mg": 0,
        "iron_mg": 1.19
      },
      "units": {
        "energy_kcal": "kcal",
        "energy_kj": "kJ",
        "protein_g": "g",
        "fat_g": "g",
        "carbohydrate_g": "g",
        "fiber_g": "g",
        "sugars_g": "g",
        "saturated_fat_g": "g",
        "sodium_mg": "mg",
        "water_g": "g",
        "alcohol_g": "g",
        "added_sugars_g": "g",
        "trans_fat_g": "g",
        "mufa_g": "g",
        "pufa_g": "g",
        "cholesterol_mg": "mg",
        "potassium_mg": "mg",
        "calcium_mg": "mg",
        "iron_mg": "mg"
      },
      "portions": [
        {
          "description": "1 serving (1 tray with frosting) = 42 GRM",
          "grams": 42,
          "source": "fdc_branded 2739214 label serving size"
        }
      ],
      "primary_portion": {
        "description": "1 serving (1 tray with frosting) = 42 GRM",
        "grams": 42,
        "source": "fdc_branded 2739214 label serving size"
      },
      "package_weight": "18 ONZ",
      "dates": {
        "available": "2025-07-24",
        "modified": "2025-06-20",
        "publication": "2025-07-24",
        "discontinued": ""
      },
      "source": {
        "dataset": "fdc_branded",
        "record_id": "2739214",
        "url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2739214/nutrients",
        "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
        "data_source": "GDSN",
        "selection": "top_ranked",
        "n_records": 2,
        "source_records": [
          {
            "fdc_id": "2739214",
            "rank": 1,
            "role": "canonical",
            "data_source": "GDSN",
            "available_date": "2025-07-24",
            "discontinued_date": "",
            "failed_checks": []
          },
          {
            "fdc_id": "2734636",
            "rank": 2,
            "role": "superseded",
            "data_source": "GDSN",
            "available_date": "2025-06-19",
            "discontinued_date": "",
            "failed_checks": []
          }
        ]
      },
      "mapping": {
        "type": "source",
        "sources": [
          {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214"
          }
        ]
      },
      "missing": [
        "energy_kj",
        "water_g",
        "… 3 more"
      ],
      "flags": [],
      "provenance": {
        "nutrients": {
          "energy_kcal": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1008",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "protein_g": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1003",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "fat_g": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1004",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "carbohydrate_g": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1005",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "fiber_g": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1079",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "sugars_g": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "2000",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "saturated_fat_g": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1258",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "sodium_mg": {
            "dataset": "fdc_branded",
            "id": "2739214",
            "source_nutrient_id": "1093",
            "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
            "method": "copied from source (per 100 g or 100 ml as the label basis)"
          },
          "…": "6 more fields"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_…",
    "api_version": "1",
    "dataset": "food",
    "dataset_version": "1.0.0",
    "dataset_built_at": "2026-10-10T17:56:11Z",
    "data_status": "released",
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "ah102",
        "name": "USDA Agriculture Handbook No. 102, Food Yields Summarized by Different Stages of Preparation (1975)",
        "url": "https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Data/Classics/ah102.pdf",
        "licence": "U.S. Government work (USDA), public domain in the United States",
        "commercial_redistribution_ok": true,
        "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
        "version": "1975 (scanned PDF, ARS Classics)",
        "attribution": "Matthews RH, Garrison YJ. Food Yields Summarized by Different Stages of Preparation. Agriculture Handbook No. 102, USDA, 1975."
      },
      {
        "id": "ciqual",
        "name": "ANSES-CIQUAL French food composition table 2025 (English edition)",
        "url": "https://ciqual.anses.fr/cms/sites/default/files/inline-files/Table%20Ciqual%202025_ENG_2025_11_03.xlsx",
        "licence": "Licence Ouverte / Open Licence (Etalab). Reuse allowed, including commercial, on condition that the data are not altered, their meaning is not distorted, the source and version date are cited, and no …",
        "commercial_redistribution_ok": true,
        "retrieved": "2026-10-10",
        "version": "2025 (file dated 2025-11-03)",
        "attribution": "Anses. 2025. Ciqual French food composition table."
      },
      "… 8 more"
    ],
    "provenance_note": "Every value carries provenance (source, id or URL, retrieval date; method and confidence where an AI judged). Calculations list their inputs and method.",
    "disclaimer": "Nutrition reference data. Not medical or dietary advice.",
    "usage": "…"
  }
}