Common Foods Data Attribute Dictionary

Any attributes which appear in the JSON object but are not listed here are considered Nutritionix Internal-use only, and not intended for use with 3rd party applications.

Field Name	Description	Type
phrases	Correctly spelled versions of food phrases that are mapped to the tag	array
phrases_typo	Incorrectly spelled versions of food phrases that are mapped to the tag	array
taxonomy_node_id	ID used for grocery categorization	varchar
food_name	The food phrase, this value will be unique within the phrases json file.	varchar
serving_qty	Default quantity of the food. e.g. 1	float
serving_unit	Default unit of the food. e.g. “medium fillet (6 oz)”	varchar
serving_weight_grams	Default serving weight (in grams) of the food, e.g. (130)	float
full_nutrients	All nutrient data available for the food. These nutrient values are for the default serving size of the food. For more details on how to calculate nutrient values for other serving sizes please see our API docs section. See Nutrient attribute dictionary section for mapping each attr_id to a nutrient name.	array
metadata	Contains field is_raw_food	object
is_raw_food	Boolean value stating whether the food object represents the raw instance of the tag.	boolean
ndb_no	The USDA ndb number associated with this food. If ndb number is less than 1,000,000, it comes directly from USDA. If ndb number is greater than/equal to 1,000,000, it was created by the Nutritionix dietitian team, and no comparable USDA food existed at the time of creation.	int
tags	Contains field tag_id	object
tag_id	Unique id of tag.	int
alt_measures	Array of available measures for this food. For more details on parsing the alt_measure data, please see our API docs section.	array
photo	Includes metadata for hosted photo of the food	object
thumb	Thumbnail instance of photo	varchar
highres	High resolution instance of photo	varchar
is_user_uploaded	States if image was submitted by a user	boolean
sub_recipe	If present, includes the sub recipe the Nutritionix dietitian team used to create this food in the Nutritionix database.	array
last_modified	Date representing when the tag was last modified.	varchar
wellness_claims	Wellness claims that the food object qualifies for.	array

Field Name

Description

Type

phrases

Correctly spelled versions of food phrases that are mapped to the tag

array

phrases_typo

Incorrectly spelled versions of food phrases that are mapped to the tag

array

taxonomy_node_id

ID used for grocery categorization

varchar

food_name

The food phrase, this value will be unique within the phrases json file.

varchar

serving_qty

Default quantity of the food. e.g. 1

float

serving_unit

Default unit of the food. e.g. “medium fillet (6 oz)”

varchar

serving_weight_grams

Default serving weight (in grams) of the food, e.g. (130)

float

full_nutrients

All nutrient data available for the food. These nutrient values are for the default serving size of the food. For more details on how to calculate nutrient values for other serving sizes please see our API docs section.
See Nutrient attribute dictionary section for mapping each attr_id to a nutrient name.

array

metadata

Contains field is_raw_food

object

is_raw_food

Boolean value stating whether the food object represents the raw instance of the tag.

boolean

ndb_no

The USDA ndb number associated with this food. If ndb number is less than 1,000,000, it comes directly from USDA. If ndb number is greater than/equal to 1,000,000, it was created by the Nutritionix dietitian team, and no comparable USDA food existed at the time of creation.

int

Common Foods Data Attribute Dictionary

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