Open Food Facts MCP Server

Name: Open Food Facts MCP Server
Author: io.github.domdomegg

io.github.domdomegg/openfoodfacts-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the Open Food Facts MCP server?

Search and contribute to the Open Food Facts database.

How to install Open Food Facts

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

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.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfoodfacts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFF_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_AGENT>",
        "OFF_USER_ID": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_ID>",
        "OFF_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_OFF_PASSWORD>",
        "OFF_COUNTRY": "<YOUR_OFF_COUNTRY>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfoodfacts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFF_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_AGENT>",
        "OFF_USER_ID": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_ID>",
        "OFF_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_OFF_PASSWORD>",
        "OFF_COUNTRY": "<YOUR_OFF_COUNTRY>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfoodfacts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFF_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_AGENT>",
        "OFF_USER_ID": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_ID>",
        "OFF_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_OFF_PASSWORD>",
        "OFF_COUNTRY": "<YOUR_OFF_COUNTRY>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "openfoodfacts-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "openfoodfacts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OFF_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_AGENT>",
        "OFF_USER_ID": "<YOUR_OFF_USER_ID>",
        "OFF_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_OFF_PASSWORD>",
        "OFF_COUNTRY": "<YOUR_OFF_COUNTRY>",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add openfoodfacts-mcp --env OFF_USER_AGENT=<YOUR_OFF_USER_AGENT> --env OFF_USER_ID=<YOUR_OFF_USER_ID> --env OFF_PASSWORD=<YOUR_OFF_PASSWORD> --env OFF_COUNTRY=<YOUR_OFF_COUNTRY> --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> -- npx -y openfoodfacts-mcp