BaconMockup API vs Daily Food Recalls API

Two free Food & Drink APIs compared on access, reliability and developer ratings, using data from our daily health checks.

The verdict

Choose BaconMockup API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with Daily Food Recalls API.
Choose Daily Food Recalls API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with BaconMockup API.

	BaconMockup API	Daily Food Recalls API
What it does	Resizable bacon placeholder images. A free food & drink API by baconmockup.	U.S. FDA and USDA food recalls, merged and normalized, updated daily.
Provider	baconmockup	Daily Food Recalls
API key	Not needed	Not needed
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Yes	Yes
Status today	Online · 908 ms	Online · 780 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

Resizable bacon placeholder images. A free food & drink API by baconmockup.

Strengths

U.S. FDA and USDA food recalls, merged and normalized, updated daily.

Free JSON API of current U.S. food recalls, merged and de-duplicated from FDA openFDA and USDA FSIS. No key required, CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key (both qualify).
Calling from a web page? You need CORS. Otherwise route requests through your own server or a serverless function.
Going to production? Favour HTTPS, a strong uptime record and a provider with clear rate limits and terms. Check each API's docs before you commit.
Still unsure? Both are free to try: send one request to each and compare the data you get back.

Neither needs an API key; you can call both straight away.