Free Food & Drink APIs with no API key

16 Food & Drink APIs that need no API key, account or credit card. 7 of them also allow CORS, so you can call them straight from browser JavaScript. Listed by uptime and ease of use.

1. 1

   BaconMockup API

   Online · 908 ms

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

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
2. 2

   Daily Food Recalls API

   Online · 780 ms

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

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
3. 3

   ExactCup API

   Online · 576 ms

   Cooking ingredient densities: grams per US cup, tablespoon, teaspoon and mL.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
4. 4

   FiberUp Fiber Database API

   Online · 898 ms

   Dietary fiber per serving and per 100 g, split into soluble and insoluble, for ~200 common foods.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
5. 5

   Foodish API

   Online · 676 ms

   Random pictures of food dishes.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
6. 6

   Open Brewery DB API

   Online · 6466 ms

   Breweries, Cideries and Craft Beer Bottle Shops.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
7. 7

   Racion API

   Online · 1613 ms

   Weekly meal plans with grocery prices and shopping lists, 22 countries.

   • No API key needed
   • Callable from the browser (CORS)
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS
8. 8

   Fruityvice API

   Online · 1001 ms

   Data about all kinds of fruit.

   • No API key needed
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS ?
9. 9

   Coffee API

   Online · 813 ms

   Start your day with a lovely coffee~.

   • No API key needed
   • HTTPS

   No authHTTPSCORS ?
10. 10

    The Report of the Week API

    Online · 2018 ms

    API of The Report Of The Week Reviews.

    • No API key needed
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSCORS ?
11. 11

    WhiskyHunter API

    Online · 1548 ms

    Past online whisky auctions statistical data.

    • No API key needed
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSCORS ?
12. 12

    DoughMatrix API

    Online · 2540 ms

    Sourdough and pizza dough formula calculators: true hydration, DDT, fermentation windows.

    • No API key needed
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSNo CORS
13. 13

    Open Food Facts API

    Online · 1688 ms

    A collaborative, free and open database of ingredients, nutrition facts and information on food products from around the world.

    • No API key needed
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSCORS ?
14. 14

    TacoFancy API

    Online · 2060 ms

    An API for random taco recipes.

    • No API key needed

    No authNo HTTPSCORS ?
15. 15P

    PunkAPI

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    Brewdog Beer Recipes. A free food & drink API by punkapi.com.

    • No API key needed
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSCORS ?
16. 16R

    Rustybeer API

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    Beer brewing tools. A free food & drink API by rustybeer.herokuapp.com.

    • No API key needed
    • HTTPS

    No authHTTPSNo CORS

Keyless Food & Drink APIs compared

Food & Drink APIs with no API key

API	API key	HTTPS	CORS	Uptime	Response	Rating
BaconMockup	No	Yes	Yes	Up	908 ms	Not rated
Daily Food Recalls	No	Yes	Yes	Up	780 ms	Not rated
ExactCup	No	Yes	Yes	Up	576 ms	Not rated
FiberUp Fiber Database	No	Yes	Yes	Up	898 ms	Not rated
Foodish	No	Yes	Yes	Up	676 ms	Not rated
Open Brewery DB	No	Yes	Yes	Up	6466 ms	Not rated
Racion	No	Yes	Yes	Up	1613 ms	Not rated
Fruityvice	No	Yes	Unknown	Up	1001 ms	Not rated
Coffee	No	Yes	Unknown	Up	813 ms	Not rated
The Report of the Week	No	Yes	Unknown	Up	2018 ms	Not rated
WhiskyHunter	No	Yes	Unknown	Up	1548 ms	Not rated
DoughMatrix	No	Yes	No	Up	2540 ms	Not rated
Open Food Facts	No	Yes	Unknown	Up	1688 ms	Not rated
TacoFancy	No	No	Unknown	Up	2060 ms	Not rated
PPunkAPI	No	Yes	Unknown	Down	–	Not rated
RRustybeer	No	Yes	No	Down	–	Not rated

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