search_foods

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declared in 0.1.0

Search USDA Food Data Central for food items by name, brand, or ingredient. Supports filtering by data type (Branded, Foundation, SR Legacy, Survey FNDDS, Experimental) and brand owner. Returns FDC id, description, data type, and publication date per result.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "examples": [
    {
      "query": "organic whole milk"
    },
    {
      "query": "chicken breast",
      "sort_by": "publishedDate",
      "page_size": 25,
      "sort_order": "desc",
      "brand_owner": "Perdue"
    }
  ],
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free-text — name / brand / ingredient"
    },
    "sort_by": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "dataType.keyword | lowercaseDescription.keyword | fdcId | publishedDate (default relevance)"
    },
    "data_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Filter to data type(s). Comma-sep. Options: Branded | Foundation | Survey (FNDDS) | SR Legacy | Experimental"
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "1-200 (default 50)"
    },
    "sort_order": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "asc | desc"
    },
    "brand_owner": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Restrict to a brand owner"
    },
    "page_number": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "1-based page (default 1)"
    }
  }
}

What this tool wraps· 0 endpoints

min confidence0.70 0.50

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Parent server

mcp-usda-fdc

https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-usda-fdc

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