aid: consumer-products url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: Consumer Products type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Consumer Products - CPG - Product Data - Retail - GTIN - Barcode - Product Catalog - PIM - Syndication - Schema.org Product description: >- Industry-vertical index of APIs, data sources, syndication networks, and product information management (PIM) platforms that power the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and consumer products ecosystem. Catalogs corporate developer surfaces from large CPG manufacturers (P&G, Unilever, Nestle, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mondelez, Kimberly-Clark, Colgate-Palmolive), product-identifier registries (GS1 Digital Link, GTIN/UPC lookup), open product databases (Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts), commercial syndication networks (Salsify, Syndigo, 1WorldSync), and PIM platforms (Akeneo, Pimcore, Plytix, Sales Layer). created: '2025-01-01' modified: '2026-05-23' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - name: GS1 Digital Link description: >- GS1 Digital Link is the global standard that turns GS1 identifiers (GTINs, SSCCs, GLNs) into web URIs so a single barcode or QR code can connect to multiple sources of brand, regulatory, supply chain, and consumer information. It is the cornerstone identification standard for consumer products and underpins GS1 2D Sunrise 2027. humanURL: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gs1-digital-link baseURL: https://ref.gs1.org/standards/digital-link/ tags: - GS1 - Digital Link - GTIN - 2D Barcode - Identification properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.gs1.org/standards/gs1-digital-link - type: Specification url: https://ref.gs1.org/standards/digital-link/uri-syntax/ title: GS1 Digital Link URI Syntax 1.4 - type: Specification url: https://ref.gs1.org/standards/resolver/ title: GS1 Digital Link Resolver Standard 1.3 - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/gs1/GS1DigitalLinkToolkit.js title: GS1 Digital Link Toolkit (JavaScript) - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/gs1/GS1_DigitalLink_Resolver_CE title: GS1 Digital Link Resolver Community Edition - name: Open Food Facts description: >- Open Food Facts is a collaborative, free, open database of food products from around the world maintained by a global community of contributors. Its REST API exposes ingredients, nutrition facts, additives, allergens, Nutri-Score, NOVA group, packaging, and labels for over three million products keyed by barcode (GTIN/EAN/UPC). humanURL: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ baseURL: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/api/v2/ tags: - Open Data - Food - Nutrition - Ingredients - Barcode properties: - type: Documentation url: https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ - type: OpenAPI url: https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/api/ref-v2/ title: Open Food Facts API v2 Reference - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts - type: SDK url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-python title: openfoodfacts-python - type: SDK url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-nodejs title: openfoodfacts-nodejs - type: License url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/ title: Open Database License (ODbL) - name: Open Beauty Facts description: >- Open Beauty Facts is the Open Food Facts sister project covering cosmetics and personal care products. The same REST shape exposes ingredients (INCI), labels, packaging, and brand metadata for beauty products contributed by a global community and keyed by barcode. humanURL: https://world.openbeautyfacts.org/ baseURL: https://world.openbeautyfacts.org/api/v2/ tags: - Open Data - Beauty - Cosmetics - INCI - Barcode properties: - type: Documentation url: https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/API - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server title: Shared platform powering Open Beauty Facts - type: License url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/ title: Open Database License (ODbL) - name: Procter & Gamble (P&G) Brands description: >- Procter & Gamble is the world's largest CPG company by revenue, operating ten product categories across Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Fabric & Home Care, and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. P&G does not publish a public consumer-facing developer portal; integrations are restricted to retail trading partners, EDI/GS1 networks, and the P&G Direct direct-to-consumer commerce stack. humanURL: https://us.pg.com/brands/ baseURL: https://us.pg.com/ tags: - CPG - Beauty - Grooming - Health Care - Home Care - Baby Care properties: - type: Website url: https://us.pg.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://us.pg.com/brands/ - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/procter-and-gamble - name: Unilever Brands description: >- Unilever is a multinational CPG company with more than 400 brands across Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. Public APIs are not consolidated under a single developer portal; integrations run through retailer data syndication networks and brand- specific e-commerce platforms (e.g. Hellmann's, Dove, Magnum, Knorr). humanURL: https://www.unilever.com/brands/ baseURL: https://www.unilever.com/ tags: - CPG - Beauty - Personal Care - Home Care - Food - Ice Cream properties: - type: Website url: https://www.unilever.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.unilever.com/brands/ - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/unilever - name: Nestle Brands description: >- Nestle is the world's largest food and beverage company with more than 2,000 brands across Beverages, Dairy, Confectionery, Nutrition, Pet Care, and Prepared Dishes. Like other large CPGs, Nestle has no public unified developer portal; product information flows through retailer syndication networks (1WorldSync, Salsify), GS1 GDSN, and brand-level commerce APIs such as Nestle Professional and Purina e-commerce. humanURL: https://www.nestle.com/brands baseURL: https://www.nestle.com/ tags: - CPG - Food - Beverages - Dairy - Confectionery - Pet Care properties: - type: Website url: https://www.nestle.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.nestle.com/brands - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/Nestle - name: The Coca-Cola Company description: >- The Coca-Cola Company manufactures more than 200 brands across sparkling soft drinks, water, sports drinks, juice, tea, coffee, and plant-based beverages. Public developer surfaces are limited to the Coca-Cola Freestyle dispenser ecosystem, the My Coke Rewards / Sip & Scan loyalty mechanics, and the Coca-Cola Vending API. Product master data is distributed via GS1 GDSN and Syndigo to North American retailers. humanURL: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands baseURL: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/ tags: - CPG - Beverages - Soft Drinks - Loyalty - Vending properties: - type: Website url: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/Coca-Cola - name: PepsiCo Brands description: >- PepsiCo operates a portfolio of 22 billion-dollar brands spanning Beverages (Pepsi, Gatorade, Tropicana, Lipton, Bubly) and Convenient Foods (Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Quaker, SodaStream). Developer integration occurs through PepsiCo Partners (retailer EDI), the Sodastream connected dispenser ecosystem, and PepsiCo Labs initiatives. There is no consolidated public API portal. humanURL: https://www.pepsico.com/brands baseURL: https://www.pepsico.com/ tags: - CPG - Beverages - Snacks - SodaStream - Connected Devices properties: - type: Website url: https://www.pepsico.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.pepsico.com/brands - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/pepsico-ecommerce - name: Mondelez International description: >- Mondelez International is the global snacks leader with billion-dollar brands including Oreo, Cadbury, Milka, Toblerone, Ritz, Trident, and Halls. Public-facing developer assets are limited; retail master data flows through 1WorldSync and GS1 GDSN, and direct-to-consumer brand experiences (e.g. SnackWorks recipe API for the US baking brands) are brand-specific rather than portfolio-wide. humanURL: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/snack-brands baseURL: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/ tags: - CPG - Snacks - Confectionery - Biscuits - Gum properties: - type: Website url: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.mondelezinternational.com/snack-brands - name: Kimberly-Clark Brands description: >- Kimberly-Clark is a personal-care CPG making essentials in Family Care, Personal Care, and K-C Professional. Brands include Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Kotex, Depend, and Poise. Like its CPG peers, Kimberly-Clark does not publish a general developer portal; B2B and retail integrations rely on GS1 / GDSN data syndication and EDI. humanURL: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/en-us/brands baseURL: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/ tags: - CPG - Personal Care - Family Care - Hygiene properties: - type: Website url: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.kimberly-clark.com/en-us/brands - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/KimberlyClark - name: Colgate-Palmolive Brands description: >- Colgate-Palmolive is a global CPG focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition (Hill's). Lead brands include Colgate, Tom's of Maine, Palmolive, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Ajax, Murphy Oil Soap, and Hill's Science Diet / Prescription Diet. Public API surfaces are limited to the Hill's Pet Nutrition product locator and brand commerce stacks; master data flows through GS1 GDSN to retailers. humanURL: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/en-us/brands baseURL: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/ tags: - CPG - Oral Care - Personal Care - Home Care - Pet Nutrition properties: - type: Website url: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/ - type: BrandPortfolio url: https://www.colgatepalmolive.com/en-us/brands - name: Salsify Product Experience Cloud description: >- Salsify is a Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that combines PIM, digital asset management, syndication, and digital shelf analytics. Salsify's REST APIs let brands centralize product content and syndicate it to thousands of retail destinations, marketplaces, and direct channels with channel-specific transformations and validation. humanURL: https://developers.salsify.com/ baseURL: https://app.salsify.com/api/ tags: - PXM - PIM - Syndication - Digital Shelf - DAM properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developers.salsify.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://developers.salsify.com/reference/getting-started-with-the-api title: Salsify Getting Started With The API - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/salsify - name: Syndigo Content Experience Hub description: >- Syndigo is a Master Data Management (MDM), PIM, and content syndication network that distributes product, location, and digital asset data to retailers and recipients across grocery, hardlines, foodservice, and healthcare. Syndigo APIs cover product content publishing, validation against retailer requirements, and digital asset delivery. humanURL: https://www.syndigo.com/ baseURL: https://api.syndigo.com/ tags: - MDM - PIM - Syndication - Content Experience - Retail properties: - type: Website url: https://www.syndigo.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://www.syndigo.com/platform/ title: Syndigo Active Content Engine - name: 1WorldSync GDSN description: >- 1WorldSync is the largest GS1-certified Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) data pool, operating the Content1 platform for product content management and syndication. Brands publish master data once and synchronize it with subscribing retailers worldwide using GS1 standards (GTIN, GLN, GPC, GDSN messages). humanURL: https://www.1worldsync.com/ baseURL: https://api.1worldsync.com/ tags: - GDSN - GS1 - Syndication - Master Data - Retail properties: - type: Website url: https://www.1worldsync.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://www.1worldsync.com/solutions/product-content-management/ title: 1WorldSync Content1 Platform - type: Documentation url: https://www.1worldsync.com/solutions/data-quality/ title: 1WorldSync Data Quality - name: Akeneo Product Cloud description: >- Akeneo is an open-source-rooted Product Information Management (PIM) platform. Its REST API exposes products, product models, families, attributes, categories, channels, locales, reference entities, and assets, enabling integration with e-commerce platforms, ERPs, syndication partners, and DAM systems. humanURL: https://api.akeneo.com/ baseURL: https://your-instance.cloud.akeneo.com/api/rest/v1/ tags: - PIM - Open Source - Product Cloud - Catalog properties: - type: Documentation url: https://api.akeneo.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://api.akeneo.com/api-reference.html title: Akeneo REST API Reference - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/akeneo - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/akeneo/pim-community-dev title: Akeneo PIM Community Edition - name: Pimcore Platform description: >- Pimcore is an open-source Digital Experience Platform combining PIM, MDM, DAM, CDP, and DXP capabilities. Pimcore exposes both REST and GraphQL APIs (the Datahub) for product data, classification stores, object bricks, assets, documents, and customer data, with a strong focus on flexible data modeling. humanURL: https://pimcore.com/ baseURL: https://your-instance/pimcore/ tags: - PIM - DAM - DXP - GraphQL - Open Source properties: - type: Documentation url: https://pimcore.com/docs/platform/Platform/ - type: Documentation url: https://pimcore.com/docs/platform/Datahub/ title: Pimcore Datahub GraphQL & REST - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/pimcore - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore title: Pimcore Platform Repository - name: Plytix PIM description: >- Plytix is a SaaS Product Information Management platform aimed at mid-market brands, with channel syndication, brand portals, and a public REST API for products, variants, attributes, categories, assets, and relationships, used to feed marketplaces (Amazon, Walmart) and e-commerce stacks. humanURL: https://help.plytix.com/en/api baseURL: https://pim.plytix.com/api/v1.1.0/ tags: - PIM - SaaS - Mid-Market - Syndication properties: - type: Documentation url: https://help.plytix.com/en/api - type: Documentation url: https://docs.plytix.com/ title: Plytix API Documentation - name: Sales Layer PIM description: >- Sales Layer is a cloud PIM platform with REST API access to product catalogs, attribute schemas, categories, media, related products, and syndication channels. It connects brands and retailers across marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, and printed catalog workflows. humanURL: https://docs.saleslayer.com/ baseURL: https://api.saleslayer.com/ tags: - PIM - SaaS - Cloud - Catalog properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.saleslayer.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://docs.saleslayer.com/api/api-introduction title: Sales Layer API Reference common: - type: Website url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/api-evangelist - type: Standards url: https://www.gs1.org/standards title: GS1 Standards (GTIN, GLN, GDSN, Digital Link, GPC) - type: Standards url: https://schema.org/Product title: schema.org/Product Vocabulary - type: OpenData url: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data title: Open Food Facts Data Dumps - type: JSONSchema url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/json-schema/consumer-product-schema.json title: Consumer Product Schema - 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type: Vocabulary url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/consumer-products-vocabulary.yml title: Consumer Products Vocabulary - type: Example url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/examples/consumer-product-food-example.json title: Consumer Product (Food) Example - type: Example url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/examples/consumer-product-beauty-example.json title: Consumer Product (Beauty) Example - type: Example url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consumer-products/refs/heads/main/examples/consumer-product-household-example.json title: Consumer Product (Household) Example - type: Features data: - name: Global Product Identification description: >- GS1-issued GTIN, UPC, EAN, and ISBN identifiers, increasingly carried in GS1 Digital Link URIs and 2D barcodes for omnichannel resolution. - name: Master Data Syndication description: >- Centralized publishing of product master data through GDSN data pools (1WorldSync, Syndigo) so retailers receive consistent, validated attributes across regions. - name: Product Information Management description: >- PIM platforms (Akeneo, Pimcore, Plytix, Sales Layer, Salsify) that model attribute families, variants, channels, locales, and assets for omnichannel commerce. - name: Nutrition And Ingredient Transparency description: >- Open and commercial APIs surfacing ingredients, allergens, nutrition facts, Nutri-Score, NOVA classification, and additive data for food and beverage products. - name: Cosmetic And Personal Care Transparency description: >- INCI ingredient lists, allergen flags, and packaging data for beauty and personal care products, exposed through Open Beauty Facts and retailer feeds. - name: Digital Shelf Analytics description: >- Monitoring product content quality, search rank, ratings, reviews, pricing, and availability across retailer e-commerce sites and marketplaces. - type: UseCases data: - name: Product Onboarding To Retailers description: >- Brands publish master data once into a GDSN data pool and syndicate to grocery, drug, mass, and club retailers with channel-specific validation. - name: Connected Packaging With 2D Barcodes description: >- Replacing 1D UPC barcodes with GS1 Digital Link QR codes to expose brand experiences, regulatory data, supply chain provenance, and recycling guidance from a single scan. - name: Ingredient And Allergen Lookup description: >- Consumer apps querying Open Food Facts or Open Beauty Facts by barcode to surface allergens, additives, certifications, and nutritional scoring. - name: PIM-Driven Marketplace Distribution description: >- Mid-market brands using PIM platforms to push consistent catalogs to Amazon, Walmart, Target Plus, Shopify, and direct-to-consumer channels. - name: Regulatory Reporting And Recall Management description: >- Tracing recalled lots, batch codes, and serialized units through GS1 identifiers and supply chain APIs to support food safety, FDA, USDA, and EU recall workflows. - type: Integrations data: - name: GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) description: >- The international network of certified data pools enabling brands and retailers to synchronize standardized product master data globally. - name: Schema.org Product description: >- The web vocabulary used for embedding product, offer, and review markup in e-commerce pages and consumed by search engines and shopping platforms. - name: Amazon Selling Partner API description: >- Marketplace API consumed by PIM platforms (Salsify, Plytix, Sales Layer) to push catalogs, manage listings, and read orders. - name: Shopify Admin API description: >- DTC commerce API integrated by brands and PIM platforms for product, inventory, and order synchronization. - name: SAP S/4HANA And Oracle NetSuite description: >- Enterprise resource planning systems where master product data originates and is published outward through PIM and syndication layers. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com