aid: recipe-api
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recipe-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Recipe API
description: Recipe API is a B2B recipe and nutrition API providing structured recipes with comprehensive,
  USDA-backed nutrition data — 32 nutrients per recipe, structured preparation steps, and per-100g nutrition
  on individual ingredients. Beyond browsing and filtering an existing catalog by category, cuisine, dietary
  flag and macro, it will generate a new recipe with nutrition on demand, and generate food photography
  from a recipe. It positions itself as a lighter-weight alternative for developers who want clean recipe
  data without much setup, and publishes both an llms.txt and an official MCP server so that AI clients
  can use it directly. Self-serve from a free evaluation tier through to a paid scale tier, with a documented
  keyless quick-start call so a developer can try the API before signing up.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/recipe-api.png
created: '2026-08-03'
modified: '2026-08-03'
specificationVersion: '0.21'
type: Index
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
kind: contract
tags:
- Recipes
- Food
- Nutrition
- Ingredients
- Data
- Generative AI
- MCP
- Agents
apis:
- aid: recipe-api:recipe-api
  name: Recipe API
  description: B2B Recipe API providing structured recipes with comprehensive nutrition data.
  humanURL: https://recipe-api.com/docs
  baseURL: https://recipe-api.com
  tags:
  - Recipes
  - Nutrition
  - Ingredients
  - Discovery
  - Generative AI
  properties:
  - url: openapi/recipe-api-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/openapi.json
    type: X-OpenAPI-Source
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/docs
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/signup
    type: Signup
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/login
    type: Login
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/pricing
    type: Pricing
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/terms
    type: TermsOfService
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/privacy
    type: PrivacyPolicy
  - url: authentication/recipe-api-authentication.yml
    type: Authentication
  - url: plans/recipe-api-plans.yml
    type: Plans
  - url: rate-limits/recipe-api-rate-limits.yml
    type: RateLimits
  - url: mcp/recipe-api-mcp.yml
    type: MCPServer
  - url: https://recipe-api.com/llms.txt
    type: LlmsText
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
common:
- url: https://recipe-api.com
  type: Website
- url: https://recipe-api.com/docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://recipe-api.com/pricing
  type: Pricing
- url: https://recipe-api.com/signup
  type: Signup
- url: https://recipe-api.com/login
  type: Login
- url: https://recipe-api.com/terms
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://recipe-api.com/privacy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://recipe-api.com/llms.txt
  type: LlmsText
- url: mcp/recipe-api-mcp.yml
  type: MCPServer
- url: plans/recipe-api-plans.yml
  type: Plans
- url: rate-limits/recipe-api-rate-limits.yml
  type: RateLimits
- url: authentication/recipe-api-authentication.yml
  type: Authentication
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
X-Discovery:
  date: '2026-08-03'
  method: probed
  note: Provider wrote in to info@apievangelist.com. Every surface below was fetched before the profile
    was written; nothing here is modelled on their behalf.
  findings:
  - surface: OpenAPI
    url: https://recipe-api.com/openapi.json
    http_status: 200
    real: true
    note: OpenAPI 3.0.3, 12 operations, 20 schemas, ApiKeyAuth, real server URL.
  - surface: LlmsTxt
    url: https://recipe-api.com/llms.txt
    http_status: 200
    real: true
  - surface: MCPServer
    url: https://recipe-api.com/api/mcp
    http_status: 401
    real: true
    note: Exists and is auth-gated; documented at /mcp.
  - surface: WellKnown
    url: https://recipe-api.com/.well-known/api-catalog
    http_status: 404
    real: false