USDA FoodData Central

About USDA FoodData Central

Search foods, read full nutrient profiles and compare foods side by side. The standard reference for dietary studies.

Questions you can ask USDA FoodData Central

Type them into Kahubi’s chat once USDA FoodData Central is connected.

USDA FoodData Central MCP tools

The 5 tools the USDA FoodData Central server offers to Kahubi. The assistant picks the right one for each question.

• usda_list_nutrients

  Look up the FDC nutrient reference table - all tracked nutrients with their numeric IDs, names, SR reference numbers, units, and categories.

• usda_search_foods

  Search USDA FoodData Central foods by keyword.

• usda_get_food

  Get the full nutrient profile for one food by FDC ID.

• usda_get_foods

  Fetch nutrient profiles for 2–20 foods in a single API call.

• usda_compare_foods

  Compare nutrients side-by-side for 2–5 foods.

Using USDA FoodData Central in Kahubi

• Community server. An open-source server maintained by the MCP community. Kahubi tests it with live queries before listing it and health-checks it regularly.
• Cited, checkable answers. Results are treated as retrieved material and cited with the source’s own identifiers, so you can open every record the answer relied on.
• Your files stay private. Only the search the assistant writes for your question is sent to USDA FoodData Central.

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