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Calorie API launches dual product offering for apps and AI assistants

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The developer of Calorie API has launched two distinct products: a REST API for applications needing food catalog data and an MCP server designed to integrate this catalog with AI assistants like Claude Code and Cursor. The REST API offers a free tier for basic usage and paid plans for production applications, providing access to over 4 million food items with verified macro data. The MCP server, a separate subscription service, allows AI assistants to query the food catalog, ensuring accurate data retrieval and calculations rather than relying on the AI's potentially inaccurate internal knowledge. AI

IMPACT Provides AI assistants with accurate, verifiable food data, improving reliability for applications.

RANK_REASON Launch of a new API and server product by a company.

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Calorie API launches dual product offering for apps and AI assistants

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Busybody ·

    Your model is inventing macros. Make it look the food up.

    <p>I build <a href="https://calorieapi.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Calorie API</a>. Same food catalog, two doors. A REST API for the app you ship. An MCP server for Claude Code and Cursor.</p> <p>You ask for the calories in 180 g of cooked chicken breast. The chat answers in o…

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