Zestful · Capability
Zestful Recipe Data Enrichment
Workflow capability for enriching recipe data by parsing raw ingredient strings into structured, USDA-matched nutritional data. Used by recipe app developers to build searchable recipes, generate shopping lists, and create ingredient databases.
What You Can Do
POST
Parse ingredients
— Parse a list of raw recipe ingredient strings (up to 100 per request) into structured data with quantity, unit, product name, preparation notes, and USDA FoodData Central database matches.
/v1/ingredients/parse
MCP Tools
parse-recipe-ingredients
Parse a list of raw recipe ingredient strings into structured JSON data. Extracts quantity, measurement unit, product name, preparation notes, and matches each ingredient against the USDA FoodData Central database. Supports up to 100 ingredients per request. Use for building searchable recipes, shopping list generation, and nutritional analysis.
APIs Used
zestful