Food & Drink — entry 019 of 19

Zestful

Verified Jul 2026

Zestful parses free-text recipe ingredient lines into structured quantity, unit, and food fields for apps that need to normalize user-submitted or scraped ingredient text, with a limited free daily quota plus pay-per-parse and enterprise tiers. A live GET against the real gateway, zestful.p.rapidapi.com (the standalone API's replacement, now RapidAPI-only), returned a genuine 401 'Invalid API key' JSON error while carrying an echoed Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, reconfirming both cors yes and API Key auth in the same probe.

ingredientsparsingrecipesnlp
AuthenticationAPI KeySign up with the provider to obtain credentials.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSEnabledCallable directly from browser JavaScript.
PricingFreemiumA usable free tier exists, with paid plans for more volume.
FormatsJSONResponses can be requested as JSON.

GreatAPIs Score

Score75out of 100
Authentication15/25API key required
Pricing17/20Freemium tier available
Docs14/20Documentation URL provided
Formats9/15Single response format
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months

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Auth quickstart

  1. Get a key at the provider
  2. Send it on every request as a headerAuthorization: <key>
  3. The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Stored keyNo key stored

Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.

Developer reference

Rate limit

30 ingredient parses/day (free "Trial" tier, no subscription) -- per zestfuldata.com/pricing/