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Edamam nutrition vs Open Brewery DB

Edamam nutrition

Edamam's Nutrition Analysis API parses a free-text ingredient line and returns calories, macro/micronutrients, and diet and health labels for that food or recipe, aimed at meal-tracking apps. A live GET against the real gateway, api.edamam.com, returned a genuine 401 'Unauthorized app_id' JSON error while carrying an echoed Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, resolving cors unknown -> yes and reconfirming API Key auth (an app ID and key pair) in the same probe.

Open Brewery DB

Open Brewery DB is an open, keyless directory of breweries, cideries, and bottle shops across the US and several other countries, searchable by name, city, state, or brewery type. A live GET against the real gateway, api.openbrewerydb.org, returned genuine JSON while carrying an echoed Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, reconfirming both cors yes and auth None in the same probe.

Edamam nutritionOpen Brewery DB
AuthenticationAPI KeyNone
Pricingfreemiumfree
FormatsJSONJSON
CORSyesyes
HTTPSYesYes

Open Brewery DB needs no API key, while Edamam nutrition requires API Key — pick Open Brewery DB to start without signup.

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