Food & Drink · head-to-head
Open Food Facts vs Untappd
Open Food Facts is a crowdsourced, open database of food products worldwide, covering ingredients, nutrition facts, allergens, and Nutri-Score/Eco-Score ratings, with full bulk exports available alongside the live API. A live GET against the real gateway, world.openfoodfacts.org, returned a genuine product record while carrying Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving cors unknown -> yes; auth None was reconfirmed by the same keyless 200.
Untappd's public API exposes its social beer check-in platform — beer and brewery details, user check-ins, and venue activity — for applications registered through its OAuth developer program, free and rate-limited to 100 calls/hour per key. A live GET against the real gateway, api.untappd.com, returned a genuine 'missing client_secret/client_id' JSON error while carrying Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving cors unknown -> yes and reconfirming OAuth auth in the same probe.
| Open Food Facts | Untappd | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON, CSV | JSON |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
Open Food Facts needs no API key, while Untappd requires OAuth — pick Open Food Facts to start without signup.