health.nutrition.food_details

Get detailed nutrition data for a food item — up to 150 nutrients, portions, serving sizes, ingredients (USDA)

SERVERApibase SOURCEapibase-mcp-client

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 11 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/health.nutrition.food-details.md

WHAT IT DOES

What health.nutrition.food_details does on Apibase

AI agents call health.nutrition.food_details to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`fdc_id`	integer	Yes	USDA FoodData Central food ID (e.g. 171705 for chicken breast)

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why health.nutrition.food_details is rated Low

Retrieves nutritional information from USDA database with no side effects or data modification capability.

From the tool's definition Get detailed nutrition data for a food item — up to 150 nutrients

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs health.nutrition.food_details safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For health.nutrition.food_details, this is the rule to start with:

health.nutrition.food_details Allowed

health.nutrition.food_details is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "health.nutrition.food_details": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every health.nutrition.food_details call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about health.nutrition.food_details

What does the health.nutrition.food_details tool do? +

Get detailed nutrition data for a food item — up to 150 nutrients, portions, serving sizes, ingredients (USDA). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does health.nutrition.food_details accept? +

health.nutrition.food_details accepts 1 parameter: fdc_id. Required: fdc_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on health.nutrition.food_details? +

Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for health.nutrition.food_details: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.

What risk level is health.nutrition.food_details? +

health.nutrition.food_details is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit health.nutrition.food_details? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the health.nutrition.food_details rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block health.nutrition.food_details completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for health.nutrition.food_details. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides health.nutrition.food_details? +

health.nutrition.food_details is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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