{"id":"noot-app-openfoodfacts-mcp-server","name":"openfoodfacts-mcp-server","af_score":56.8,"security_score":50.5,"reliability_score":17.5,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server for querying the Open Food Facts product dataset. It downloads/caches a Parquet product database and uses DuckDB for fast search, exposing MCP tools for brand/name lookup and barcode lookup. Supports local STDIO (Claude Desktop) mode without auth and remote HTTP mode with Bearer-token auth (except /health).","best_when":"You want agent-callable, read-only product search over Open Food Facts with local dataset caching (fast queries) or a simple authenticated MCP-as-a-service deployment.","avoid_when":"You need strict security/compliance guarantees around secrets, auditability, or per-tenant access control; or you need publicly accessible endpoints without auth beyond /health.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:52:30.930464+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":["Bearer token (HTTP mode /mcp endpoint)","No authentication (STDIO mode)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Remote HTTP mode uses a single bearer token; agents must pass it reliably for /mcp calls.","STDIO mode has no auth but relies on local environment configuration (e.g., DATA_DIR, OPENFOODFACTS_MCP_TOKEN in the Claude Desktop config example).","Tool outputs may include many fields vs the simplified search tool; agents should choose the simplified tool to reduce response size/token usage."],"error_quality":0.0}