Indian Food Nutrition MCP

Your AI assistant can finally count Indian food calories correctly. An MCP server that lets you log meals through Claude (and soon ChatGPT) in plain language: "2 rotis and a katori of dal", or just a photo of your plate. Calories and macros come from India's official food composition data (IFCT 2017, National Institute of Nutrition) plus USDA for everything else, not from US-centric databases that think a roti is a…. Its 5 documented tools cluster into read & search, log.

People connecting communication tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

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LAST COMMIT 2026-06-12 · ★ 2 · #78 OF 109 MAINTAINED COMMUNICATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

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01 · Install Indian Food Nutrition MCP

Claude Code

claude mcp add krishnabhat-indian-food-nutrition-mcp -- npx -y indian-food-nutrition-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krishnabhat-indian-food-nutrition-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "indian-food-nutrition-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

npm package indian-food-nutrition-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.krishnabhat is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Indian Food Nutrition MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can search 8,300+ foods (IFCT + USDA), per-100g cal/protein/carb/fat/fiber, and log items with mandatory qty + household unit.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Indian Food Nutrition MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

4 tools - e.g. Search 8,300+ foods (IFCT + USDA), per-100g cal/protein/carb/fat/fiber; A day's log + totals; Per-day totals over a range, the AI-coaching context block

search_food · get_day · get_history · fetch_image

Log

1 tool - e.g. Log items with mandatory qty + household unit; DB-derived macros

log_meal

04 · Who maintains Indian Food Nutrition MCP

indian-food-nutrition-mcp is maintained by krishnabhat. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jun 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/krishnabhat/indian-food-nutrition-mcp
category: communication - ranked #78 of 109 actively-maintained communication servers as of 2026-09-30.
registry: io.github.krishnabhat/indian-food-nutrition-mcp (active, first published 2026-06-12)
packages: npm:indian-food-nutrition-mcp

06 · Indian Food Nutrition MCP FAQ

Is Indian Food Nutrition MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-06-12. We re-verify nightly.

What can Indian Food Nutrition MCP do?

With this server connected, an agent can search 8,300+ foods (IFCT + USDA), per-100g cal/protein/carb/fat/fiber, and log items with mandatory qty + household unit.

How do I install Indian Food Nutrition MCP?

Run `npx -y indian-food-nutrition-mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Indian Food Nutrition MCP run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

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