Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup

Lab results, FDA recalls and additive rules for US packaged foods, with sources; never a grade.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Lab results, FDA recalls and additive rules for US packaged foods, with sources; never a grade.

    How to connect

    How to connect Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (6)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    check_productLooks up one US packaged food by barcode (UPC/EAN/GTIN), id, or name, and returns what is known about it: lab results by chemical (with kind of evidence, sample counts, median and highest values in ppb, lots, dates and sources), FDA recalls naming its barcode, restricted additives in its ingredients with each jurisdiction's rule, FDA's typical levels for its kind of food, same-brand products that were tested, the chemical families never tested in it, and a front-of-pack photo from Open Food Facts when one passed our checks (show it with its credit and CC BY-SA 3.0 licence). result_type is match (one product), candidates (a name fit several; call again with id), or no_match.
    chemical_sourcesFor one contaminant (lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic-total, arsenic-inorganic, perchlorate, a phthalate such as dehp or dbp, a substitute such as deht, or a bisphenol such as bpa), returns the everyday foods where FDA's Total Diet Study found the highest typical levels (with samples, detections, averages and years), named products with lab results (highest median first), recent FDA recalls naming it, and a note on drinking water where it matters.
    compare_productsLines up two to five products (by id) chemical by chemical, using each product's own lab results where they exist and FDA's typical level for its kind of food otherwise (marked as typical), plus restricted additives and recall counts.
    food_categoryFor a kind of food (a category slug such as milk, rice, baby-infant-foods-beverages, cereal, water), returns FDA's typical levels of metals and perchlorate, whether FDA's foods are a close or rough stand-in, and the products in that category with lab results: the 50 lowest in the most-tested chemical by default (products below the lab's limit first), with tested_total giving the full count. Pass sort to rank by another chemical, order=high for highest first, and all=true for every tested product.
    additive_statusReturns where an additive is allowed, restricted, banned or requires a warning (US FDA, EU, and US states such as California, West Virginia, Texas and Louisiana), each with its law and effective date, plus how many products list it and examples.
    interpret_test_resultPlaces a person's urine or blood test result among CDC NHANES population percentiles (newest survey cycle loaded), for everyone or one age group, and says in words how high it is. tier.level is below_median, median_to_95th, top_5_percent or far_above (at least twice the 95th percentile; CDC's tables stop at the 95th, so times_95th_percentile gives the multiple); a far_above result carries clear_line, e.g. "This is far above typical. Talk to your clinician soon." ("right away" for blood lead at CDC's 45 ug/dL children's step, or OSHA's 50 for adults). unit_check is set when the value is more than 10 times the highest 95th percentile in CDC's tables, which can mean a unit mix-up (ug/L typed as ug/dL); show it to the person. For blood lead, official_guidance gives CDC's follow-up steps for children (2025) and, for adults (no CDC schedule), what NIOSH lists from agencies and medical groups (2024), each with its source; age 20+ returns only the adult guidance, under 12 only the children's. official_limits includes CDC's 3.5 ug/dL blood lead reference value. context gives cited lines on what the test shows, e.g. urine perchlorate reflects about the last day of food and water. Pass unit as printed on the report: ug/L (same as ng/mL), ug/dL, or ug/g creatinine for creatinine-adjusted urine results (CDC's creatinine tables); ug/L and ug/dL are converted into the table's unit and entered shows what was typed. Context only, not a diagnosis.