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ApiRacc categories

Get RACC food category details

Get details for a specific FDA food category — RACC reference amount, label statements, and CFR reference.

Use this to answer: "what's the RACC for cookies?", "show details for this food category", "what's the reference amount for bread?"

Helper for ⑦ setRecipeServing (racc_guided mode).

Returns detailed RACC (Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed) data from 21 CFR § 101.12 including the reference amount in grams, label statements, and target audience.

Related endpoints:

  • searchUsRaccCategories — find a category by name
  • listUsRaccCategories — browse all categories
GET
/us/nutrition/racc-categories/{category_id}

Authorization

BearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

JWT Bearer token authentication

In: header

Path Parameters

category_id*string

RACC category ID (e.g. 'racc_cookies_crackers')

Response Body

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://loading/us/nutrition/racc-categories/racc_cookies_crackers"
{
  "data": {
    "category": {
      "category_id": "racc_cookies_crackers",
      "name": "Cookies and crackers",
      "racc_g": "30",
      "unit_type": "discrete",
      "label_statements": [
        "__ piece(s) (__ g)"
      ],
      "target_audience": "general",
      "cfr_reference": "21 CFR § 101.12 Table 2"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "string",
    "request_id": "string",
    "timestamp": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  }
}
{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string",
      "input": null,
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}