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ApiRacc categories

List RACC food categories

List FDA food categories for serving size determination — RACC (Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed) categories.

Helper for ⑦ setRecipeServing (racc_guided mode).

Use this to answer: "what food categories are available?", "list FDA food categories", "find the RACC category for my product", "what serving size category is bread?"

RACC categories define how much of a food people typically eat in one sitting, per FDA regulation 21 CFR § 101.12. Optionally filter by target audience (general or infant/toddler).

Related endpoints:

  • searchUsRaccCategories — search by name instead of browsing
  • getUsRaccCategory — get details for a specific category
GET
/us/nutrition/racc-categories

Authorization

BearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

JWT Bearer token authentication

In: header

Query Parameters

audience?|

Filter by target audience: 'general' or 'infant_toddler'

Response Body

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://loading/us/nutrition/racc-categories"
{
  "data": {
    "categories": [
      {
        "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"
      }
    ],
    "total_count": 0
  },
  "meta": {
    "version": "string",
    "request_id": "string",
    "timestamp": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  }
}
{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string",
      "input": null,
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}