tempo-food-db — public food nutrition dataset by TempoLife

A free, machine-readable dataset of 7,795 foods and drinks with nutrition values per 100 g (kcal, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sugar, saturated fat, salt), including a curated Estonian foods category and multilingual categories (et/fi/ru). Maintained by TempoLife, an Estonian health diary app built by Probyte OÜ.

Formats

| File | Contents | |---|---| | data/tempolife-foods.csv | 7,795 rows, comma-separated, UTF-8 | | data/tempolife-foods.json | same data as JSON array |

Schema (all per 100 g)

name, brand, category, kcal_per_100g, protein_g, carbs_g, fat_g, fiber_g, sugar_g, saturated_fat_g, salt_g, source

source is either usda_sr_legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture FoodData Central, SR Legacy) or empty (curated by TempoLife from packaging labels and public food composition tables).

License

The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0. You must give attribution: "Food nutrition data from TempoLife (tempolife.app), CC-BY-4.0." Underlying USDA data is public domain.

Cite

@misc{tempolife_food_db_2026,
  title  = {{TempoLife Food Nutrition Dataset}},
  author = {{Probyte O{\"U}}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://tempolife.app},
  note   = {7,795 foods and drinks, nutrition per 100 g, CC-BY-4.0}
}

Honest limits

• Values are reference values per 100 g. A serving's nutrition depends on preparation, and packaged products change formulas — check the label.
• TempoLife is a diary tool, not a medical device. Nothing here is medical advice.

Consumers

• npm: npm install tempo-food-db (see package.json)
• PyPI: pip install tempo-food-db (see pyproject.toml)
• Raw: clone/download the data/ files.

Regenerating

scripts/build.sh re-exports the dataset from the live TempoLife database.