Food Hygiene Rating API (FSA)

by api.ratings.food.gov.uk

Health Added on November 7th, 2026 Checked and working on November 7th, 2026

What it does

The Food Hygiene Rating API from the UK Food Standards Agency gives the hygiene ratings of restaurants, cafés, shops and other food businesses in the UK, with their address and inspection date, for example to show a restaurant's rating next to its reviews. Send the header x-api-version: 2 and get JSON or XML. Free, no key needed.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST
XML

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free, no key needed.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON, XML
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: api.ratings.food.gov.uk
Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

More information: https://api.ratings.food.gov.uk/help

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HTML

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Food Hygiene Rating API (FSA) — api.ratings.food.gov.uk

Example request

curl

curl 'https://api.ratings.food.gov.uk/Establishments?name=pret&pageSize=1' \
  -H 'x-api-version: 2'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.ratings.food.gov.uk/Establishments?name=pret&pageSize=1", {
  headers: {
    "x-api-version": "2",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.ratings.food.gov.uk/Establishments?name=pret&pageSize=1",
    headers={
        "x-api-version": "2",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.