Nutrition Facts in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("nutrition", "banana")

What this pulls

Pull nutrition facts into cells. =VERVE("nutrition", "banana") returns calories, macros and micronutrients for any food — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE()function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

nutrition.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("nutrition", A2, "fdcId")

Food

Fdc Id

One value per row

Fill =VERVE("nutrition", "banana") down a column and Nutrition Facts returns a result for every row — a batch of live values in a single drag, no code.

Enrich data in place

Add Nutrition Facts beside a table you already have to append its output right where your data lives, then sort, filter, or chart on it.

Stays fresh on its own

Set the sheet to refresh on a schedule and the nutrition facts values keep themselves current without anyone re-typing.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("nutrition", "banana")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("nutrition", "banana")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

gramsPremium
Serving weight in grams to scale the nutrition panel to. Defaults to a per-100-gram basis.
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "grams", "118")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Food
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "food")
Fdc Id
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "fdcId")
Category
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "category")
Basis
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "basis")
Serving Sizes
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "servingSizes")
Serving Sizes.label
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "servingSizes.label")
Serving Sizes.grams
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "servingSizes.grams")
Nutrition
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "nutrition")
Nutrition.calories
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "nutrition.calories")
Nutrition.protein
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "nutrition.protein")
Nutrition.total Fat
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "nutrition.totalFat")
Nutrition.carbohydrates
=VERVE("nutrition", "banana", "field", "nutrition.carbohydrates")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Nutrition Facts, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Nutrition Facts into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("nutrition", "banana") into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Nutrition Facts cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Nutrition Facts at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("nutrition", "banana") down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Nutrition Facts work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Nutrition Facts is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Nutrition Facts is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Nutrition Facts

One value per row

Enrich data in place

Stays fresh on its own

Nutrition Facts, answered

Put Nutrition Facts in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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