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Access Cornucopia Institute organic food scorecards, brand ratings, research documents, and news via a structured API covering dairy, eggs, beef, and more.
No input parameters required.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/e75e8fb5-df25-49dc-8b95-5412bd26db58/get_all_scorecards' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Returns a list of all available scorecards with their URLs and slugs. Includes dairy, eggs, beef, poultry, yogurt, plant-based beverages, snack bar, cottage cheese, cereal, and soy scorecards.
No input parameters required.
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"data": "array of scorecard objects with title, url, and slug",
"status": "string indicating success"
},
"sample": {
"data": [
{
"url": "https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/eggs/",
"slug": "eggs",
"title": "Organic Egg Scorecard"
},
{
"url": "https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/dairy/",
"slug": "dairy",
"title": "Organic Dairy Scorecard"
}
],
"status": "success"
}
}About the cornucopia.org API
This API exposes 8 endpoints covering The Cornucopia Institute's organic food scorecard database, including brand ratings, tier classifications, detailed scoring rubrics, independent brand listings, research documents, and news. The get_dairy_brand_detail endpoint returns a full rubric array with per-criterion points and comments for any dairy brand slug, while search_scorecard lets you filter brands by keyword across dairy, eggs, beef, and poultry categories.
Scorecard Listings and Brand Data
The get_all_scorecards endpoint returns every available scorecard with its title, URL, and slug — covering dairy, eggs, beef, poultry, yogurt, plant-based beverages, snack bar, cottage cheese, cereal, and soy. From there, get_dairy_scorecard_brands and get_egg_scorecard_brands return full brand lists with fields including brand_name, rating, products, score, market_area, tier, and slug. The tier and score fields let you rank or filter brands without any additional processing.
Detailed Brand Rubrics
get_dairy_brand_detail accepts a brand_slug (sourced from the dairy scorecard listing) and returns a rubric array alongside total_score and meta_info. Each rubric entry includes the specific criterion, points awarded, and reviewer comments — useful for understanding exactly why a brand received its score rather than relying on the summary rating alone.
Search and Independent Brands
search_scorecard accepts a type parameter (dairy, eggs, beef, or poultry) and a required query string matched case-insensitively against brand names and products. Results share the same shape as the full scorecard listings. get_indie_brands returns a separate list of independent organic brands with company, category, and logo_url fields — a distinct dataset from the scored brands.
Research and News
get_research_documents returns Cornucopia's published reports and buyer's guides with title, url, and description. get_news_articles returns recent articles and newsletter archive entries with title, url, date, and excerpt. Both endpoints require no input parameters.
- Build an organic brand comparison tool using
score,tier, andratingfields from dairy or egg scorecards - Surface detailed scoring rubrics for a specific dairy brand to explain why it received a given tier classification
- Search across beef or poultry scorecards by product name to find all matching brands and their scores
- Compile a directory of independent organic brands by category using
get_indie_brandsdata - Monitor new research reports and buyer's guides published by The Cornucopia Institute via
get_research_documents - Feed organic food news and newsletter excerpts into a content aggregator using
get_news_articles - Filter dairy brands by market area field to identify regionally available organic options
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does The Cornucopia Institute offer an official developer API?+
What does `get_dairy_brand_detail` return beyond the summary scorecard listing?+
rubric array with individual scoring criteria, points awarded per criterion, and reviewer comments, plus total_score and meta_info fields. The listing endpoints only return the summary score, rating, and tier.Does `search_scorecard` work across all scorecard types simultaneously?+
type parameter is optional but targets one scorecard at a time — dairy, eggs, beef, or poultry. Cross-scorecard search in a single call is not currently supported. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add a multi-type search endpoint.Are detailed rubric breakdowns available for egg, beef, or poultry brands the way they are for dairy?+
get_dairy_brand_detail exposes a full rubric array. Detailed per-criterion scoring for egg, beef, and poultry brands is not covered. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add brand-detail endpoints for those scorecard types.