# Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup (remote · food.agentlookups.ai)

Lab results, FDA recalls and additive rules for US packaged foods, with sources; never a grade.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `food.agentlookups.ai`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout/food.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout/food)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 60/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1747 tokens (~291/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 87/100
  - Stability observed for 26 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup MCP server?

Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup is a hosted endpoint at https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout 'https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout": {
      "url": "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout]
url = "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout --url 'https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout:
    url: "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout -t streamable-http -u 'https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-28 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (6)

### `check_product` (~221 tokens)

Check a packaged food

Looks up one US packaged food by barcode (UPC/EAN/GTIN), id, or name, and returns what is known about it: lab results by chemical (with kind of evidence, sample counts, median and highest values in ppb, lots, dates and sources), FDA recalls naming its barcode, restricted additives in its ingredients with each jurisdiction's rule, FDA's typical levels for its kind of food, same-brand products that were tested, the chemical families never tested in it, and a front-of-pack photo from Open Food Facts when one passed our checks (show it with its credit and CC BY-SA 3.0 licence). result_type is match (one product), candidates (a name fit several; call again with id), or no_match.

Input parameters:

- `barcode` (string): UPC, EAN or GTIN digits, e.g. 070852000121
- `id` (string): A product id from an earlier candidates result
- `query` (string): Product name with brand, e.g. "clover organic whole milk"

### `chemical_sources` (~137 tokens)

Find where a chemical comes from in food

For one contaminant (lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic-total, arsenic-inorganic, perchlorate, a phthalate such as dehp or dbp, a substitute such as deht, or a bisphenol such as bpa), returns the everyday foods where FDA's Total Diet Study found the highest typical levels (with samples, detections, averages and years), named products with lab results (highest median first), recent FDA recalls naming it, and a note on drinking water where it matters.

Input parameters:

- `chemical` (string, required): Chemical name or slug, e.g. "perchlorate" or "lead"

### `compare_products` (~70 tokens)

Compare packaged foods

Lines up two to five products (by id) chemical by chemical, using each product's own lab results where they exist and FDA's typical level for its kind of food otherwise (marked as typical), plus restricted additives and recall counts.

Input parameters:

- `ids` (string, required): Comma-separated product ids from check_product

### `food_category` (~204 tokens)

Typical contaminant levels for a kind of food

For a kind of food (a category slug such as milk, rice, baby-infant-foods-beverages, cereal, water), returns FDA's typical levels of metals and perchlorate, whether FDA's foods are a close or rough stand-in, and the products in that category with lab results: the 50 lowest in the most-tested chemical by default (products below the lab's limit first), with tested_total giving the full count. Pass sort to rank by another chemical, order=high for highest first, and all=true for every tested product.

Input parameters:

- `all` (boolean): Optional: true returns every tested product instead of the first 50
- `category` (string, required): Category slug, e.g. "milk"
- `order` (string): Optional: "high" for highest first (default lowest first)
- `sort` (string): Optional chemical slug to rank by, e.g. "lead" (default: the chemical tested in the most products)

### `additive_status` (~86 tokens)

Check a food additive's legal status

Returns where an additive is allowed, restricted, banned or requires a warning (US FDA, EU, and US states such as California, West Virginia, Texas and Louisiana), each with its law and effective date, plus how many products list it and examples.

Input parameters:

- `additive` (string, required): Additive name or slug, e.g. "titanium dioxide" or "red-3"

### `interpret_test_result` (~885 tokens)

Compare a test result with the US population

Places a person's urine or blood test result among CDC NHANES population percentiles (newest survey cycle loaded), for everyone or one age group, and says in words how high it is. tier.level is below_median, median_to_95th, top_5_percent or far_above (at least twice the 95th percentile; CDC's tables stop at the 95th, so times_95th_percentile gives the multiple); a far_above result carries clear_line, e.g. "This is far above typical. Talk to your clinician soon." ("right away" for blood lead at CDC's 45 ug/dL children's step, or OSHA's 50 for adults). unit_check is set when the value is more than 10 times the highest 95th percentile in CDC's tables, which can mean a unit mix-up (ug/L typed as ug/dL); show it to the person. For blood lead, official_guidance gives CDC's follow-up steps for children (2025) and, for adults (no CDC schedule), what NIOSH lists from agencies and medical groups (2024), each with its source; age 20+ returns only the adult guidance, under 12 only the children's. official_limits includes CDC's 3.5 ug/dL blood lead reference value. context gives cited lines on what the test shows, e.g. urine perchlorate reflects about the last day of food and water. Pass unit as printed on the report: ug/L (same as ng/mL), ug/dL, or ug/g creatinine for creatinine-adjusted urine results (CDC's creatinine tables); ug/L and ug/dL are converted into the table's unit and entered shows what was typed. Context only, not a diagnosis.

Input parameters:

- `age` (string): Who to compare with: all (default), young (under 6), 6-11, 12-19, 20+, or an age in years
- `chemical` (string, required): Analyte key: a chemical slug for its first analyte, or chemical:NHANES code. Loaded keys: lead or lead:LBXBPB (Lead, µg/dL); mercury or mercury:LBXTHG (Total Mercury, µg/L); arsenic-total or arsenic-…
- `unit` (string): Unit printed on the report: ug/L (or ng/mL), ug/dL, or ug/g creatinine (urine only). Omit to use the unit listed for the key.
- `value` (number, required): The result as printed on the report (a number; a numeric string also works)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout/food#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 81
- 2026-11-04: 81
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 78
- 2026-10-28: 78
- 2026-10-27: 77
- 2026-10-26: 77
- 2026-10-25: 76
- 2026-10-24: 76
- 2026-10-23: 75
- 2026-10-22: 75
- 2026-10-21: 74
- 2026-10-20: 74
- 2026-10-19: 73
- 2026-10-18: 73
- 2026-10-17: 72
- 2026-10-16: 72
- 2026-10-15: 72
- 2026-10-14: 71
- 2026-10-13: 71
- 2026-10-12: 70
- 2026-10-10: 69

## Common questions

### What is the Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup MCP server?

Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.agentlookups/spoon-scout. Lab results, FDA recalls and additive rules for US packaged foods, with sources; never a grade. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp).

### Is the Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup MCP server safe to use?

Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup MCP server expose?

Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup exposes 6 tools: check_product, chemical_sources, compare_products, food_category, additive_status, interpret_test_result. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,603 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup MCP server still maintained?

Spoon Scout - Food Contaminant Lookup is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://food.agentlookups.ai/mcp
- Website: https://food.agentlookups.ai/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout/food.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout/food.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-agentlookups-spoon-scout/food