Processing States

Each food item in our database may be available in multiple processing states, such as raw, baked, fried, or dried. These states represent the method of preparation (how the person cooked the product before consumption) and can significantly influence the food’s nutritional profile.

Processing state in API responses

In /search responses, the processing state is available under data.processed_variants.processing.

For evaluations, it is not necessary to pass the processing state separately, as it is already encoded in the suffix of the id field. For example, an item with the ID 34fc3077ad18b277_08 corresponds to the roasted version of the base product.

Default processing state

The raw state (00) is always guaranteed to exist for each product and serves as the default.

Processing State Codes

Processing Key	Label EN	Label DE	Code	Availability
raw	raw	roh	00	Always
baked	baked	gebacken	01	Conditional
boiled	boiled	gekocht	02	Conditional
braised	braised	geschmort	03	Conditional
broiled	broiled	gegrillt	04	Conditional
deep-fried	deep-fried	frittiert	05	Conditional
dried	dried	getrocknet	06	Conditional
fried	fried	gebraten	07	Conditional
roasted	roasted	geröstet	08	Conditional
steamed	steamed	gedämpft	09	Conditional
stewed	stewed	gedünsted	10	Conditional