ParseForge
Tasty Recipe Scraper
parseforge/tasty-scraper
E-commerceVideosMARKETING
Scrapes Tasty.co recipes by search query and returns each recipe as a flat row with ingredients, instructions, nutrition facts, and media URLs.
- Total users
- 2
- Monthly active
- 1
- Total runs
- 104
- Bookmarked
- 0
- Rating
- Not rated yet
- Last modified
- 12 days ago
Overview
🍝 Tasty Scraper
🚀 Export BuzzFeed Tasty recipes in seconds. Search by keyword, collect ingredients, instructions, nutrition, ratings, video URLs, and more - no account required.
The Tasty Scraper pulls structured recipe data directly from Tasty.co - BuzzFeed's massively popular video recipe platform with millions of home cooks worldwide. Whether you want pasta dishes, vegan desserts, or 30-minute weeknight meals, this actor gives you clean, structured data ready for analysis, apps, or databases.
Every record includes the full ingredient list, step-by-step instructions, nutrition info, video URL, star ratings, and category tags - exactly the fields you need to build recipe databases, nutrition trackers, or meal planning tools.
Coverage
- 1,041+ pasta recipes - just from one search term. Tasty has tens of thousands of recipes across all cuisines and dietary preferences.
- 19 fields per record - image, title, URL, ID, description, video, servings, prep/cook/total time, calories, rating, numRatings, tags, ingredients, instructions, topics, scrapedAt.
- Real-time data - scraped live from Tasty.co, not cached.
Target Audience / Use Cases
| Who | What they build |
|---|---|
| Food bloggers | Recipe inspiration database |
| App developers | Recipe search and meal planning apps |
| Nutritionists | Calorie and ingredient analysis datasets |
| Data scientists | Recipe NLP, ingredient clustering, trend analysis |
| Content creators | Identify high-rated viral recipes |
| Grocery startups | Ingredient list extraction for shopping tools |
📋 What the Tasty Scraper does
- Searches Tasty.co recipes by keyword (pasta, chicken, vegan, keto, etc.)
- Collects full ingredient lists and step-by-step instructions
- Extracts nutrition data (calories, carbs, protein, fat)
- Captures star ratings and total number of ratings
- Pulls the recipe video URL (Tasty is famous for its video recipes)
- Tags, topics, and category labels for filtering
- Paginates automatically to reach your maxItems target
💡 Why it matters: Tasty is one of the largest recipe platforms on the internet, with recipes optimized for video and engagement. The data is cleaner and more structured than most recipe sites - making it ideal for training models, building apps, or powering content pipelines.
⚠️ Good to Know: Free users are automatically limited to 10 results. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 recipes per run.
🚀 How to use
- Create a free Apify account (includes $5 credit)
- Open the Tasty Scraper on the Apify Store
- Enter your search query (e.g. "pasta", "chicken", "vegan")
- Set maxItems (10 free, up to 1,000,000 on paid plans)
- Click Start and download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel
🔗 Recommended Actors
| Actor | Description |
|---|---|
| Allrecipes Scraper | Scrape recipes from Allrecipes.com |
| Epicurious Scraper | Export recipes from Epicurious |
| Food.com Scraper | Collect community recipes from Food.com |
| BBC Good Food Scraper | Scrape BBC Good Food recipes |
💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for scrapers covering food, real estate, jobs, finance, and more.
This actor is for informational and research purposes only. Respect Tasty.co's terms of service. Data is scraped from publicly accessible pages.
🆘 Need Help?
If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our contact form or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.
For faster answers, join our Discord. It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.
Input
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| searchQuery required | string | Keyword to search for recipes (e.g. 'pasta', 'chicken', 'vegan tacos'). | pasta |
| maxItems | integer | How many recipes to collect per run. | 10 |
Pricing
from $19.00 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| result | Single result in the default dataset. | $0.019 to $0.021 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~tasty-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"searchQuery": "pasta",
"maxItems": 3
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"searchQuery": "pasta",
"maxItems": 3
} Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first.
Issues
We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.
Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.