# HarvestPulse Food Designation Guide

> HarvestPulse Food Designation Guide is a paid API for AI agents from harvestpulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Decodes EU PDO/PGI, French AOC, and Italian DOP food designations with an authentic-vs-imitation guide for foodie and local-food agents

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://harvestpulse.vercel.app/api/harvest/designations
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/harvestpulse-food-designation-guide-5d796b1d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WJrhvPfky6Uo4dtdlerqD

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability harvestpulse-food-designation-guide-5d796b1d
```

Example prompt: Can you explain what PDO and DOP mean on food labels, and how I can tell if a Parmigiano Reggiano or prosciutto di Parma I'm buying is actually authentic versus an imitation?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user wants to understand European protected food designation systems (PDO, PGI, AOC, DOP), verify whether a specific product is authentically certified, or distinguish real protected-origin products from imitations. Prefer this over a general food label decoder when the question specifically concerns geographic indication certifications in Europe.

## Known failure modes

- Endpoint returns no data if the designation system queried is not among EU PDO/PGI, French AOC, or Italian DOP
- Network timeout or Vercel cold-start delay may cause slow first response
- Payment failure via x402 protocol returns 402 status before data is served
- Specific product lookups may not be available if the product is not in the guide's database

## How this service works

Food origin & authenticity guide — decode protected designations like EU PDO/PGI, French AOC, and Italian DOP for any product, with an authentic-vs-imitation buying guide. Global coverage for foodie and local-food agents.

## Output

A structured guide explaining EU PDO, PGI, French AOC, and Italian DOP food designations — including what each certification means, what makes a product authentic, and how to spot imitation products that use similar names without the protected status.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "product"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "product": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Product name (e.g. parmigiano-reggiano, champagne, prosciutto-di-parma, roquefort)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/harvestpulse-food-designation-guide-5d796b1d/health.json
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