57
/100
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Benchmarked May 31, 2026

Food Standards Agency

UK food hygiene rating data API

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Score Breakdown

Auth Simplicity 9/10
Parseability 8/10
Token Efficiency 7/10
Latency 6/10
Consistency 5/10
Error Clarity 5/10
Documentation 4/10
First-Try Success 3/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
```json
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "http://ratings.food.gov.uk",
  "auth_method": "none",
  "auth_config": {},
  "endpoints": [],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "free",
    "details": {}
  },
  "rate_limits": {},
  "capabilities": [
    "Provides data on food hygiene ratings across the UK",
    "Allows access to open data regarding food establishments",
    "Supports data retrieval for analysis and integration into other applications"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "The Food Standards Agency's URL provided, http://ratings.food.gov.uk/open-data/en-GB, appears to be a service hosting open data related to UK food hygiene ratings. This platform is suitable for developers, researchers, and businesses that require data regarding the hygiene ratings of food establishments across the UK. There is no authentication required to access the data, indicating it is open for public use. The data can potentially be integrated into various applications, making it particularly useful for developers looking to incorporate hygiene ratings into consumer-facing applications or internal analyses. The platform seems mature, focusing on a specific niche of hygiene rating data, with no indication of a pricing model or rate limits, suggesting that it is free to use. The FSA provides this as a public resource, likely supporting transparency and informed consumer choice within the UK market."
}
```
Execute

1/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /200642ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txt404228ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txt404231ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 32,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 7.0,
    "first_try_success": 3.0,
    "response_parseability": 8.0,
    "error_clarity": 5.0,
    "doc_quality": 4.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 9.0,
    "latency": 6.4,
    "consistency": 5.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "type": "free",
    "details": {}
  },
  "issues": [
    "Missing robots.txt (404) - may hinder agent discovery of site structure",
    "Missing llms.txt (404) - no structured LLM-friendly documentation endpoint",
    "Core website experienced 642ms latency which is moderate but acceptable",
    "No security headers detected on initial response",
    "No explicit API documentation or developer portal observed in initial crawl"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Add an llms.txt file to provide structured, agent-friendly documentation",
    "Create a dedicated developer portal or API docs page with structured endpoints",
    "Improve documentation quality with clear usage examples and rate limits",
    "Consider adding a status page or uptime guarantees for consistency score improvement"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

x402 Payments
Not supported
Streaming
No
Sandbox
None
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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