How the scores work
Pick a metric with the “Score by” dropdown — every item re-ranks by that metric, so the ranking is always consistent. The three metrics:
Macro Quality (default): a ratio of the good macros to the costly ones, per serving. Nutrient Density: protein and fiber per 100 calories, as % of daily value, minus saturated fat and net carbs — rewards a lot of nutrition in few calories. Low-Carb: the Macro Quality ratio with net carbs penalized 3× instead of 1×.
Score = 100 × (Protein + 2 × Fiber) ÷ (Protein + 2 × Fiber + 2 × Saturated Fat + Net Carbs)Net carbs = total carbs − fiber. Protein and fiber push the score up; saturated fat and net carbs pull it down. Scores run 0–100.
Scores are computed from the chains’ published nutrition data. Each item links to its source. Two caveats, marked on the cards: 408 items from McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Subway, Arby’s, Dairy Queen and Sonic come from a 2018 public dataset (TidyTuesday, scraped from fastfoodnutrition.org) — the full 2018 menu, but not current official data. And Wendy’s items are from the UK menu, the only Wendy’s nutrition guide retrievable, not the US menu. Most official-guide chains are partial menus (some sections were not retrievable), and some guides are dated — for example Culver’s is a 2015 guide and Whataburger’s is from 2021. A few items’ values come from listings that reproduce the chain’s own published nutrition table rather than a direct fetch of the chain’s page — those are marked “via the chain’s published table” on the card.
More chains coming
Item data is being added chain by chain. Right now 3,075 items across 57 chains are in; the other 64 chains in the directory are listed so you can browse them, but have no items yet. Jimmy John’s items are from its 2019 guide, the only standalone guide available. Burger King is now current US data, via Nutritionix, the nutrition tool BK’s own site links to. New in this update: Dutch Bros, Hardee’s, Bojangles, Shake Shack, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Crumbl, QDOBA, Firehouse Subs, 7 Brew, CAVA, Nothing Bundt Cakes and Scooter’s Coffee. Bojangles values come via Nutritionix, cross-checked against a second listing, since Bojangles’ own nutrition page would not load. Crumbl flavors rotate weekly, so its items come from Nutritionix’s cumulative catalog rather than a single week’s board. Picking one of those chains shows its nutrition link instead.
Near you — what it does and doesn’t do
Tap “Use my location” and your browser shares your approximate location just for this visit; we show the city and state we detect. There is no per-store location dataset yet, so we can’t show a nearest restaurant or how far away one is — store-level nearest-location lookup is coming. For now, use the chain filter to see what’s available from a chain near you. If you decline location access, everything still works: all items stay visible.
Scores are a guide to help compare menu items, not medical or dietary advice. Nutrition values are as published by the chains; recipes and values can change.