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MyPlate.food nutrition tools

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USDA nutrition calculators + the preserved MyPlate Kitchen recipes; source-cited, machine-verified.

v1.0.0 · active · website · descriptor JSON · versions

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Quality82good
Trust75of 100
Uptime, 30 days98%
Latency p50393 ms

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8 clients · secrets stay placeholders
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrition": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  }
}
claude mcp add --transport http nutrition https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp
[mcp_servers.nutrition]
url = "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "nutrition": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrition": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=nutrition&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vbWNwLm15cGxhdGUuZm9vZC9tY3AifQ%3D%3D"
}
{
  "servers": {
    "nutrition": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nutrition": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    }
  }
}
extensions:
  "nutrition":
    enabled: true
    name: "nutrition"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
    timeout: 300

Quality 82 / 100good

protocol75 · weight 25
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    protocol.modernnewest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
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    protocol.statelessonly applies to 2026-07-28 servers
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    protocol.transportstreamable HTTP
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    protocol.list_ttlonly applies to 2026-07-28 servers
authorizationn/a · weight 15
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    auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
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    auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL
tool hygiene79 · weight 30
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    tools.descriptionsevery tool has a description
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    tools.description_length2 tools have descriptions over 1,024 characters, which crowds the context
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    tools.schemasevery tool has an object input schema
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    tools.annotations16 of 16 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
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    tools.directory_hintsno tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: calculate_bmi (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); calculate_body_fat (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); calculate_body_metric (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); …
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    tools.token_costabout 7,077 tokens to load every tool
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    tools.api_dumptools are not a one-to-one API dump
stability100 · weight 15
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    stability.changesno tool changes in 30 days
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    stability.rug_pullno tool changed its meaning under the same name
dependenciesn/a · weight 15
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    deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

16 tools, about 7,077 tokens to load them all · tool set b6dc0953d842 · checked 2026-10-21 01:06 UTC

Tool changes

No tool definition changes recorded. A server's first observation is its baseline; later probes record what changes.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 75 / 100

no-repository
provenance55
liveness99
freshness65
hygiene80

+dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-98% ~updated-90d-ago -no-repository

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Endpoints

remoteauthreachableuptime 30dp50protocollast ok
https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp streamable-httpnoneyes98%393 ms2025-11-252026-10-20
https://mcp.myplate.food/sse ssenoneyes97%409 ms2025-11-252026-10-21

Tools (16)

calculate_bmiread-onlyCompute Body Mass Index and its weight classification from height and weight alone. Adults use the WHO cutoffs (underweight / normal / overweight / obese); for ages 2–19 pass age + sex and it uses the CDC BMI-for-age percentiles instead. Returns a canonical myplate.food URL and source citation.
calculate_bmrread-onlyCompute basal/resting metabolic rate — the calories your body burns at rest. Returns the headline Mifflin-St Jeor (1990) value plus the revised Harris-Benedict (Roza & Shizgal 1984) estimate for comparison. Needs age, sex, height and weight. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400; for a child or teenager use myplate-plan or dri, whose energy equations have child forms.
calculate_body_fatread-onlyEstimate body-fat % using the U.S. Navy circumference method, with a Deurenberg BMI-based cross-check and ACE category. Needs sex, age, height, weight and tape measurements of neck and waist (plus hip for women).
calculate_body_metricread-onlyRun one of myplate.food's quick body-composition & fitness calculators and get its value plus the healthy band. Pick `metric` and pass that metric's fields: • waist-to-height — waist, height • waist-to-hip — waist, hip, sex • lean-body-mass — weight, height, sex • ffmi — weight, height, body_fat, sex • water-intake — weight (+ optional activity: sedentary|moderate|active) • weight-loss-percentage — start_weight, current_weight • one-rep-max — weight, reps Lengths and weights follow `unit` (metric = cm/kg, imperial = in/lb; default metric).
calculate_calorie_deficitread-onlyUse this when someone wants a weight-loss calorie target. Returns maintenance calories (TDEE) and up to three deficit tiers — mild (−250), standard (−500) and aggressive (−750 kcal/day) — each with the realistic weekly rate it buys, and a flag when a target dips below BMR. Needs age, sex, height, weight and activity; pass pregnancy or lactation when either applies. weight_loss_targets lists only the paces myplate.food itself offers: a pace whose target is under 1,200 kcal a day for women or 1,500 for men (the low end of the calorie prescriptions in the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS obesity guideline) is left out and named, without a figure, in weight_loss_not_offered. weight_loss_default is the pace the calculator page opens on and weight_loss_floor_kcal is the floor that was applied. In pregnancy and while breastfeeding no targets are returned, and weight_loss_withheld gives the reason (pregnancy or lactation). Do not work out a lower target yourself when one is left out or withheld. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400; for a child or teenager use myplate-plan or dri, whose energy equations have child forms.
calculate_calorie_needsread-onlyUse this when you want the whole energy picture in one call. Returns resting metabolic rate (Mifflin-St Jeor) and revised Harris-Benedict, total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) at every activity level, up to three weight-loss deficit tiers, macronutrient splits, protein targets and healthy-weight ranges. This is a superset of calculate_tdee, calculate_calorie_deficit, calculate_macros, calculate_protein_target, calculate_bmr and calculate_ideal_weight — reach for those only when you need a single number. Same profile inputs as the MyPlate plan. weight_loss_targets lists only the paces myplate.food itself offers: a pace whose target is under 1,200 kcal a day for women or 1,500 for men (the low end of the calorie prescriptions in the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS obesity guideline) is left out and named, without a figure, in weight_loss_not_offered. weight_loss_default is the pace the calculator page opens on and weight_loss_floor_kcal is the floor that was applied. In pregnancy and while breastfeeding no targets are returned, and weight_loss_withheld gives the reason (pregnancy or lactation). Above the healthy-BMI band, ideal_weight also carries firstGoal (the weights 5 to 10% under the current weight, the first goal in the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS obesity guideline) and adjusted (the Hamwi ideal weight plus 25% of the weight above it). Both are null at or under the band, and in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. Do not work out a lower target yourself when one is left out or withheld. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400; for a child or teenager use myplate-plan or dri, whose energy equations have child forms.
calculate_dach_energyread-onlyDaily energy requirement for the German/Austrian/Swiss (D-A-CH) DGE framework: resting energy via the Müller et al. (2004) equation the DGE uses, scaled by a PAL activity factor. Returns resting energy, the requirement at the chosen PAL, and a table at PAL 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8. Needs sex, age and weight. Adults only — the DGE derives this equation for adults and publishes table reference values for children and adolescents instead.
calculate_driread-onlyReturn the full Dietary Reference Intakes table for a life stage — recommended intakes and tolerable upper limits for macronutrients, vitamins and minerals (IOM 2005/2006/2011, NASEM 2019), plus the Estimated Energy Requirement and BMI. Needs age, sex, height, weight (pregnancy/lactation optional; edition iom2005 | nasem2023).
calculate_glp1_proteinread-onlyProtein target to preserve muscle during weight loss on a GLP-1 medication (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro): the 1.2 to 1.6 g/kg preservation range vs the IOM protein RDA for the age (0.8 g/kg for adults, 0.85 at 14 to 18, higher below 14), the per-meal amount over 4 meals, and the DRI fiber Adequate Intake for age and sex. When the range runs above 120 g/day it also returns the fixed 80 to 120 g/day option from the 2025 GLP-1 nutrition advisory, with its note that actual body weight can overestimate needs. Needs weight, age and sex.
calculate_ideal_weightread-onlyEstimate ideal body weight from height and sex via four classic clinical formulas (Devine 1974, Robinson 1983, Miller 1983, Hamwi 1964), plus the healthy-BMI (18.5–24.9) weight band and current BMI for context. Needs age, sex, height, weight. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400; for a child or teenager use myplate-plan or dri, whose energy equations have child forms. Above the healthy-BMI band, ideal_weight also carries firstGoal (the weights 5 to 10% under the current weight, the first goal in the 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS obesity guideline) and adjusted (the Hamwi ideal weight plus 25% of the weight above it). Both are null at or under the band, and in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. weight_loss_withheld gives the reason when they are withheld.
calculate_macrosread-onlySplit a daily calorie budget into protein, carbohydrate and fat grams across three presets. Balanced (20/50/30) sits inside the IOM acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges (protein 10 to 35%, carbohydrate 45 to 65%, fat 20 to 35%); higher-protein (30/40/30) and lower-carb (30/35/35) put carbohydrate below its range. Each preset in the response carries withinAmdr. Pass `calories` directly, or a body profile (age, sex, height, weight, activity) to derive TDEE first. With a profile: Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400; for a child or teenager use myplate-plan or dri, whose energy equations have child forms.
calculate_myplate_planread-onlyEstimate daily calorie needs (IOM Estimated Energy Requirement) and return the USDA MyPlate food-group plan at that level — cups of fruit/vegetables/dairy, ounce-equivalents of grains/protein, plus weekly vegetable & protein subgroup targets and BMI. From age, sex, height, weight and activity (pregnancy/lactation optional).
calculate_protein_targetread-onlyDaily protein target in grams from body weight and activity level: the IOM RDA for the life stage (0.8 g/kg for adults; 0.85 at 14 to 18, 1.1 in the second half of pregnancy, 1.3 while breastfeeding) and an activity-scaled range up to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / Dietitians of Canada / ACSM (2016) 1.2 to 2.0 g/kg athlete range. Needs age, sex, height, weight and activity; pass pregnancy or lactation when either applies. Under 18 the answer is the RDA alone: range is null, byActivity is empty and activity_range_withheld is "under_18", because the activity ranges are adult sports-nutrition guidance.
calculate_tdeeread-onlyUse this when you need maintenance calories — the total daily energy expenditure. Mifflin-St Jeor resting metabolic rate scaled by a physical-activity multiplier; returns the TDEE at the given activity level plus a table across all four levels (sedentary → very-active). Needs age, sex, height, weight and activity. For deficits, macros and protein alongside it, use calculate_calorie_needs instead. Adult equations: ages 18 to 120. A younger age returns 400; for a child or teenager use myplate-plan or dri, whose energy equations have child forms.
get_reciperead-onlyFetch one recipe by its slug: ingredients, directions, full USDA nutrition table, MyPlate food-group amounts, serving size, yield, rating, image and source attribution. Get slugs from search_recipes.
search_recipesread-onlySearch the ~1,072-recipe USDA MyPlate Kitchen collection (public domain). Filter by free-text query, food group, dish category, max calories and minimum rating. Returns recipe cards with slug, calories, food groups, image and links. Use get_recipe with a slug for the full recipe.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json
{
  "name": "food.myplate/nutrition",
  "title": "MyPlate.food nutrition tools",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/sse",
      "type": "sse"
    }
  ],
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "websiteUrl": "https://myplate.food/mcp",
  "description": "USDA nutrition calculators + the preserved MyPlate Kitchen recipes; source-cited, machine-verified."
}