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Supports AllRecipes, Food Network, NYT Cooking + 780 more. Powered by Digital Nutritional Intelligence™
How it works
Two score sets. Ten dimensions. One number you can trust.
Every recipe is scored at the ingredient level against 800,000+ USDA-verified products. Not a guess. Not an average. A calculation. Powered by Digital Nutritional Intelligence™ -- a proprietary system built on 9 patent-pending technologies.
Core Scores measure fundamental nutritional properties: how much a recipe raises blood sugar (Glycemic Impact), how nutrient-rich it is per calorie (Nutritional Density), how filling it is (Energy Density), and how processed the ingredients are (NOVA). These four scores apply to every recipe regardless of your health goal.
Focus Fit Scores are goal-specific. Each of the six Focus Fit scores tells you how well a recipe supports a specific health outcome. The same recipe scores differently depending on what you are working toward.
What you see in the app
What you see in the app
Focus Fit scores 
Core scores Philly cheesesteak scored in easyChef Pro. Core scores on the left, Focus Fit scores on the right.
What each score measures
Glycemic Impact
Carb quality, not quantity. Higher is better.
Grades the quality of a recipe's carbohydrates. Rewards fiber, penalizes total sugar, and factors in how processed the food is. Low-carb and high-fiber meals score highest.
Nutritional Density
Nutrients per calorie. Higher is better.
Measures fiber, protein, and key vitamins and minerals (potassium, iron, calcium, vitamins A, C, and D) against daily needs. Saturated fat and sodium pull the score down.
Energy Density
Calories by weight. Higher means more food for fewer calories.
Measures how many calories a food carries for its weight. Foods high in water and fiber score highest. Soups, salads, and legume-based dishes typically score high.
NOVA Score
Processing level, 1 (whole) to 4 (ultra-processed). Lower is better.
Classifies how processed a recipe's ingredients are on a 1 to 4 scale. A score of 1 means unprocessed or minimally processed. A score of 4 means ultra-processed. Freshly cooked whole-food recipes typically score 1 or 2. A Philly cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz scores 4 of 4.
Heart Health
Low sodium, low saturated fat, more fiber. Higher is better.
Driven mostly by low sodium and low saturated fat, with credit for fiber and potassium and a penalty for ultra-processed ingredients.
Blood Sugar
Low added sugar, more fiber, better carbs. Higher is better.
Rewards low added sugar most of all, then good carb quality, fiber, and a high fiber-to-carb ratio.
Digestive & Gut
Gut support from fiber. Higher is better.
Driven mainly by fiber, supported by overall nutrient density.
Inflammation Control
Omega-3, low saturated fat, less processing. Higher is better.
Weighs omega-3 content, nutrient density, minimal processing, and low saturated fat.
Muscle & Performance
Protein-forward, nutrient-dense. Higher is better.
Driven mostly by protein density, with nutrient density, omega-3, and energy density also factored in.
General Wellness
Overall everyday healthfulness. Higher is better.
Blends nutrient density, energy density, and carb quality into one everyday score. The best single indicator for everyday meal planning.
Real app scores
Two versions. Same ribeye. Two very different scores.
Philly cheesesteak scored two ways. Same ribeye. One swap on the cheese, one swap on the bread. Scores calculated from actual ingredients matched against 800,000+ USDA-verified products using Digital Nutritional Intelligence™. General Wellness goal.
Traditional
Cheez Whiz + white hoagie roll
Upgraded
Provolone + whole wheat roll
Swap Cheez Whiz for provolone and white roll for whole wheat. Every dimension improves. Your focus goal will score this recipe differently - the app shows all six Focus Fit scores for your specific health goal.
Download easyChef Pro - free 7-day trialThe same meal can score 72 for General Wellness and 31 for Heart Health.
A recipe high in protein and fiber scores well for General Wellness. But if it is high in sodium, it can score poorly for Heart Health. The score is not a single opinion about a meal. It is a precise measurement for a specific goal.
General Wellness is shown for free, no account required. To see all six Focus Fit scores for your goal (Heart Health, Blood Sugar, Digestive, Inflammation, Muscle and Performance), download easyChef Pro.
Download easyChef Pro - free 7-day trialCommon questions
Common questions
What is a recipe nutrition score?
A nutrition score is a 0 to 100 rating measuring how healthy a recipe is for a specific health dimension. easyChef Pro computes two score sets: Core (Glycemic Impact, Nutritional Density, Energy Density, NOVA) and Focus Fit (Heart Health, Blood Sugar, Digestive and Gut, Inflammation Control, Muscle and Performance, General Wellness). Every score is calculated at the ingredient level against 800,000+ USDA-verified products.
Why does higher always mean healthier?
For all Focus Fit scores and three of the four Core scores, higher is better. The one exception is NOVA: a higher NOVA score means more heavily processed, so lower is healthier for NOVA. Every other score is better at higher values.
Why does this score differ from other nutrition apps?
Most nutrition apps estimate total macros for the whole dish using a generic database entry. easyChef Pro calculates scores at the ingredient level, matching each ingredient to 800,000+ USDA-verified products. The calculation engine is built on Digital Nutritional Intelligence™, a proprietary system protected by 9 patent-pending technologies. The same meal gives the same score every time. Learn more about why calorie apps give different numbers.
What is the NOVA score and why does it matter?
NOVA is a food processing classification system developed at the University of Sao Paulo. In easyChef Pro, NOVA rates how processed the recipe's ingredients are on a 1 to 4 scale. A score of 1 means unprocessed or minimally processed. A score of 4 means ultra-processed. Freshly cooked whole-food recipes typically score 1 or 2.
What recipe sites does the tool support?
The easyChef Pro recipe scraper supports 780+ cooking sites including AllRecipes, Food Network, NYT Cooking, Serious Eats, Bon Appetit, Epicurious, and hundreds more. Paste any recipe URL from a supported site and the tool pulls the ingredient list automatically.
How do I see the full 10-dimension score?
Paste any recipe URL above to see the General Wellness score. Enter your email to unlock the ingredient breakdown and a preview of all Core and Focus Fit scores. The complete score panel with exact numbers for all 10 dimensions is available in the easyChef Pro app.
Your score might be different.
The General Wellness score is a starting point. If you are eating for heart health, blood sugar management, gut health, or athletic performance, your score is different because the factors that matter are different.
easyChef Pro lets you choose your health goal and scores every recipe, every pantry item, and every meal plan for you. Same USDA-sourced data. Your number.
Score
Know if dinner is actually healthy. Not a guess, a score you can verify.
Every recipe you analyze gets a clear health score from 0 to 100. Not based on calories alone - the system evaluates 30+ nutritional parameters including nutrient density, energy density, and glycemic impact, then combines them into a single transparent number. You can see exactly why a recipe scored the way it did. If your chicken quinoa bowl scores 78, you can see that fiber pushed it up and sodium pulled it down. Same recipe, same score, every single time because the math is deterministic, not probabilistic. Other apps estimate. This one calculates.
Health goals
Your health goals change the math. Not just the filter but the entire calculation.
When you tell easyChef Pro that you care about heart health, it does not just filter out high-sodium recipes. It fundamentally changes how every score is calculated. The system applies clinically-derived weighting across six health dimensions so every number you see is relevant to what you are actually trying to achieve.
Meal plan
A weekly meal plan built by math, not by suggestions.
Tell easyChef Pro your goals, your budget, and your time constraints only once. The system generates a weekly meal plan that balances five objectives simultaneously: every meal moves you toward your goals, cost is a real constraint, no repeated meals, it uses what you already have before it expires, and your health focus is aligned by the profile you set up. This is not a list of suggestions pulled from a database. The system solves a constrained optimization problem and finds the answer in under 5 seconds, within 1% of the theoretical optimum.
System
Every feature talks to every other feature. That is the actual innovation.
When you cook a recipe, your pantry updates. When your pantry shows something expiring, your meal plan adjusts. When your meal plan changes, your grocery list rebuilds. When you shop, your pantry restocks. When you track your health, it includes everything - every meal, every score, every trend. Other apps bolt on features that do not share data. easyChef Pro is built from the ground up as one unified system. Nothing falls through the cracks. Nothing requires manual syncing. Everything just works together.
