Recipe health score
Recipe Analyzer: Get a Health Score for a Recipe
Paste a link from a recipe site. easyChef Pro reads the ingredient list, matches each ingredient to nutrient data and gives the recipe a score from 0 to 100, with the breakdown behind it.
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How the recipe health score is worked out
Paste a link to a recipe and easyChef Pro reads the page for its ingredient list and amounts. It matches each ingredient to nutrient data, works out the recipe's nutrition per serving, and turns that into scores from 0 to 100. Reading a page and matching ingredients are estimates: if an ingredient is vague or the amount is unclear, the match can be off. Use the score as a guide to compare recipes, not as a lab measurement.
Every number traces back to a specific nutrient, so you can see what raised a score and what lowered it.
The scores come in two sets. Core scores describe the food: Glycemic Impact, Nutritional Density, Energy Density and NOVA. Goal scores (the Focus Fit tab in your results) describe the recipe against a goal you choose. General Wellness is the everyday overall score. The same recipe can score differently for different goals.
- Glycemic Impact. Looks at fiber, sugar and how processed the ingredients are. It is not a measured glycemic index. Higher is better.
- Nutritional Density. Looks at fiber, protein and key vitamins and minerals against saturated fat and sodium. Higher is better.
- Energy Density. Calories by weight, scored so that more food for fewer calories scores higher. This is the reverse of how the term is often used.
- NOVA. How processed the ingredients are, 1 (least) to 4 (most). Lower is better.
- Goal scores. Heart Health, Metabolic Health, Digestive Health, Inflammatory Balance, Performance and General Wellness. Higher is better.
These scores are easyChef Pro's own, built by its own method. They are not a medical assessment and not the NOVA authors' rating. For general wellness purposes only, not medical advice.
Sources: Monteiro et al. (2019), the NOVA food classification
Recipe health score
See what raised a recipe's score and what lowered it. Every number traces back to a nutrient.
Every recipe gets a clear health score from 0 to 100, and every number traces back to a specific nutrient. Choose a goal and the same dish scores differently: General Wellness, Heart Health, Metabolic, Digestive, Inflammatory or Performance.
Frequently asked questions
What is a recipe health score?
A recipe health score is a rating from 0 to 100 that easyChef Pro works out from a recipe's ingredients. You can see which nutrients raised it and which lowered it. It is easyChef Pro's own score, not a medical assessment.
How does the recipe analyzer work out the score?
It reads the ingredient list and amounts from the recipe page, matches each ingredient to nutrient data, and works out the scores from those matches. Matching can be off for vague ingredients or unclear amounts, so treat the score as a guide.
Does a higher score always mean healthier?
For the Core scores Glycemic Impact, Nutritional Density and Energy Density, and for the goal scores, a higher number is better. NOVA is the exception: it runs from 1 to 4 and lower is better.
What is the NOVA score?
NOVA is a way of sorting foods by how much industrial processing they go through (Monteiro et al., 2019). NOVA sorts foods into four groups. easyChef Pro's NOVA score is its own adaptation for a whole recipe: it shows how processed the recipe's ingredients are, on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 is least processed.
Which recipe sites work?
Paste a link from a recipe site and easyChef Pro reads the ingredient list from the page. If a page cannot be read, you will see a message.
What do I get when I enter my email?
After you tick the box and enter your email you see all ten scores with their numbers, the macros and the ingredient list, and we email them to you.
Why do two versions of a dish score differently?
Different ingredients carry different nutrients, so the score changes when the ingredients do.
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