Recipe Nutrition Calculator
Search any food, set the quantity, and build your recipe. Get a complete nutrition facts label with calories, macros, vitamins, and minerals — no sign-up required.
Search for any ingredient on the left and add it to your recipe. Your full nutrition facts label will appear here automatically.
How This Recipe Nutrition Calculator Works
This calculator connects directly to the USDA FoodData Central database — the official US government nutrition database maintained by the Department of Agriculture with data on over 300,000 foods. No account or API key is needed from your side.
When you search for a food and add it to your recipe with a quantity in grams, the calculator fetches the complete nutrient profile and multiplies each value proportionally. All ingredients are summed to produce the full recipe nutrition. Toggle Per Serving to divide everything by your serving count.
Laboratory-tested, government-verified nutrition data used by dietitians, food scientists, and manufacturers worldwide.
Covers raw ingredients, branded packaged foods, restaurant items, baby foods, and USDA standard reference items.
Works instantly in your browser. No account, no registration, no personal data collected.
Calories, macros, fiber, sodium, cholesterol, vitamins A through K, minerals, and more — all in one label.
Tips for Accurate Nutrition Calculations
- Always enter quantities in grams. Grams are the most precise unit for nutrition calculations. Use a kitchen scale when possible rather than estimating cups or tablespoons.
- Choose Foundation or SR Legacy items when available — they have the most complete nutrient data. Look for the green Foundation badge in search results.
- Search for cooked versions of foods where possible (e.g. "rice cooked" not just "rice"). Cooking concentrates or dilutes nutrients by changing water weight.
- Include all cooking fats. A tablespoon of olive oil (14g) adds 120 calories. Small additions add up significantly across a full recipe.
- Set your servings accurately. A recipe entered as 4 servings but actually making 6 will overestimate per-serving calories by 50%.
- Re-add ingredients to adjust. Remove an ingredient and re-add it with a different quantity to test different recipe versions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate is this recipe nutrition calculator?
This calculator uses the USDA FoodData Central database, the official US government nutrition database with data on over 300,000 foods. Accuracy depends on selecting the closest matching food item and entering correct quantities in grams. Foundation and SR Legacy items have the highest data completeness.
Do I need to create an account or enter an API key?
No. This calculator works instantly with no account, registration, or API key required from you. Everything is handled transparently in the background using the USDA FoodData Central database.
Can I calculate nutrition per serving?
Yes. Enter the number of servings your recipe makes in the Recipe makes field at the bottom of the ingredient list, then click the Per Serving toggle. All nutrition values divide automatically by your serving count.
What nutrients does this calculator show?
The calculator shows the full FDA Nutrition Facts label: calories, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, total sugars, protein, Vitamin D, calcium, iron, and potassium. The extended micronutrient panel adds Vitamin A, C, B12, folate, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, and selenium.
Why are some nutrient values zero or missing?
Not every food in the USDA database has complete data for every nutrient. Branded products often have fewer micronutrients recorded than Foundation or SR Legacy items. A zero or missing value means no data is available for that nutrient in that food — not necessarily that the nutrient is absent.
Does cooking change the nutrition values?
Yes. Cooking changes the water content of food, which affects nutrient concentration per gram. When possible, search for the cooked version of your ingredient (e.g. "chicken breast cooked") and enter the cooked weight for the most accurate result.