Use this free nutrition points calculator to compare foods with an original transparent score based on common Nutrition Facts label fields.
240 kcal, 9 g protein
This is an Access Free Tools score, not Weight Watchers Points and not medical nutrition advice. Use the same formula only for rough comparisons.
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This is an original transparent score from nutrition-label fields, not a proprietary diet-program formula or medical nutrition advice.
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Compare two packaged foods using the same label-based score.
See how added sugar, saturated fat, sodium, fiber, and protein change a food score.
Use a non-proprietary alternative to branded points calculators.
Practice reading Nutrition Facts labels more carefully.
About 4.68 points, moderate
About 0.18 points, lower
About 11.27 points, higher
About 0.17 points, lower
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Use it for simple educational checks, trend tracking, or planning tasks like these: Compare two packaged foods using the same label-based score. See how added sugar, saturated fat, sodium, fiber, and protein change a food score. It can help you understand a number, but it cannot explain your whole health situation.
Enter one serving from a Nutrition Facts label: calories, saturated fat in grams, added sugar in grams, sodium in milligrams, dietary fiber in grams, and protein in grams. Use saturated fat, not total fat; use added sugar, not total sugar; and keep serving sizes the same when comparing foods.
In plain language: Moderation points = calories / 50 + saturated fat g x 1.5 + added sugar g / 5 + sodium mg / 600. Support credits = fiber g x 0.6 + protein g x 0.25. Final points = moderation points minus support credits, with a minimum of 0. Read the result together with the notes on the page, because health and fitness numbers often need personal context.
Read the points as a rough label-comparison score, not a food grade or diet-program target. Lower points usually means the food scored lighter by this formula. The moderation line shows points added by calories, saturated fat, added sugar, and sodium; the support-credit line shows what fiber and protein subtracted.
No. This is an original Access Free Tools label-reading score. It is not the WW formula, not affiliated with Weight Watchers or WW, and should not be compared with any proprietary program target.
Calories, saturated fat, added sugar, and sodium increase the score. Dietary fiber and protein subtract support credits. The final score never goes below 0 because a rough food-label score should not create negative points.
Lower points means less than 3 by this formula. Moderate points means 3 to less than 7. Higher points means 7 or more. These labels are comparison hints, not a medical diet judgment.
Use added sugar. The Nutrition Facts label can show total sugars and added sugars separately, and this score asks for added sugar because it is the field the formula uses.
The score uses one serving. If one package has two servings, entering the whole package for one food and one serving for another will make the comparison unfair. Match serving sizes before deciding which score is lighter.
This is not Weight Watchers Points, not affiliated with WW, and not medical nutrition advice. It is a transparent educational score for rough same-serving food-label comparisons. Use the calculator as a learning tool, then ask a qualified professional about decisions that affect care, pregnancy, medication, nutrition, or safety.
Check that all numbers come from the same serving size and that sodium is in milligrams while fats, sugars, fiber, and protein are in grams. A common mistake is using total sugar instead of added sugar, or comparing one whole package with one serving.
No. The calculator runs in your browser tab. Recent answers stay only on the page while you use it, and they are not sent to a server.