Meal Planning

The Meal Planning Calculator


This Calculator was developed to use food groups to meet your nutritional needs. However, this tool can count grams of protein, fat, and carbohydrates.  

 

Complete your Nutritional NeedsYou need to know your calories, protein, fat, and carbohydrates to use the Food Planning Calculator. Design your food plan based on the Food Groups and the number of servings. Add or modify the number of servings in the food groups in the left column until the percentages and calories meet your needs. Click "Calculate" to analyze the results and " Reset" to start over. The colors are those used by the Food Pyramid.


Food Groups        

Number of Servings

Bread/Starch
Vegetable
Fruit
Milk, Skim/Non-fat
Meat/Protein, low to med. fat
Fat

                        Free Foods

         Combination Foods

Nutrients

Grams Calories Percent
Carbohydrate
Protein
Fat
Total:

100

Tips.  Need Protein. Choose from the Meat/Meat Alternative or Milk Group. The Bread and Vegetable Groups have a small amount of protein. Need Carbohydrate. Choose from the Fruit, Bread, and Vegetable Group. The Milk Group also has carbohydrates. No carbohydrates in Meats and Fats. Need Fat. Choose from the Fat and Meat Groups. The bread group has a trace amount of fat.




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