MyPlate.food nutrition tools is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 16 tools, among them calculate_bmi, calculate_bmr, calculate_body_fat. It answers at https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.
USDA nutrition calculators + the preserved MyPlate Kitchen recipes; source-cited, machine-verified.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
calculate_bmi | Compute Body Mass Index and its weight classification from height and weight alone. Adults use the WHO cutoffs (underweight / normal / overweight / obese); for ages 2–19 pass age + sex and it uses the CDC BMI-for-age percentiles instead. Re Inputs: height_cm, height_ft, height_in, weight_kg, weight_lb, age |
calculate_bmr | Compute basal/resting metabolic rate — the calories your body burns at rest. Returns the headline Mifflin-St Jeor (1990) value plus the revised Harris-Benedict (Roza & Shizgal 1984) estimate for comparison. Needs age, sex, height and weight Inputs: age, sex, height_cm, height_ft, height_in, weight_kg |
calculate_body_fat | Estimate body-fat % using the U.S. Navy circumference method, with a Deurenberg BMI-based cross-check and ACE category. Needs sex, age, height, weight and tape measurements of neck and waist (plus hip for women). Inputs: sex, age, height_cm, height_ft, height_in, weight_kg |
calculate_body_metric | Run one of myplate.food's quick body-composition & fitness calculators and get its value plus the healthy band. Pick `metric` and pass that metric's fields: • waist-to-height — waist, height • waist-to-hip — waist, hip, sex • lean-body-mass Inputs: metric, unit, sex, waist, hip, height |
calculate_calorie_deficit | Use this when someone wants a weight-loss calorie target. Returns maintenance calories (TDEE) and three deficit tiers — mild (−250), standard (−500) and aggressive (−750 kcal/day) — each with the realistic weekly rate it buys, and a flag wh Inputs: age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft, height_in |
calculate_calorie_needs | Use this when you want the whole energy picture in one call. Returns resting metabolic rate (Mifflin-St Jeor) and revised Harris-Benedict, total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) at every activity level, three weight-loss deficit tiers, macro Inputs: age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft, height_in |
calculate_dach_energy | Daily energy requirement for the German/Austrian/Swiss (D-A-CH) DGE framework: resting energy via the Müller et al. (2004) equation the DGE uses, scaled by a PAL activity factor. Returns resting energy, the requirement at the chosen PAL, an Inputs: sex, age, weight_kg, weight_lb, pal |
calculate_dri | Return the full Dietary Reference Intakes table for a life stage — recommended intakes and tolerable upper limits for macronutrients, vitamins and minerals (IOM 2005/2006/2011, NASEM 2019), plus the Estimated Energy Requirement and BMI. Nee Inputs: age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft, height_in |
calculate_glp1_protein | Protein target to preserve muscle during weight loss on a GLP-1 medication (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro): the 1.2–1.6 g/kg preservation range vs the 0.8 g/kg IOM RDA, a per-meal spread, and the DRI fiber Adequate Intake for age + se Inputs: unit, sex, weight, age |
calculate_ideal_weight | Estimate ideal body weight from height and sex via four classic clinical formulas (Devine 1974, Robinson 1983, Miller 1983, Hamwi 1964), plus the healthy-BMI (18.5–24.9) weight band and current BMI for context. Needs age, sex, height, weigh Inputs: age, sex, height_cm, height_ft, height_in, weight_kg |
calculate_macros | Split a daily calorie budget into protein, carbohydrate and fat grams across three presets (balanced, higher-protein, lower-carb), within the IOM acceptable macronutrient distribution ranges (protein 10–35%, carbs 45–65%, fat 20–35%). Pass Inputs: calories, age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft |
calculate_myplate_plan | Estimate daily calorie needs (IOM Estimated Energy Requirement) and return the USDA MyPlate food-group plan at that level — cups of fruit/vegetables/dairy, ounce-equivalents of grains/protein, plus weekly vegetable & protein subgroup target Inputs: age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft, height_in |
calculate_protein_target | Daily protein target in grams from body weight and activity level: the IOM RDA floor (0.8 g/kg) and an activity-scaled range up to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / Dietitians of Canada / ACSM (2016) 1.2–2.0 g/kg athlete range. Needs Inputs: age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft, height_in |
calculate_tdee | Use this when you need maintenance calories — the total daily energy expenditure. Mifflin-St Jeor resting metabolic rate scaled by a physical-activity multiplier; returns the TDEE at the given activity level plus a table across all four lev Inputs: age, sex, activity, height_cm, height_ft, height_in |
get_recipe | Fetch one recipe by its slug: ingredients, directions, full USDA nutrition table, MyPlate food-group amounts, serving size, yield, rating, image and source attribution. Get slugs from search_recipes. Inputs: slug |
search_recipes | Search the ~1,072-recipe USDA MyPlate Kitchen collection (public domain). Filter by free-text query, food group, dish category, max calories and minimum rating. Returns recipe cards with slug, calories, food groups, image and links. Use get Inputs: q, food_group, category, max_calories, min_rating, limit |
Every block below points at https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http myplate-food-nutrition-tools https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}name: MyPlate.food nutrition tools
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: MyPlate.food nutrition tools
type: streamable-http
url: https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"myplate-food-nutrition-tools": {
"url": "https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.myplate.food%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=myplate-food-nutrition-tools&name=MyPlate.food%20nutrition%20tools
It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 480 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
Yes. It is published by myplate.food and served from mcp.myplate.food, the vendor's own domain: https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp.
16, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: calculate_bmi, calculate_bmr, calculate_body_fat, calculate_body_metric, calculate_calorie_deficit, calculate_calorie_needs, calculate_dach_energy, calculate_dri, and 8 more.
It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 480 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://mcp.myplate.food/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: food.myplate. Endpoint host: mcp.myplate.food. ARD identifier: urn:air:food.myplate:mcp:nutrition.
First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.