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MyPlate Plan Calculator 2026
Your daily calories and USDA food-group servings in one simple plan.
A MyPlate plan calculator is a tool that estimates your daily calorie level from your age, sex and activity level and translates it into daily amounts from the five USDA food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods and dairy. It follows the approach used by the USDA MyPlate guidance.
Start Calculating ↓Your MyPlate plan
Servings scaled from the USDA 2,000-calorie pattern (2 / 2.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 3) and rounded to the nearest 0.5. Dairy is held between 2 and 3 cups.
About the MyPlate Plan Calculator
Pick your age group, sex and activity level to see a calorie level and a matching serving pattern. Servings in this tool are scaled from the USDA 2,000-calorie pattern — 2 cups fruit, 2.5 cups vegetables, 6 oz-equivalents grains, 5.5 oz-equivalents protein and 3 cups dairy — and rounded to the nearest half serving.
MyPlate Plan Calculator: Key Facts to Know
- ✓ MyPlate divides the plate into fruits, vegetables, grains and protein, with dairy on the side.
- ✓ Make half your plate fruits and vegetables, and half your grains whole grains.
- ✓ Calorie needs fall with age and rise with activity — active adults need several hundred calories more than sedentary adults.
- ✓ Servings here scale proportionally from the USDA 2,000-calorie pattern.
- ✓ This is general guidance; children, pregnancy and medical conditions can change needs.
Results from the MyPlate Plan Calculator are estimates for general educational use on Smoothie Nutrition Calculator. They are not medical or dietetic advice — for personal medical nutrition questions, including pregnancy, diabetes and clinical nutrition such as TPN, always work with your doctor or a registered dietitian.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods and dairy. MyPlate is the USDA guide that replaced the food pyramid.
MyPlate Plan Calculator Guides & Articles
All 4 of our guides for this calculator — every one built on the same data as the tool above.
MyPlate Plan Calculator 2026
A MyPlate plan calculator is a tool that estimates your daily calorie level from your age, sex and activity level and translates it into daily amounts from the five USDA food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods and dairy. It follows the approach used by the USDA MyPlate guidance.
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🍽️MyPlate Plan Calculator 2026 | Tips Mistakes
Most wrong results from the MyPlate Plan Calculator come from input mistakes, not the maths. Here are the five that matter most — and the fix for each.
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🍽️MyPlate Plan Calculator 2026 | Deep Dive
Beyond the basics: the reference values, assumptions and limits behind the MyPlate Plan Calculator, and how dietitians sanity-check its results.
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🍽️MyPlate Plan Calculator 2026 | Worked Examples
Numbers land differently in context. Three everyday scenarios run through the MyPlate Plan Calculator, with the input that mattered most in each.
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