Enter your food budget — daily, weekly, or monthly — and get a science-backed meal plan with the best foods for your money. Works for any currency, any country, any goal.
Most people assume eating healthy is expensive. It isn't — it's just that nobody taught us how to shop for nutrition the same way we'd shop for value. A kilogram of moong dal gives you roughly 240g of protein for the price of a single restaurant meal. Greek yogurt in the US costs about $5/kg and delivers 10g of protein per 100g. The math is actually on your side once you know which foods to pick.
This planner uses a nutrition-per-currency-unit scoring algorithm. Every food in the database is evaluated by how much protein, fiber, vitamins, or calories it delivers per dollar (or rupee, pound, euro, yuan, etc.) you spend. The top six foods are then selected and budget is allocated proportionally by their score — so the best-value food gets the largest slice of your budget.
In India, soya chunks are the undisputed winner — around ₹150/kg with 52g protein per 100g. That's more protein per rupee than chicken breast. Moong dal and masoor dal are close seconds. In the US, canned lentils at $3/kg and Greek yogurt at $5/kg dominate. UK shoppers do well with eggs, canned sardines, and red lentils. European markets offer quark — a high-protein dairy product — at surprisingly low cost.
Vegetarian diets are almost always cheaper per gram of protein when you use legumes, tofu, and dairy strategically. Non-vegetarian plans often include eggs, which remain one of the cheapest complete protein sources globally — under $4/kg in most markets. Chicken breast varies more by country, but is generally competitive once you compare it to equivalent protein from plant sources.
Planning by the day is fine for tracking, but shopping weekly gives you better value — bulk buying staples like oats, lentils, and rice significantly cuts cost per gram. Monthly planning is ideal if you cook in batches or meal prep. The planner accounts for this: when you switch to weekly or monthly mode, it scales quantities to what you'd actually buy in one shopping trip rather than per-meal amounts.
The A–D grade shown after calculating your plan is based on four factors: total protein adequacy (aiming for 50g+ daily as a baseline), fiber sufficiency (25g+ is the target), vitamin diversity across the selected foods, and calorie completeness. A plan scoring A delivers solid nutrition across all four dimensions within your budget. A C grade usually means the budget is quite tight — the plan is still optimised, but there's not much room to hit every target at once.