Plate Pal MCP Server

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Plate Pal is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago. It exposes 3 tools. Last commit 4 Oct 2026.

Calories and nutrition for any food, chain meal or barcode, and meal ideas for a goal and diet.

Uptime history 14 days of history

14 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

27 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 4 Oct 2026

What changed 4

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 29 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

29 Sep 3 tool descriptions were rewritten get_barcode_nutrition, get_food_nutrition, get_meal_ideas

29 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for get_meal_ideas

What the code does

We read the source, 2 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules ccca72095570

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command publish.py:18

        r = subprocess.run([publisher, "publish"], cwd=d, capture_output=True, text=True)

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add platepal --transport http https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/platepal/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "platepal": {
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/platepal/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.platepal]
url = "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/platepal/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "platepal": {
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/platepal/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "platepal": {
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/platepal/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

barcode

get_barcode_nutrition

Nutrition for a packaged product by barcode, with UK traffic lights. For requests like "is this barcode high in sugar?", "how many calories in this?" after a scan, or "what's the salt in 5000157024886?". Returns per 100 g (or 100 ml) and per serving values, traffic lights for fat, saturates, sugars and salt, Nutri-Score, allergens and a Halal or Not? link for checking the ingredients.

food

get_food_nutrition

Calories and macros for a food, dish or product, for the amount the user says. For requests like "how many calories in a Big Mac?", "protein in 200g chicken breast", "calories in chicken biryani", "a slice of pepperoni pizza", "a large latte" or a whole meal like "2 eggs, 2 slices of toast and a coffee". Takes the whole amount and food in q, or grams or servings separately. Generic foods and dishes (thousands, including fast food and restaurant dishes) use USDA values with real portion weights (slice, cup, small, medium, large, one item); brands come from Open Food Facts. Chain items ("McDonald's large fries", "a Greggs sausage roll", "KFC Zinger burger", "grande latte from Starbucks", "6 inch Italian BMT from Subway", "20 piece McNuggets") use the chain's own published figures for that size, UK or US by country, and return a chain object (name, region, item, size, weight_published); when the chain doesn't publish a weight, amount.grams is null and per_100 values are null. For a chain item not in the table, a typical USDA version is used and the say line says so. A whole meal returns items (each food with its amount and nutrition) and total. Returns nutrition for the amount, per_100 values, portions, UK traffic lights (per 100 g, or per 100 ml for drinks) and caffeine_mg for drinks that have it.

meal

get_meal_ideas

Simple meal ideas by goal, diet and meal, with rough macros. For requests like "give me a high protein halal dinner idea", "a quick vegan lunch", "cheap vegetarian breakfast ideas". Goals: high protein, low carb, budget, quick, high fibre. Diets: vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, halal. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack. The user's words can go in q instead. Ideas rotate daily. It does not set calorie or weight targets; a weight-loss request gets lighter, filling ideas (goal lighter, 450 calories or less) and a pointer to a doctor or dietitian, with no shop links.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/platepal/mcp	streamable-http	answering	24 ms	3 min ago

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Plate Pal — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Plate Pal do?

It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_barcode_nutrition, get_food_nutrition, get_meal_ideas. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Plate Pal working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 27 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Plate Pal?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Plate Pal need an API key?

No. Plate Pal completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Plate Pal?

It answers our handshake in 27 ms on average, which is faster than 99% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Plate Pal open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.