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What is the Hoot Nutrition Score?

A simple 1–100 score that shows whether your food choices are helping or holding back your progress.

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Written by Patrick McCarthy
Updated over 2 months ago

The Hoot Nutrition Score is our way of helping you see not just how much you ate, but how well it aligns with your goals. Every food or meal you log gets a score from 1 to 100 — the higher the score, the more that food contributes positively to your progress.

Think of it like a nutrition “balance sheet”:

  • Assets (things that help you): protein, fiber, healthy fats, and whole/minimally processed foods.

  • Liabilities (things that hold you back): added sugar, saturated fat, sodium, and ultra-processed foods.

Hoot’s AI looks at all of these factors per 100 calories to make fair comparisons, then gives you a single score that’s easy to understand.


How the Score Works

  1. Assets add points

    • Protein, fiber, and healthy fats = positive contributions.

    • Whole foods = extra bonus points.

  2. Liabilities subtract points

    • Added sugar, saturated fat, sodium, and ultra-processing = penalties.

  3. Final score

    • Starts at 50, then moves up or down depending on the balance.

    • Scores are always capped between 1 and 100.


What the Numbers Mean

  • 90–100 → Best-in-class foods (lean proteins, veggies, whole grains).

  • 70–89 → Excellent everyday choices.

  • 50–69 → Neutral to “good enough” options.

  • 30–49 → Foods where liabilities outweigh assets.

  • 1–29 → Pure indulgence with little nutritional benefit.


Why It’s Helpful

  • Instant clarity: Instead of memorizing labels, see how a food ranks at a glance.

  • Smarter swaps: Get feedback on what’s helping you vs. holding you back.

  • Progress, not perfection: Use the score to guide better choices over time — not to feel guilty about a treat.


Example Scores

  • Grilled chicken breast → 100

  • Lentils → 100

  • Sweet potato → 93

  • Dark chocolate → 75

  • Cheeseburger → 32

  • Coca-Cola → 1


Pro Tip

Every log in Hoot includes your Nutrition Score plus feedback and improvement suggestions — so you always know how to make your next meal just a little bit better.


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