About ChainMenus

Chains publish nutrition and allergen information in many forms: printable guides, allergen charts, and calculators on their websites, each with its own layout, names and gaps. We bring that information into one consistent format, so you can look up an item, filter a whole menu by allergen, or compare the same kind of item across chains. The site currently covers 24 chains and 4,037 menu items.

ChainMenus is independent. We are not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any restaurant chain, and chain names are used only to identify their menus.

Coverage

We cover the 25 largest limited-service restaurant chains in the United States, as ranked by 2025 US systemwide sales in the QSR Magazine QSR 50 (2026 edition). Together they include the burger, chicken, Mexican, coffee, pizza, sandwich, Asian and bakery-café chains most Americans visit. The chain list shows the ranking. 24 of them are published. One chain is deferred: Jersey Mike’s official nutrition data is served from a host that stopped answering our server partway through collection, and we add a chain only when its whole published menu is in, never a partial one.

For each chain we include every item in its current US nutrition information, including drinks, sauces and kids’ items. Items the chain’s information leaves out, such as some limited-time items, are not listed. Full-service restaurant chains and smaller regional chains are outside our current coverage, and we do not publish prices, because chain prices vary by location and are not published nationally.

How we source data

Every nutrition and allergen value comes from the chain’s own publications: nutrition guides, allergen charts, and the data behind the nutrition calculators on the chains’ websites. We do not use third-party nutrition databases, and we never estimate, average or fill a gap.

• One file per chain. Each chain’s menu is stored as one structured file that records its official sources, the edition or date printed on them, and the date we downloaded and checked them. The same date appears on every page built from that file.
• As published. Values are copied as the chain prints them, including “less than” values such as “<1 g”. The only figures we calculate are the % Daily Value percentages (from the chain’s amount and the FDA Daily Value), counts such as the number of items containing an allergen, the protein-per-100-calories figure on the nutrition lists (published protein divided by published calories), and the totals in each chain’s nutrition calculator, which add up the published values for the items you choose and are labeled as added up.
• Gaps stated. If a chain does not publish a value, such as added sugars, serving weights or allergens for drinks, the page says so. An item missing from a chain’s allergen chart is marked “Not in allergen guide”, never given another item’s allergens. Where a chart leaves out an allergen that the item’s own ingredients or closely related items list, the page marks it “Unclear” and keeps the item out of “does not list” filter results.
• Converted by script. Each chain file is produced by a conversion script that reads the chain’s downloaded files, so a refresh can be repeated exactly. Every file is validated automatically, and a sample of at least ten items per chain was compared with the original documents; the method and those checks are kept with our research notes.
• Re-checked regularly. Every chain is re-checked at least every 90 days, and sooner when a chain publishes a new guide. A refresh replaces the chain’s file, and the new check date appears on its pages.

When a chain’s website cannot be reached from where we work, we use an archived copy of the chain’s own file from the Internet Archive and record the snapshot date with the source.

What the data can and cannot tell you

Published values describe each chain’s standard recipe and portion. Actual portions vary, recipes and suppliers change, and customizing an order changes the nutrition. Allergen charts list ingredients; they do not rule out cross-contact with shared equipment. If you have a food allergy or a medical diet, use this site as a starting point and confirm with the restaurant. The allergen guide explains more.

About our photos

Item pages and menu lists show the chain’s own product photo where the chain publishes one on its US website or ordering site. Each chain page shows the official photo of one well-known item from its menu, named under the photo. These photos belong to the chains, carry the credit “Image: chain name”, and link to the item’s page on the chain’s own website, or to the chain’s official menu page where its photos come from an ordering system with no page for each product. We never link to the image file itself. They are the chains’ promotional pictures, so the food you are served may look different. Some show the chain’s normal cups or boxes; we do not use photos where a logo is the main subject, photos with prices, offer badges or third-party promotions, or chain logos on their own.

Where a chain has no photo for an item, on menu section and comparison pages, and on chain pages without a suitable official photo, we show a photo of the kind of food, such as a cheeseburger, a latte or a slice of pizza. These are illustrative stock photos from Pexels, not pictures of the chain’s product, and every one is labeled “Illustrative photo”. One photo represents each type of food and is reused across chains. The photo credits list every one, including the homepage photo.

How pages are made

The menu, nutrition and allergen values on every chain, section, item, allergen and comparison page are converted from each chain’s official files by scripts, as described above; no value is typed in or estimated. The page templates then build the sentences around those values, such as calorie ranges, rankings within a section and which allergens an item lists.

The explanatory text on this site, including the page templates, the guides and this page, was drafted with AI assistance from the cited sources. Guides cite their sources, mainly the US Food and Drug Administration, and show the date they were last reviewed against them. We do not name an individual author or reviewer, and we do not claim a human expert has reviewed each page.

Corrections

If a value differs from the chain’s current information, use the “Report it” link on any menu page or contact us. We check every report against the chain’s source and update the file and its check date when a correction is needed.

Publisher

The company that publishes ChainMenus is identified in our privacy policy. You can reach us at [email protected].