What happened to MyPlate.gov?

On January 7, 2026, USDA retired the MyPlate.gov website. Visitors are now redirected to RealFood.gov and the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines. The MyPlate Plan calculator, food-group education pages, portion guides, recipes, and other consumer-facing resources are no longer surfaced on the site.

What happened to the MyPlate Kitchen recipes?

The 1,072 MyPlate Kitchen recipes that USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) and SNAP-Ed published on MyPlate.gov were removed when the site was retired. Federal works are public domain in the United States, so MyPlate.food preserves the complete recipe library at myplate.food/recipes — every recipe with the original ingredients, step-by-step directions, full nutrition data per serving, and the food-group breakdown that matched the MyPlate calculator's output. The original myplate.gov source URL is linked on each recipe page for provenance.

What is RealFood.gov?

RealFood.gov is the USDA/HHS consumer-facing nutrition site launched on January 7, 2026 alongside the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It hosts the full text of the new edition, an AI meal-planning assistant, and the inverted food pyramid that replaced MyPlate as the federal nutrition icon.

Will USDA build a new personalized calculator on RealFood.gov?

USDA has not publicly announced plans to rebuild the MyPlate Plan calculator on RealFood.gov. The launch press release framed RealFood.gov around an AI meal-planning assistant and educational content rather than a personalized food-pattern calculator like the prior MyPlate Plan. If that changes, this page will be updated.

Why does MyPlate.food use the 2020–2025 edition instead of the 2025–2030 edition?

MyPlate.food preserves the MyPlate-format calculator. The 2025–2030 edition (released January 7, 2026) replaced MyPlate with an inverted food pyramid. To remain a MyPlate-format tool, MyPlate.food uses the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines tables — the last edition that included MyPlate as the federal nutrition icon. Users who want the current 2025–2030 framework should visit RealFood.gov.

Is myplate.food affiliated with USDA?

No. MyPlate.food is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or any federal agency. See the footer disclaimer.

Is the MyPlate brand entirely retired?

Not entirely. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service continues to use MyPlate-branded materials for the Team Nutrition school-meal program at fns.usda.gov/tn/myplate. What was removed in January 2026 was the consumer-facing MyPlate.gov site, the MyPlate Plan calculator, and the MyPlate visual as the federal nutrition icon for adults.

USDA replaced MyPlate.gov with RealFood.gov in January 2026 — what changed

On January 7, 2026 USDA retired the MyPlate.gov website, released the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines, and replaced the MyPlate visual with an inverted food pyramid. The interactive MyPlate Plan calculator was removed.