Toots & Trots
Check a food

Toots & Trots / Eating out

Eating out, scored

Takeaways, drive-throughs and the Friday night order, with a number on them. Two questions worth asking: what to choose before you get there, and what to changeonce it's in front of you.

We're not saying one item is better for you than another. We're saying what our model scores from the ingredients each company publishes. GASP estimates how likely a food is to give you wind, urgency or loose output — which isn't the same thing as healthy.
KFC NZ17 items · gentlest is bottled water0.0to 8.6McDonald's NZ8 items · gentlest is bottled water0.0to 8.8Subway NZ3 items · gentlest is cookie2.9to 4.4Domino's NZ1 item, scoring 3.23.2Chinese takeaway3 dishes · gentlest is egg fried riceTypical dishes, not one shop's recipe3.5to 10.0Thai2 dishes · gentlest is pad thaiTypical dishes, not one shop's recipe4.5to 9.2Mexican2 dishes · gentlest is beef burritoTypical dishes, not one shop's recipe5.1to 10.0NZ takeaway1 dish, scoring 7.1Typical dishes, not one shop's recipe7.1Pizza shop1 dish, scoring 9.6Typical dishes, not one shop's recipe9.6Indian takeaway2 dishes, both on 10.0Typical dishes, not one shop's recipe10.0
Guess the gentler one5 rounds of pairs where the bigger, richer thing is the one that comes out gentlerTake it →

How these are worked out

Each item is scored as its parts, at the serve weight the company publishes. Where a company lists its ingredients, we use that list — so when McDonald's says its onion is “Water, Dehydrated White Onions”, we score dried onion (10.0), not fresh (9.0). That one distinction moves a burger more than anything else on the tray.

Not every company publishes the same amount, so every item says how well sourced its number is. Some are from a published ingredient list, some are inferred from the item's name, and the takeaway-night dishes aren't any restaurant's recipe at all.

How the scores are built →

Written and checked from lived experience with a J-pouch. Last updated August 2026. The GASP Score is a modelled estimate, not medical advice — always work alongside your own clinical team.