# Cuadra: frequently asked questions

Short answers to the questions the product raises. Anything planned is labelled as planned.

Last reviewed: 2026-11-01

## What is Cuadra?

Cuadra is a weekly meal planner for Spanish supermarkets. You set a budget, a store and a few rules; it returns a dinner for each day, the shopping basket those dinners need, and the total before you shop.

## Which supermarkets does it cover?

At launch, one Mercadona warehouse in Madrid. AhorraMás, DIA and other chains are on the roadmap, each with its own data pipeline and legal review.

## Is Cuadra affiliated with Mercadona?

No. Supermarket and brand names appear only as product data, with no partnership or endorsement implied.

## How does the budget work?

You set a maximum in euros. The planner builds the week, prices the basket at the store’s pack sizes and either lands under the maximum or tells you exactly how much it missed by.

## What does the health score measure?

A 0–100 score per product, built from Nutri-Score, NOVA and an additive penalty. It ranks products inside the basket and scores each dish. The formula, its caps and its limits are published.

[Read the score method](/score-method)

## Where does the data come from?

Product and nutrition data come from Open Food Facts, licensed ODbL; prices come from the store’s catalog snapshot; the additive risk list is curated from EFSA re-evaluations. Open Food Facts attribution appears in the app.

[Open Food Facts](https://world.openfoodfacts.org/)

## Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free plan covers one week at one store. Paid plans add longer horizons and more; prices are listed on the pricing page.

## Can an AI agent build my plan?

That is planned for the paid tier through a remote MCP server. It is not live yet, and when it is, plans will be gated and rate-limited server-side.

## What is live today?

Accounts, billing and this site. The catalog, planner and basket solver are in build, which is why this page describes the product as designed and labels what is planned.

## Do you need my health data?

No. Ingredient exclusions are framed as ingredients you do not want, never as medical conditions, so you are not asked for health information.

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Source: https://cuadra-staging.murabi.io/en/faq