A larger restaurant result count does not prove a country has more high-protein food. GetMacros tracks different source selections in each market: some include many individual components, others a small set of complete meals. Before comparing countries, separate coverage from the food itself.
What is actually covered?
| Market | Chains with records | Tracked rows | Finder entries | All four macros | Fiber reported | Calories only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1,080 | 917 | 1,040 | 1,065 | 4 |
| Canada | 15 | 883 | 652 | 841 | 840 | 39 |
| Mexico | 1 | 100 | 58 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 456 | 432 | 454 | 337 | 0 |
| Ireland | 2 | 194 | 180 | 192 | 66 | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | 249 | 247 | 249 | 249 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 160 | 99 | 160 | 160 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 393 | 380 | 393 | 156 | 0 |
“Tracked rows” includes recorded components. “Finder entries” excludes component and sauce rows and entries explicitly unavailable to the finder. “All four macros” means calories, protein, carbohydrate and fat are present; it does not certify current ingredients, allergens or every micronutrient. Fiber reported means a source value exists, including a reported zero.
Three decisions this changes
- Choose the country where you ordered. A bigger foreign catalogue is not a source for your local recipe.
- Check the fields you need. A calorie-only Pizza Nova serving cannot satisfy a verified protein constraint. McDonald’s Japan records lack fiber in the reviewed table; missing fiber is not a measured zero.
- Compare equivalent boundaries. A chicken component, a whole sandwich and a combo with a drink are different objects even when each occupies one row.
How to reproduce the snapshot
Counts come from the published restaurant-order registry grouped by market, with no weighting by population or store count. One source row is one record; calculated orders are still records. The figures measure this library’s coverage, not market share, consumer habits, national diets, or every restaurant operating in those countries.
For a real comparison, choose two or three exact orders and keep country, serving, sources and missing fields visible. A “best country” score would hide the sampling differences rather than answer your lunch question.