Protein prices
We record the product, pack size, price, servings per pack and grams of protein per serving from the retailer’s product page. Cost per 100 g of protein is the pack price divided by total protein in the pack, times 100. The regular price is used when a sale price is also shown; sale prices are labelled. Retailers price by region and change prices often, so every row shows its read date. See the guide on comparing protein by cost per gram.
Gym prices
Only the gym’s own pages, or a city’s official fee schedule, are used. Gyms price by club and promotion, so each page names the club or city the price applies to. Plans billed every two weeks are converted to a monthly equivalent at 26 payments a year and labelled. Year-one cost is twelve months of dues plus any joining and annual fee listed; a fee we could not find is shown as not listed and counted as zero in estimates. Cancellation and freeze wording is summarised from the gym’s page and linked.
The cancellation friction meter counts up to four signals in the gym’s own wording: a notice period of 30 days or more, commitment or fee terms, no stated way to cancel or no online or kiosk option, and rules that vary by club. It describes what the gym publishes, not how cancelling goes in practice.
Fast-food nutrition
We use each chain’s official nutrition document or calculator for the country shown. Menus differ between countries, so the editions are kept apart. Protein per 100 calories is protein grams divided by calories, times 100. The macro bar shows the share of an item’s calories from protein, carbohydrate and fat at 4, 4 and 9 calories per gram (21 CFR 101.9). Rows that fail basic plausibility checks are dropped and never published.
US and Canada
The US edition uses US sources and dollars; the Canada edition uses Canadian sources and Canadian dollars. We never convert or mix them. Details are in how we handle US and Canadian data.
Updates, independence and corrections
See the editorial policy.