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Yum China

yumchina.com · Consumer goods · YUMC

Ranked 1,976 of 2,047 companies in the study

22Overall score
  • Visibility7
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment63
  • Site quality33
  • AI readiness21
What this means for Yum China

AI assistants name Yum China in 6.7% of answers, which is more often than the typical company in the consumer goods sector. Yum China's overall score is 22 out of 100, ranking 1,976th of 2,047 companies. Its website passes 1 of 14 technical checks for readiness with AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the consumer goods market: none named Yum China. AI assistants named it in 4 of 60 answers (6.7%). The typical consumer goods company is named in 3.3% of answers. By how often it is named, Yum China ranks 41 of 118 in its sector.

Named by AI in
6.7%
4 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
6.6%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
1/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
114 of 118
by overall score, where the typical consumer goods company scores 30
How Yum China compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
7

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
63

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
33

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with consumer goods

118 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score22
Ranks 114 of 118. Typical company: 30
Named in answers7%
Ranks 41 of 118. Typical company: 3%
AI readiness21
Ranks 53 of 118. Typical company: 21
What OpenAI actually said

An answer that names the company

“Are there budget-friendly menu options at international quick-service chains in China?”

Short answer: yes — many international quick‑service chains in China offer budget-friendly items and regularly run value promotions. Popular examples, typical cheap items and saving tips below.

What to expect (examples and typical prices)

McDonald’s China: value/combo bundles and frequent “1+1” or member coupons — basic value combos can start around ¥15–¥25; occasional limited promotions drop single burgers or meals to ≈¥9.9–¥13.9. (mcdonalds.com.cn)

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The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Wallace5
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

McDonald's China
64.3%
Dicos (Zhūzhōu Dànhuáng Gōngsī)
19.6%
Wallace
8.9%
Yum China
7.1%
Burger King China
0.0%
Papa John’s China
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

OpenAI
2/15
Gemini
1/15
Perplexity
1/15
Claude
0/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 0: Not yet agent-ready. Agents struggle to find basic information about the site.

To reach level 1:
  • 2 of robots.txt, Sitemap, Link headers
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
0 of 100
  • robots.txtNot met

    Publish a valid robots.txt with crawl rules and a Sitemap line.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapNot met

    Serve an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
0 of 100
  • AI bot rulesNot met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPNot met

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 0 of 100 · 100% of checks could run · checked on October 4, 2026 · www.yumchina.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

1 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Not metrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • Not metXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

justdial.com
26
en.wikipedia.org
21
wanderlog.com
19
reddit.com
18
chinahighlights.com
17
china-briefing.com
16
tripadvisor.com
14
dukespace.lib.duke.edu
14
travelchinaguide.com
11
chinadailyhk.com
11

In the study as Consumer brands.

Every question, and where the company came up (4 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Are there budget-friendly menu options at international quick-service chains in China?
  • Are premium quick-service meals in China a good value for international visitors?
  • Common issues when ordering from fast-food chains in China and how to resolve them?
  • Top-rated quick-service restaurant chains serving American fast food in major Chinese cities?
  • How does Western-style quick-service differ from traditional Chinese fast-food in China?
  • Best Western quick-service options for families traveling in China?
  • Healthy alternatives to typical Western fast food available in Chinese cities?
  • Quick-service restaurant choices in China for late-night dining?
  • Pros and cons of dine-in vs delivery for Western quick-service restaurants in China?
  • What are some popular non-Western quick-service restaurant options in China?
  • How much does a typical meal cost at a Western-style quick-service restaurant in China?
  • What should I do if my quick-service restaurant order in China is missing items?
  • Alternatives to Western quick-service restaurants for affordable fast meals in China?
  • Is eating at Western-style quick-service restaurants in China worth the higher price compared to local options?
  • What are the best quick-service dining options in China for Western-style food?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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