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Barcode

AmyDarrington
AmyDarrington Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
Hi , I have just joined MyFitnessPal.is there a barcode scanner on products/food on my fitness pal app that will automatically give you the nutrition info or do I download a different app

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  • MyAlpaca
    MyAlpaca Posts: 5 Member
    I think it is a feature on the paid for service MFP offers
  • MyAlpaca
    MyAlpaca Posts: 5 Member
    edited April 2020
    And just in case I misunderstood your question, yes there is a bar code scanner that deducts your calories and basic information. Just go to your diary add food and scanner should be top right by the search function 😉
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,151 Member
    However, you still need to check that the calories are correct as most entries in the database are user-entered and might be wrong. Plus, if you scan a pack of salad you might still get chocolate, or the other way around.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,166 Member
    amydarrington1511 wrote: »
    Hi , I have just joined MyFitnessPal.is there a barcode scanner on products/food on my fitness pal app that will automatically give you the nutrition info or do I download a different app

    The barcode scanner facility just carries out a search of the database the same as a text search might do, it's really no more accurate.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,460 Member
    MyAlpaca wrote: »
    I think it is a feature on the paid for service MFP offers

    It's available in the free MFP version, but only in the phone/tablet app, not the desktop/laptop browser version.

    Like tinkerbellang83 said, though, it's still just crowd-sourced data, so it can be inaccurate, no different from typed-in lookup.
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