How do I create a unique barcode for each meal/recipe in my cookbook?

raemoon101
raemoon101 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi,

I'm creating a recipe book for my clients and I want to add barcodes to each recipe so that the user can scan them in MFP and the recipe pops up so they can log easily.

How do I go about doing this? I have seen many people do it inside of their recipe books but I have no clue how they are doing it. Any help would be very much appreciated.

I attached a few examples of some people already doing it.

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  • cbihatt
    cbihatt Posts: 319 Member
    I was curious about this, so I did a quick search. Try this. I’m interested to see if this works.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10471243/custom-barcodes
  • DaffyGirl88
    DaffyGirl88 Posts: 5,211 Member
    Pardon my limited technical skills, what is the purpose of creating a bar code? Where would it live? And how would I scan it in the app if I'm already using my phone to view it?

    Trying to understand how this works and why you would do that rather than just creating a recipe and saving it to "my foods". Thanks in advance :)
  • ehju0901
    ehju0901 Posts: 396 Member
    edited March 2022
    Ooh, I'm intrigued by this as well!

    The hardest part with using these bar codes is the variations in using different brands of ingredients in recipes. I would probably try to specify in each recipe which brand you are using as well. :)

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