Looking up a food in the larger database on iPhone

portnorth101

I can easily see how to look up a food that I have eaten before in "History" and the app seems to default to that, but I am not going to eat the same foods forever. How do you get to the larger database of foods to look up nutritional information or add them to your diary? I can see how to do it on a computer but not in the app. I use my phone more often than my computer. I have looked around and am not finding the answer. TIA.

durden

To add food to your diary, simply take the following steps:

On the Web

Click on the "Food" tab, then click "Add Food" under the meal you'd like to log.

In our latest iOS and Android Apps

Tap the large blue "+" button, and then tap "Food." Select a meal category and then tap in the field, "Search for a food" at the top of the next page.
Or, on the Diary page, tap "+ Add Food" under a meal category in your diary.To search for food, type the food name in the search field. You can enter brand names or just keywords. Then, tap the "Search" button. For greater convenience, our iOS and Android apps support searching by scanning an item's barcode.

Tap on a matching search result, then adjust the Number of Servings or Serving Size to reflect how much of that item you’ve eaten.

That’s it. Your food will be logged in your diary.

Pro Tip: Our database has an enormous number of food items. You may improve your search results by adding terms like "uncooked," "cooked," "raw" or "generic" (for instance "apple generic") if your initial search does not provide the specific item you are seeking.

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