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Allow Use of Barcode When Creating a New Food or Meal

wheeliea
Posts: 11 Member
It appears that the Barcode feature is only available when adding a direct food to a meal type such as Breakfast, Lunch, etc. It might be nice to allow the Barcode to be used when adding My Food items or creating a Meal.
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Premium users should currently have the ability to use the Barcode Scanner when creating a new Meal or Recipe.
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