How to Use the Meal Scan Feature in MyFitnessPal 📱👑

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durden
durden Posts: 4,248 MFP Staff
edited May 28 in MyFitnessPal Academy

Premium Feature: Meal Scan

The future is here! To support making your logging experience quick and convenient, use MyFitnessPal's meal scan feature. Meal scan uses machine learning and computer vision to detect and recognize foods using images from your smartphone camera.

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  • Nova
    Nova Posts: 10,649 MFP Staff
    edited May 28

    To log your entire meal using this feature, start your dashboard or diary screen.

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    Tap the plus button, then select meal scan.

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    Place the items in frame and tap the shutter button to detect items in your meal.

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    Once scanned, select accurately detected meal items from the list.

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    You can tap on the item to make changes to servings and to confirm other details. Then just tap log meal to add to your diary or if an item is in your meal was missed, scroll to the bottom and select search for more to search our database.

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    Just type in the name of the item, select from the list and make any serving size or detail adjustments as necessary.

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    Then tap log meal to add it to your diary.

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