Do You Use The Scan Feature???????????

msmayor

I love the scanning feature on MFP..... although I don't get to use it all the time because while at work I pack my lunch in containers - but this morning I scanned my entire breakfast in less than 2 minutes. I felt good that the readings were actual and it was just too easy......

Do you use the scan feature?

bkelley32148

yes and I love it... but it doesnt work for me all the time :0

mlemonroe2

I don't know what that is??????

shanmont

love, love, love it!!

amyhoss

It's not offered on the iPhone 3G, which is what I have so I can't use it. ;(

littlerjh

I'm new to MFP, what is scanning feature?

Saruman_w

I don't know what that is??????

The MFP app for the phone, let's you scan barcodes and stuff to grab the nutritional info. It's on the Android, dunno how different iPhone is.

forever28

Yep! Fellow Droid user and I LOVE the scanning option! Makes logging food way easy & so fast! I love MFP!

homeport51

Love, love, LOVE the scan feature! I used it every chance I get. Ain't technology grand?

cass89

YES AND LOVE IT!! OMG MAKES LOGGING SO MUCH EASIER

for those who aren't aware, the scanning feature is on the 'smart phone' app. and you use the camera on the phone and scan it over the barcode and it automatically tells u all the nutritional information and logs it for you. it's amazing! saves so much time and searching! and so accurate!

snikles

Yes! It's the reason I choose to use MFP! So easy!

plantgrrl

mlemonroe2 on the phone app there is a button where you can scan the barcode of the food item and it will autolog it for you--alls you need to do is put the amount in. It's pretty sweet when it works!

I love the scan! (of course it doesn't work if you're cooking from scratch...but it's pretty great.

It was the darnedest then though, the other day I scanned a can of soda and it told me it was "twizzlers." I was so confused I tried again with the same result--MFP I don't even LIKE twizzlers. I had to look that one up by hand...I think scan is still a little "beta." But once a few kinks get worked out--it's gonna rock!

LittleMissAlx

It's awesome! I'm on an android so have had it a while, but my boyfriend just upgraded his mfp on his iphone, and that has the scanning thing on too apparently. Do find not everything comes up and so something you have to search manually, but it's just the novelty of it as well!

481471

not aware of it on my blackberry
damn that would be a fab feature!

tuneses

Love it

cltrapp58

I love this feature. Save a lot of time! Someone was really thinking when they add this feature!

BlueAventer

Yes, and I LOVE it! So helpful!

End6ame

I personally think that the scanning feature promotes less healthy eating (not necessarily unhealthy though). For example, fresh produce, meats, and fish don’t have barcodes.

mstcass

I love it. I have the iPhone 3Gs

theseagull

It's a good feature but it's only for backed food ... not for fresh or cooked food !

28mgoudy

I have a blackberry and I can not get it to work it always says I need to try again and hold 6 to 8 inches but it still wont work.
My husband uses it on his phone (he does not have a black berry) and loves it. I had him try my phone and he can not get it to work either. Does any one else use a blackberry

notebelow

I personally think that the scanning feature promotes less healthy eating (not necessarily unhealthy though). For example, fresh produce, meats, and fish don’t have barcodes.

Not really; items like that are easier to find manually where as different types of packaged foods often have multiple differences from previous versions with different nutritional values so the scanner makes it easier in those situations.
It also localises it so when you search for something like chips you don't end up with a whole bunch of american crisp results. I love the scanner, it really does make it easier (and a little more fun) to put in your food intake, it helps you to remember to do it as well because of its novelty.

melsinct

I would say 9 times out of 10 the bar code scanner doesn't work for me. It either doesn't recognize the item or it comes up with the wrong item (e.g. I scan bread, it comes up with yogurt). I have given up on it.

End6ame

I personally think that the scanning feature promotes less healthy eating (not necessarily unhealthy though). For example, fresh produce, meats, and fish don’t have barcodes.

Not really; items like that are easier to find manually where as different types of packaged foods often have multiple differences from previous versions with different nutritional values so the scanner makes it easier in those situations.
It also localises it so when you search for something like chips you don't end up with a whole bunch of american crisp results. I love the scanner, it really does make it easier (and a little more fun) to put in your food intake, it helps you to remember to do it as well because of its novelty.

Maybe it is just me then. But everything that I eat that is packaged (very few things) is already in my “recent” or “most used list”, so it doesn’t make sense to scan it.

msmayor

It's a allows you to scan the barcodes of food packages on your phone - I have a iphone4 and I scanned my entire breakfast today....

hbrekkaas

I'll have to check out my phone and see if I have it, I doubt it because I've never noticed it, but who knows. Not that I would use it often, besides cheese, pretzels, and yogurt I don't really eat anything packaged.

msmayor

I personally think that the scanning feature promotes less healthy eating (not necessarily unhealthy though). For example, fresh produce, meats, and fish don’t have barcodes.

Not really; items like that are easier to find manually where as different types of packaged foods often have multiple differences from previous versions with different nutritional values so the scanner makes it easier in those situations.
It also localises it so when you search for something like chips you don't end up with a whole bunch of american crisp results. I love the scanner, it really does make it easier (and a little more fun) to put in your food intake, it helps you to remember to do it as well because of its novelty.

I so agree!!!

ruthcooper

It is there now for the iphone 3G....new, love it. SO quick and easy.

msiamjan

Yup, got it with the most recent update for the i-phone. I like it.

stevwil41

I think it's awesome!!

cltrapp58

Love, love, love the scan feature. Wish there were barcodes on menus! Wouldn't that make life easier?!?!?!?