Bar code scan

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  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    What is the name of the droid app for this??? I would so love this!

    myfitnesspal


    to scan the bar codes?

    Yep. It's part of the myfitnesspal droid app.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/faq/244-how-do-i-use-the-barcode-scanner-to-add-foods?phrase=barcode&platform=android
    How do I use the barcode scanner to add foods?

    First, start the add food process just like you would for any other food. Next to the search box, you'll see a blue icon that looks like a barcode. Tap on the icon to activate the barcode scanner. Place the barcode you would like to scan inside the target area on your screen. The scanner will read the code and search for a match in our database. Once the match is found, just add it to your diary.

    On rare occasions, you barcode search will return the wrong food from our database. If that happens, you can help us improve the database by telling us the correct match for that barcode. After you see that the wrong food has been found, scroll down on the screen and you'll see a button labeled "Find Better Match". Tap on that button and you can search for the correct food in our database. Once you've found the correct match, add that food to your diary. You've now changed the barcode association in our database. The next time you scan the same barcode the correct food should be found.
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
    Our lives just got that much easier!
  • MelissaT81
    MelissaT81 Posts: 123 Member
    What is the name of the droid app for this??? I would so love this!

    myfitnesspal


    to scan the bar codes?

    Yep. It's part of the myfitnesspal droid app.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/faq/244-how-do-i-use-the-barcode-scanner-to-add-foods?phrase=barcode&platform=android
    How do I use the barcode scanner to add foods?

    First, start the add food process just like you would for any other food. Next to the search box, you'll see a blue icon that looks like a barcode. Tap on the icon to activate the barcode scanner. Place the barcode you would like to scan inside the target area on your screen. The scanner will read the code and search for a match in our database. Once the match is found, just add it to your diary.

    On rare occasions, you barcode search will return the wrong food from our database. If that happens, you can help us improve the database by telling us the correct match for that barcode. After you see that the wrong food has been found, scroll down on the screen and you'll see a button labeled "Find Better Match". Tap on that button and you can search for the correct food in our database. Once you've found the correct match, add that food to your diary. You've now changed the barcode association in our database. The next time you scan the same barcode the correct food should be found.


    Great thanks!!!
  • kellybean14
    kellybean14 Posts: 237 Member
    just watch out i scaned icecream once and it told me it was brocolli

    HAHAHA!! That's awesome
  • arlenesanders1955
    arlenesanders1955 Posts: 1
    If only that was true.
  • karona2182
    karona2182 Posts: 4 Member
    I have an android. Can some one explain it to me like I'm 5 yrs old? 🥰
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,600 Member
    edited November 4
    karona2182 wrote: »
    I have an android. Can some one explain it to me like I'm 5 yrs old? 🥰

    It only works if you have premium MFP, not free MFP, for starters. And it only works in the phone/tablet app, not on the web version of MFP as far as I know.

    In your food diary, click "Add Food". You get this page:

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    Click on "Scan a Barcode" near upper right.

    You'll get a barcode scanning window (looks like a camera view). Point that at a barcode on a food product. It should automatically recognize, scan, and bring up a barcode number (at the bottom of the screen) then automatically look for that barcode in the food database. If it's there, it should bring it up just as if you'd typed the name in the search field.

    Check that the entry it brings up is correct. This is still just finding an entry some MFP user put in the database at some past time with that barcode. It may or may not be accurate where you are, or now. If it's correct, you can then click the checkmark in the upper right to log it, change the serving amount, generally anything you can do with a food entry you found any other way.

    It's not magically more accurate than searching by typing. I don't like it, personally: I don't usually have the food package in hand when I'm logging, among other issues.

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