Why can't I enter avocado?

colin_mosier
colin_mosier Posts: 4 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Barcode on this fruit is too small to read on barcode reader, if you enter "avocado", app doesn't recognize it. If you use quick add, it only accepted calories. Any helpful thing more..... is locked and only available to "premium" customers.

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  • augustremulous
    augustremulous Posts: 378 Member
    ???

    I add avocado regularly and have had no issues.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    augustremulous wrote: »
    ???

    I add avocado regularly and have had no issues.

    Same.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    The database was down for me a while ago, did you try again?
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I logged avocado this morning. The entry I used was "USDA - Avocado, Raw"
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    My avocados dont have bar codes.
    Fruits and veggies are manual entries.
  • briscogun
    briscogun Posts: 1,138 Member
    Those little fruit stickers they put on at the store don't scan like UPC codes do on a packaged product, like a carton of milk or a box of cereal. You need to manually search for "avocado" as suggested above. Once you put it in you'll be able to add it quickly next time.

    Good luck! Avocadoes are THE BEST! Mmmm...
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
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  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I'm guessing you had some technical difficulties, try it again.
  • heatherwartanyan
    heatherwartanyan Posts: 66 Member
    Try putting in the avocado name....most have a company name in label
  • colin_mosier
    colin_mosier Posts: 4 Member
    I named this one Bill. No just kidding. But really, I did enter the supplier name from the fruit sticker with the bar code, and that didn't help....
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    Try typing in avocado instead of using the barcode
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    My avocados dont have bar codes.
    Fruits and veggies are manual entries.

    Mine either. I've never bought fruit or veggies that had a bar code on them..

    OP, I enter "Avocado usda" and get loads and loads of entries pop up.
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    edited March 2016
    My wife just turned me on to fresh guacamole dip and baked Tostito scoops. OMG! Who knew? What a WOW of a snack.

    I am gonna have to learn how to make this stuff myself.
  • 2snakeswoman
    2snakeswoman Posts: 655 Member
    easy to do on my laptop
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,243 Member
    I've never bought fruit or veg with an actual bar code - but I think what OP is trying to do is scan from those little stickers that are often on apples, oranges etc - and I guess on avocados, although I don't buy them myself.

    I agree with everyone though that OP should just search for the official avocado entry in the data base and use that. Different companies' avocados are really not going to vary much - just search for the general avocado entry.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    One does not enter an avocado.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Just type in "avocado".

    Weigh it too.
  • Pathmonkey
    Pathmonkey Posts: 108 Member
    If you can't enter it, can I have your avocado? :smiley:
  • MsBuzzkillington
    MsBuzzkillington Posts: 171 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    My avocados dont have bar codes.
    Fruits and veggies are manual entries.

    Mine either. I've never bought fruit or veggies that had a bar code on them..

    OP, I enter "Avocado usda" and get loads and loads of entries pop up.

    really? So the little PLU sticker with the number like 4535 doesn't have a barcode on it?
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    MsBuzzkillington wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    My avocados dont have bar codes.
    Fruits and veggies are manual entries.

    Mine either. I've never bought fruit or veggies that had a bar code on them..

    OP, I enter "Avocado usda" and get loads and loads of entries pop up.

    really? So the little PLU sticker with the number like 4535 doesn't have a barcode on it?

    A barcode...yes. A teenie one.
    Not the same as a scannable barcode for MFP I dont think.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    When you use a self-checker at the grocery those don't work. You have to put in the PLU number. I expect MFP would be the same -- not the PLU number bit, but them not working.
  • MsBuzzkillington
    MsBuzzkillington Posts: 171 Member
    I scan the barcodes on the fruits all the time when I am at the register. They do work.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    They don't at my grocery. I've tried it.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,243 Member
    They don't at my supermarket self serve checkouts either. Fresh produce has to be manually selected on the screen and weighed.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    They don't at my supermarket self serve checkouts either. Fresh produce has to be manually selected on the screen and weighed.

    Yep same here

  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Its because avocado is a bit minging...

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