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barcode scanning

Caitlinhappymeal
Caitlinhappymeal Posts: 185 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
about barcode scanning - i’ve just had a brainwave (doesn’t happen very often) i’m going to start and cut out barcodes and stick them on an A4 card for things i don’t save packaging for but buy on a weekly/regular basis, and then i can just scan said item as it’s so unbelievably faster than even searching through recent/most used items, which i have discovered does not update between devices anyway. go on some clever person tell me they’ve already thought of it!!

i hope this is only a temporary measure and MFP will eventually have a way of scanned food going my foods or something like that....

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  • jhann16
    jhann16 Posts: 62
    Great idea! Thanks!!
  • kaotika
    kaotika Posts: 34
    I scan my food in once. Then I edit the food so it goes into my foods. That seems to show up on all my devices. Also I get to change the serving size from cups and ounces to grams. The benefit of this is that I don't have to calculate things like 0.375 cups or other silly things, just straight up grams for everything. Works for me.
  • Caitlinhappymeal
    Caitlinhappymeal Posts: 185 Member
    I scan my food in once. Then I edit the food so it goes into my foods. That seems to show up on all my devices. Also I get to change the serving size from cups and ounces to grams. The benefit of this is that I don't have to calculate things like 0.375 cups or other silly things, just straight up grams for everything. Works for me.

    oo oo i’m gonna go and try that now xx
  • VanishaDawn
    VanishaDawn Posts: 48
    PERFECT idea! Good thinking!!!! :flowerforyou:
  • Linbo93
    Linbo93 Posts: 229 Member
    I do that! I have a small notebook I keep them in, and I added tabs to the side of it that divide the notebook by food group/type for easy finding! Its so handy, and I don't have to worry about keeping the packaging! It works!
  • Dilfster
    Dilfster Posts: 416 Member
    i do that too. i have a little basket magnet thingy on my fridge and i put barcodes in it.
  • mdj1501
    mdj1501 Posts: 388 Member
    Does anyone know how to scan with a blackberry? I can't seem to figure out how to get to mine??
    :sad:
  • Caitlinhappymeal
    Caitlinhappymeal Posts: 185 Member
    I do that! I have a small notebook I keep them in, and I added tabs to the side of it that divide the notebook by food group/type for easy finding! Its so handy, and I don't have to worry about keeping the packaging! It works!

    you’re not called monica by any chance lol xx
  • Dilfster
    Dilfster Posts: 416 Member
    phoebie?
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