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Barcode scanning for food logging

A client guide to barcode scanning: scan the barcode on a packaged food, check the item and servings, and it lands in your Food Diary with its calories and macros.

Halim
Written by Halim

Barcode scanning makes packaged food the fastest thing your clients log. It comes with the Nutrition Booster Pack. This guide is written for your clients, so feel free to copy it straight into a message.

Logging a snack by barcode, recorded with demo data (0:15, no sound).
  1. Open your QuickCoach app and go to the Food Diary tab.
The Food Diary tab in the client app
  1. Tap the + button to log a meal or snack.
The + button for adding a meal or snack to the Food Diary
  1. Tap the barcode icon next to the search bar.
The Add snack screen in the client app with the barcode button outlined, between the search bar and the camera button
  1. The Meal Scanner opens in Barcode mode. Point your camera at the barcode on the packaging and hold it inside the frame. It scans by itself, so there's no button to press.
The Meal Scanner in Barcode mode, with a protein bar's barcode inside the scan frame and the Scan meal and Barcode tabs below
  1. Check the item, set your servings and tap 'Add to diary'.
The scanned protein bar in the Edit food screen showing 231 calories, its macros, a servings stepper and the Add to diary button

The food lands in your Food Diary with its calories and macros, and your coach can see it straight away.

Note: barcode scanning works on most packaged foods. If a product isn't found, search the verified database for it instead. No camera, or camera access turned off? You can type the barcode number in instead.