Using MyFitnessPal Meal Scan.
Meal Scan, built with Passio, lets a member log foods by photographing them. These are practical notes for getting a useful result. They are not a measured accuracy claim.
Meal Scan is a MyFitnessPal feature. This guide is for someone using it. Teams adding photo logging to their own application start from the photo logging page and the API.
Log common ingredients in frame
Meal Scan does best when the food fills the camera and is recognizable from that angle. A peach seen only from above can look like an apple. A small turn of the camera helps.
Scan ingredients before you cook
Salads, smoothies, and other mixed dishes are more accurate as separate ingredients on the counter than as one finished bowl.
Separate foods on the plate
Foods the camera can see are easier to name. A piece of fish under a garnish, or rice mixed through vegetables, is harder than the same foods set apart.
Use the alternatives
When the first result is close, the suggested alternatives are there to correct it before the meal is saved.
Portion size still needs a look from the member before the log is saved. Passio does not claim an exact weight from the photo.