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Scanning a barcode, a label or your plate
## Barcode
Tap Barcode and point at the code. We look it up in Open Food Facts, sending only the number. If we don't have the product, you can photograph its label, create the food by hand or search by name.
## Nutrition label
Photograph the label reads the nutrition facts table on your phone — the image never leaves it. Check the values it found, give the food a name and it's saved to My foods.
## Describe your meal
Tap Describe and type or dictate what you ate, like "2 scrambled eggs and a slice of toast". Minthra works out the foods and the grams. Nothing reaches your diary until you check it: edit the grams, swap or remove foods, add what it missed, then save it to the meal.
The more quantities you give, the more accurate it is. It's an estimate, so look at it before you log it. There is a daily limit on descriptions. Please don't include personal data in the text: it's sent to an AI service to be analyzed and is never stored.