{"id":49661,"date":"2024-09-01T15:57:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T22:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiller.cronometerdev.com\/blog\/?p=49661"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:55:59","slug":"log-food-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/log-food-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips &amp; Tricks: 10 Ways To Log Food Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49661\" class=\"elementor elementor-49661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc9937d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc9937d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af22688\" data-id=\"af22688\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321e818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"321e818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\">&#8220;It&#8217;s too time consuming to log my food.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );\">Yes &#8211; we know! It&#8217;s a lot of work, especially at the beginning of your Cronometer journey. We get this one all the time from users and while we think that the time spent logging your food is well worth the knowledge you gain from it, we do have a few tricks up our sleeve which will help you speed up the process.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd97950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd97950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Home Screen Quick Add<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e7937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1e7937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re using the mobile app, it&#8217;s easy to reduce the amount of taps it takes to add a food. From the home screen of your phone, long-tap on the Cronometer icon which will bring up a quick actions menu. Tap Add Food, and you&#8217;ll get brought directly to the food search panel.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f631968 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f631968\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9649b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9649b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-3-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-3-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-3-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703dcfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"703dcfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653c1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"653c1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Barcode Scanner<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a126344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a126344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A fan-favourite Cronometer feature is our <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cronometer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360020441392-Mobile-Barcode-Scanner\">Barcode Scanner<\/a>. Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s free! Simply scan the barcode of the food you&#8217;ve eaten and it will bring up the entry of that food in our database.<\/p><p>If the food isn&#8217;t already in our database, we&#8217;ll ask you to take a photo of the nutrition label and the packaging and the app will auto-fill the nutrition details and create a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cronometer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360019866351\">Custom Food<\/a> in your account. This allows you to add the food to your Diary right away but it will also submit the item into our queue to be checked by a staff member before being added to the public database.\u00a0<\/p><p>Access the Barcode Scanner (only available on the mobile app) in a few different ways:<\/p><ul><li>Tap the + button on the main menu, select &#8216;Scan Food&#8217;.<\/li><li>Use the home screen quick actions menu mentioned above.<\/li><li>From the food search panel, tap the barcode icon in the top right corner.<\/li><\/ul><p>Learn how to use the Barcode Scanner on Cronometer by checking out our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nuHHl36WU0g?si=z0IUikCGsq_bCYSh\">Cronometer University video here<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e88ec1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e88ec1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f3e6df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f3e6df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57008\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-7-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-7-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-7-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f543dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f543dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc049c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"9bc049c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"copypaste\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2d2d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a2d2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Copy &amp; Paste<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aeb204 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aeb204\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copy &amp; paste is a functionality you can use in several ways across the app to save time while logging your food. Copy a single entry by swiping right on the food and tapping the \u22ee icon. Copy an entire day by tapping the \u22ee in the top right hand corner of your Diary. Gold users can also copy the contents of an entire Diary Group by swiping right on the Diary Group header.<\/p><p>Get a full breakdown of the many ways to use copy &amp; paste <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cronometer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360018695932-Mobile-Copy-Paste\">on mobile<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cronometer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360018695932-Mobile-Copy-Paste\">on web<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b6541f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9b6541f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6c29f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6c29f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57002\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-1-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-1-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e66c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a2e66c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffae37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ffae37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Custom Meals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01c09fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01c09fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re not already using our <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/custom-meals\/\">Custom Meal<\/a>\u00a0feature, now is the time to start! Meals allow you to group several foods together so you can quickly add multiple foods in just a few taps.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re always eating the same thing for breakfast (two eggs, toast and three coffees) or taking the same supplement cocktail every day, create a meal containing those items. That way, you&#8217;ll just need to add the Custom Meal to your Diary instead of each individual item.<\/p><p>Once a Custom Meal has been added to your Diary, you can use the &#8216;explode meal&#8217; feature to create individual entries for each food so you can edit the measurements or delete items separately.\u00a0<\/p><p>Check out our Custom Meal <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/custom-meals\/\">blog here<\/a> to learn more!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efead79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"efead79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NEW feature!<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ee4f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84ee4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Photo Logging (Gold Feature)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c590da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c590da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our newest and arguably most exciting feature yet! When you upgrade to Cronometer Gold, you&#8217;ll gain access to our <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/photo-logging\/\">Photo Logging<\/a> feature, which allows you to upload a photo of your meal and we&#8217;ll automatically identify the ingredients.<\/p><p>This feature is a total game-changer when it comes to logging your food fast because you skip the process of typing and searching for each ingredient separately. We even estimate the portion sizes and give you an easy way to edit and swap out ingredients.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2d6d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9b2d6d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33de870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33de870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/600x300-Email-Header-\u2013-Photo-logging-1-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/600x300-Email-Header-\u2013-Photo-logging-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/600x300-Email-Header-\u2013-Photo-logging-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/600x300-Email-Header-\u2013-Photo-logging-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/600x300-Email-Header-\u2013-Photo-logging-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7924ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b7924ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5b546a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5b546a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Set Repeat Items (Gold Feature)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feebc9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feebc9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/go-for-gold\/\">upgrading to Gold<\/a>, you&#8217;ll get access to several features that will make tracking your nutrition faster and easier &#8211; you&#8217;ll no longer be interrupted by advertising, you can create recipes in a flash with our <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/cronometer-adds-recipe-importer\/\">Recipe Importer<\/a> and you&#8217;ll gain access to be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/repeating-food\/\">schedule your foods, meals and recipes on repeat<\/a>.<\/p><p>This feature cuts down a ton of time if you consistently consume the same foods since you can add all of your repeating items in just one click.<\/p><p>Check out our Cronometer University on how to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aobHjYYDAQ4?si=IYYLS7aNfjA6Yc_L\">Repeat Items here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c15541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c15541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a097e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"48a097e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"multi-add\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e87677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e87677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Multi-Add<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3855b93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3855b93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re adding multiple foods at once, you can save a little time by using the &#8216;Multi-Add&#8217; functionality. When searching for a food on the mobile app, tap on the orange filter icon in the right hand side of the search bar. Toggle on &#8216;Enable Multi-Add&#8217; and start your food search. Tap on the orange box to select an item and search for your next foods. You&#8217;ll be able to review before adding all of the items to your Diary or creating a Custom Recipe with your selection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aca03e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0aca03e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48fb105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48fb105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57005\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-4-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-4-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-4-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c7e54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"69c7e54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad650a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6ad650a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"diary-group\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f88a7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f88a7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Add From Diary Group (Gold Feature) <br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5546ff3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5546ff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/go-for-gold\/\">upgrading to Gold<\/a>, you&#8217;ll also&nbsp;gain access to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cronometer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360018306311-Diary-Groups\">Diary Groups<\/a> which allow you to categorize your food entries. Most of our users will use breakfast, lunch and dinner but we applaud any creativity here.<\/p>\n<p>Diary Groups also come with some little-known functionality including the quick add menu. On mobile, tap the + on the left side of the Diary Group label, which will bring up a menu allowing you to add food, exercise, a biometric, note or scan a barcode.<\/p>\n<p>You can even customize the menu for each Diary Group in More &gt; Diary Settings &gt; Group Quick Add Preferences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba957fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ba957fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e1105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7e1105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57006\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-5-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-5-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-5-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f66b66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8f66b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65aabcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65aabcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dictate On iOS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-977cb94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"977cb94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you use Cronometer on an iPhone, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-ca\/guide\/iphone\/iph2c0651d2\/ios\">enable dictation<\/a>\u00a0and you&#8217;ll be able to talk instead of type during the food search process. Enabling dictation will allow you to speak anywhere there&#8217;s a text field so if you prefer to speak rather than type, this can be a handy tool.<\/p><p>While in the food search panel, tap the search bar and press on the microphone icon in the bottom right corner of the keyboard. Then just say the food you&#8217;re looking for and Apple will type it into the search bar for you.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cee01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a4cee01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-650f8e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"650f8e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57003\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-2-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-2-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-2-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e4ddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"06e4ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446967b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"446967b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Add From Custom Foods &amp; Recipes Page<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bf4e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77bf4e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On mobile, if you find yourself on your Custom Foods or Custom Recipes page (Foods &gt; Custom Foods or Foods &gt; Custom Recipes), swipe right on any item in the list to bring up an option to add that item to your Diary.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a8b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c8a8b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e0fbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8e0fbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-57007\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-6-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-6-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/870x580-Blog-Image-Tips-and-Tricks-1-\u2013-6-768x371.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540eaab elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"540eaab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dedd60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dedd60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Well, there you have it. We hope that you learned at least one thing from these quick-adding tips. Put them into practice to help make logging your food in Cronometer an easier, breezier process.<\/p><p>Want to learn more Crono hacks? <a href=\"https:\/\/cronometer.com\/blog\/category\/tips-tricks\/\">Here are some more tips &amp; tricks<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s too time consuming to log my food.&#8221; Yes &#8211; we know! It&#8217;s a lot of work, especially at the beginning of your Cronometer journey. 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