Newbie question on scanned foods

kiwicalifornia
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Newbie question on scanned foods Jul 20, 2020 19:43:50 GMT DebDoesWW likes this

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Post by kiwicalifornia on Jul 20, 2020 19:43:50 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I have a question relating to scanned foods. I'm on the blue plan and I made a smoothie from a packet of Winco frozen berries. When i scanned the barcode, it brought up a bunch of user created entrys which were all around 2-3 points each. My understanding is that fruit (frozen or otherwise is zero points). The only thing I can think of, is when the users scanned the barcode and it didnt come up, they entered the ingredients off the nutrition label which of course adds sugar and that counts for the points.

This seems to defeat the purpose of the plan. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening?

cheers

Shane

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Newbie question on scanned foods Jul 20, 2020 20:11:57 GMT DebDoesWW and kiwicalifornia like this

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Post by neen on Jul 20, 2020 20:11:57 GMT

kiwicalifornia, Welcome!

You will get A LOT of varying opinions on smoothies if they have points or not. Since they are blended, you will consume more than a normal serving of the fruit and it will be more calories (WW stance). My belief is that if you are only using zero point fruit and veggies, it will still be zero points. It doesn't affect the make up of what you are eating, just smooshing it up. But I do agree, you can eat/drink more in smoothie form. Let your weight loss be your guide!

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Newbie question on scanned foods Jul 20, 2020 20:53:08 GMT DebDoesWW and kiwicalifornia like this

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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 20, 2020 20:53:08 GMT

kiwicalifornia, According to WW fruits and veggies you put in smoothies have points. Put your recipe in the recipe builder and answer yes to the question that it is a drink, or something like that. That's the official policy, but you can also let your weight loss be your guide.

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kiwicalifornia Epic Member Posts: 2	Newbie question on scanned foods Jul 20, 2020 22:07:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kiwicalifornia on Jul 20, 2020 22:07:49 GMT Yeah, At the end of the day its not a biggy, even WW themselves are not consistent, a pack of TJ frozen fruit has no points but another brand does..lol oh well. thanks for the replies, appreciate it.

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Newbie question on scanned foods Jul 21, 2020 0:01:48 GMT bbbearsmom and borntexan like this

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Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 21, 2020 0:01:48 GMT

kiwicalifornia, welcome to the boards!

I just wanted to follow-up/add to what has already been said.

Smoothies aside, a bag of ANY fruit as long as there is NOTHING else added, just pure frozen fruit is always 0 points. People mistakenly use the calculator and create a new food when they can't find it when they scan it. That takes into account all of the nutritional value and gives it points. This would happen if you scanned a bag of green beans that someone figured out the nutritional information for and entered it. As long as it has NOTHING else added it is always 0.

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bbbearsmom Legendary Member Posts: 30,829	Newbie question on scanned foods Jul 21, 2020 17:01:14 GMT DebDoesWW likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 21, 2020 17:01:14 GMT DebDoesWW, Good point.
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Post by kiwicalifornia on Jul 20, 2020 19:43:50 GMT

Post by neen on Jul 20, 2020 20:11:57 GMT

Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 20, 2020 20:53:08 GMT

Post by kiwicalifornia on Jul 20, 2020 22:07:49 GMT

Post by DebDoesWW on Jul 21, 2020 0:01:48 GMT

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