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Fixing a recipe that imported incorrectly
Updated 2026-07-06

No import is ever set in stone. Every time you save from a link, a post, a photo, or a voice memo, Tradish drops you into a review screen before it saves, so you can correct anything the parser got wrong. And if you spot something later, you can edit the recipe any time afterward too. Nothing is locked.

This guide walks through the fixes people reach for most.

Fix it on the review screen

The review screen shows the recipe pre-filled with everything Tradish pulled: the title, ingredients, steps, servings, cook time, and a cover photo. Read it over before you save and clean up whatever looks off.

Add a missing ingredient or step

If the parser skipped a line, add it by hand. Tap into the ingredients or steps list and type the missing item in place. This is common when a caption listed the recipe in an unusual order or buried a step in a sentence.

Fix a quantity or unit

If an amount came through wrong (say "1 cup" landed as "1"), tap the ingredient and correct the number or unit. It helps to check quantities against the original before you save, since these are the easiest thing for a parser to misread.

Swap the cover photo

If Tradish grabbed the wrong image, or none at all, change the cover photo on the review screen. Pick a clearer shot of the finished dish so the recipe is easy to spot in your library later.

Set the source

Set the source so you can find your way back to where the recipe came from, and so the original creator gets credit. Tradish fills in the creator's handle or the site when it can find them, and you can adjust it here.

Edit any time after saving

You are not stuck with what you saved. Open any recipe and edit it whenever you like: rewrite steps, fix amounts, add your own notes, or change the cover. See Editing a recipe for the full form.

When a whole import comes back thin

Sometimes the source just did not have much to read, so the import lands nearly empty. Rather than rebuild it field by field, it is often faster to start over with a cleaner source:

  • Scan clear photos of the recipe. Take well lit, in-focus shots of the card or page and let Tradish read those instead. See Scanning a recipe.
  • Write it out by hand if you already know the recipe or have it as text.

A thin import usually means the caption or page had no real ingredients and steps to pull, not that anything is broken.

Tell us about a bad import

If an import came through poorly, use the in-app import report option to send us feedback on it. That helps us improve the parser for the posts and pages people actually save from. Your report goes straight to us with the details of what went wrong.

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