diff --git a/lib/utils/HttpHelper.dart b/lib/utils/HttpHelper.dart
index 2f74b7fd60..f25ba26945 100644
--- a/lib/utils/HttpHelper.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/HttpHelper.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+import 'package:openfoodfacts/model/UserAgent.dart';
+
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts.dart';
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/utils/UriReader.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart';
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ class HttpHelper {
       'Accept': 'application/json',
       'UserAgent':
           OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.userAgent?.toValueString() ?? USER_AGENT,
-      'From': (user != null) ? user.userId : FROM,
+      'From': OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.getUser(user)?.toValueString() ?? FROM,
     });
 
     if (isTestModeActive) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.dart b/lib/utils/OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.dart
index f8aa654c5a..cbea8f6011 100644
--- a/lib/utils/OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/OpenFoodAPIConfiguration.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:openfoodfacts/model/User.dart';
 import 'package:openfoodfacts/model/UserAgent.dart';
 
 import 'CountryHelper.dart';
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ class OpenFoodAPIConfiguration {
   ///Defines a global userAgent to tell the backend the source of the request.
   static UserAgent? userAgent;
 
+  ///Defines a global user to avoid adding it to every request
+  static User? globalUser;
+
   ///change the uriScheme of the requests
   static String uriScheme = 'https';
 
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@ class OpenFoodAPIConfiguration {
   static QueryType getQueryType(final QueryType? queryType) =>
       queryType ?? globalQueryType;
 
+  ///Returns the [User] to use, using a default value
+  static User? getUser(final User? user) => user ?? globalUser;
+
   /// Returns the most relevant country code
   static String? computeCountryCode(
     final OpenFoodFactsCountry? country,