diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/dao_hive_product.dart b/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/dao_hive_product.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f29bfc0757a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/dao_hive_product.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'package:hive/hive.dart';
+import 'package:openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts.dart';
+import 'package:smooth_app/database/abstract_dao.dart';
+import 'package:smooth_app/database/dao_product_migration.dart';
+import 'package:smooth_app/database/local_database.dart';
+
+/// Hive type adapter for [Product]
+class _ProductAdapter extends TypeAdapter<Product> {
+  @override
+  final int typeId = 1;
+
+  @override
+  Product read(BinaryReader reader) =>
+      Product.fromJson(jsonDecode(reader.readString()) as Map<String, dynamic>);
+
+  @override
+  void write(BinaryWriter writer, Product obj) =>
+      writer.writeString(jsonEncode(obj.toJson()));
+}
+
+/// /!\ Stupid class not be used anymore (from 2022-06-16)
+/// But Hive needs it - it doesn't like data to be removed...
+/// Where we store the products as "barcode => product".
+@Deprecated('use [DaoProduct] instead')
+class DaoHiveProduct extends AbstractDao implements DaoProductMigrationSource {
+  @Deprecated('use [DaoProduct] instead')
+  DaoHiveProduct(final LocalDatabase localDatabase) : super(localDatabase);
+
+  static const String _hiveBoxName = 'products';
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> init() async => Hive.openLazyBox<Product>(_hiveBoxName);
+
+  @override
+  void registerAdapter() => Hive.registerAdapter(_ProductAdapter());
+
+  LazyBox<Product> _getBox() => Hive.lazyBox<Product>(_hiveBoxName);
+
+  Future<Product?> get(final String barcode) async => _getBox().get(barcode);
+
+  @override
+  Future<Map<String, Product>> getAll(final List<String> barcodes) async {
+    final LazyBox<Product> box = _getBox();
+    final Map<String, Product> result = <String, Product>{};
+    for (final String barcode in barcodes) {
+      final Product? product = await box.get(barcode);
+      if (product != null) {
+        result[barcode] = product;
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  Future<void> put(final Product product) async => putAll(<Product>[product]);
+
+  Future<void> putAll(final Iterable<Product> products) async {
+    final Map<String, Product> upserts = <String, Product>{};
+    for (final Product product in products) {
+      upserts[product.barcode!] = product;
+    }
+    await _getBox().putAll(upserts);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<List<String>> getAllKeys() async {
+    final LazyBox<Product> box = _getBox();
+    final List<String> result = <String>[];
+    for (final dynamic key in box.keys) {
+      result.add(key.toString());
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  // Just for the migration
+  @override
+  Future<void> deleteAll(final List<String> barcodes) async {
+    final LazyBox<Product> box = _getBox();
+    await box.deleteAll(barcodes);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/local_database.dart b/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/local_database.dart
index fe1d86763158..f6a2d4336cf0 100644
--- a/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/local_database.dart
+++ b/packages/smooth_app/lib/database/local_database.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import 'package:smooth_app/background/background_task_manager.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/data_models/up_to_date_product_list_provider.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/data_models/up_to_date_product_provider.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/database/abstract_dao.dart';
+import 'package:smooth_app/database/dao_hive_product.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/database/dao_instant_string.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/database/dao_int.dart';
 import 'package:smooth_app/database/dao_product.dart';
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class LocalDatabase extends ChangeNotifier {
     // only hive from there
     await Hive.initFlutter();
     final List<AbstractDao> daos = <AbstractDao>[
+      DaoHiveProduct(localDatabase),
       DaoProductList(localDatabase),
       DaoStringList(localDatabase),
       DaoString(localDatabase),