Monash University FODMAP diet

Monash University Low FODMAP diet team

About this app

Researchers at Monash University have developed a diet and corresponding app to assist in management of the gastrointestinal symptoms associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The Monash University Low FODMAP diet works by restricting foods high in some carbohydrates called FODMAPs.

The app comes directly from the research team at Monash and includes the following:

- General information about the FODMAP diet and IBS.
- Easy to understand tutorials to guide you through the app and the 3-Step FODMAP diet.
- A Food Guide detailing the FODMAP content for hundreds of foods using a simple 'traffic light system'.
- A list of branded products that have been certified by Monash as low FODMAP.
- A collection of over 70 nutritious, low FODMAP recipes.
- Functions that allow you to create your own shopping list and add notes to individual foods
- A Diary that enables you to record food eaten, IBS symptoms, bowel habits and stress levels. The Diary will also guide you through step 2 of the diet - FODMAP reintroduction.
- The ability to adjust units of measurement (metric or imperial) and activate colour blindness assistance.

Ratings and reviews

I'm glad that this app exists because there aren't many low fodmap resources out there. However, this doesn't give the user control over changing the serving size of different foods and it doesn't tell you how much fodmaps are in different serving sizes, and instead uses an arbitrary color classification. This is unhelpful because I sometimes eat a meal with multiple low fodmap foods that adds up to a high fodmap meal and this app makes it impossible to know how much fodmap I'm actually eating.

If you are new to FODMAP, this is a good resource. If you already have a base understanding but want to get more detailed, it may not be worth it. I wish the search feature worked better, that's primarily why I bought it. Searching for something remotely specific or a brand name results in either random results or no results. If you want to look up "potato" or "sourdough bread" and never get any more specific, it will work fine. In terms of tracking symptoms, Guava is free and much better.

This app is better than nothing but the stoplight system is rarely correct. An item might appear green but when you click it for a closer look, you see yellow and red in various FODMAPs. I find it kind of infuriating tbh. I also don't understand why there's not a set section of "safe" foods that have no FODMAPs. I've bookmarked them all into favorites for myself

What’s new

Bug fixes