Good app for ingredient lookup – FODMAP Diet Assistant: ODMP Review

I wanted an app to let me easily look up the FODMAP status of ingredients. I tried 9 different apps, everything I could find in the App Store that seemed relevant. I tried looking up 15 ingredients in each app. This app provides ingredient lookups through its Catalogue section. The information is good, and seems consistent with most of the other apps. The search feature is the best of any app I tried. It does a nice job with search-as-you-type, even finding substrings; for example, "berr" will find "blackberry" without you needing to hit enter. It also breaks the FODMAP information into four ratings, showing which of the four irritants is present. The official Monash University app provides more complete information on some ingredients, so I defer to it when in doubt. But this one is much easier to use. I've rated this app slightly higher than the official Monash one. Even though Monash feels more complete and authoritative, and I use it when I can afford the time, this app is easier to use... which is important when I'm standing in the grocery store poring over an ingredient list.
Review by Mr. Droog on FODMAP Diet Assistant: ODMP.