FoodMarble Reviews

Not intuitive. And certainly not programmed for folks on a whole-foods diet. Searchable ingredients are mostly UPFs. So ironic bc folks using this are the ones trying to eat healthy, in theory. It takes 20 mins to log a single rainbow meal (meaning one that contains a variety of veggies/fruits). And that’s after getting the hang of navigating the near-useless entering and editing features. Getting the units correct is infuriating too - have to search proper worth’s/volumes for each item. I can’t imagine logging to get accurate FODMAP levels, and not actually mid elimination diet (ie on a crazy limited diet), because that would require hours a day on this thing.

I just got the device and I’m excited to use it. So far I’m frustrated with adding custom food items. If you make a mistake there is no way to edit or delete it. I tried to add the item again but FoodMarble will not allow me to because it identifies the barcode. Please update FoodMarble to allow editing or at least the ability to delete and start over. There is also a bug in FoodMarble because each time I click the home button the option changes. It’s weird and I tried to delete a meal over 10 times and it will not delete. It’s frustrating but I have hope once the bugs are fixed and the ability to edit it’ll be a great app. I will then write a new review.

The reminders are buggy. I no longer take certain medications but I can’t remove the reminders for them. When I go to remove them, it takes me to the screen to log them instead. I also get random reminders to take a breath test after meals even though I have that setting turned off. Very annoying.

Logging meals is also dreadful because of how painfully slow the search is. The predictions are not smart.

The device itself is really great. It is wonderful to be able to track breath readings of both methane and hydrogen and get immediate feedback. However FoodMarble is lacking some key features. 1. There doesn’t seem to be a way to export data to share with doctors. 2. The food library is incredibly limited and sometimes factually incorrect, missing fodmaps or listing them when they are not there. 3. There is no way to add your own foods or meals with their fodmaps. 4. There is no correlation data to show you which foods may be problematic. 5. Viewing the impact of food on breath scores is difficult and has to be done on a day by day basis. The summary reports are too high level to be useful. 6. The bowel movements do not use the Bristol stool types but rather a 1-10 scale which has few descriptions.

As far as the device goes, I do recommend it. However it would be more useful to track meals, symptoms and bowel movements in a separate app, manually adding in your breath scores as notes, rather than using the this app app for that functionality.

Thank you for creating a unique device, but I am consistently getting a 10 reading, but the manual says this is OK because it could be coming from the large intestine, so how do I know if it’s coming from the small intestine as in case of SIBO. Should I take the measurement first thing in the morning before eating, and once again after eating? The device should have a wider range, or a switch that would bypass some of the air Like a volt meter range, if the reading is pegged at 10, You don’t know what your range is it could be 50 could be 100 it would be 200, what does 10 Mean?Please increase the range of this device, also add a sensor for methane gas.

I am attempting to isolate GI issues and I was excited to try FoodMarble and breath device. I enjoy the breathing device, connectivity is good, and tracking meals have demonstrated some trigger foods.

FoodMarble is good, but needs improvement to really help. First, it needs a print function to allow the history to be shared with a physician. There are some functional issues with the food choices that make it difficult to add custom items when a long list is present. Adding hydration tracking would be beneficial as I am using a separate app for that measurement.

Overall, it can be a slow start but I am making it my own with notes. I may be using it not as intended, but I have received benefit from the breath measurements.

I am very grateful for Food Marble and think at home breath testing is crucial for people with digestive issues. I do think their food diary component could be improved greatly. I started using Fitness Pal at the same to log my macros and Fitness Pal’s food diary is so much more user friendly and has every food I’ve scanned in its library so far, unlike Food Marble that barely has any. I’d like to see the usability and the scanned foods library enhanced. Thanks.

The jury is still out because this is my first day using it. I fasted for 16 hours and then did the Inulin test which is one of the FODMAP test kits included. I followed it meticulously. My base line breath test was very high prior to starting the test. Within 15 minutes of starting the test (you do a breath test every 15 mins for 3 hrs) the breath test result dropped to very low and proceeded to for the nxt 8 or 9 breath tests. Then it jumped way up for the last few breath tests. I would think there would have been a more gradual progression either way. I guess I will continue to try and figure out what it means and I will keep testing with food and see if there is a discernible trend.

FoodMarble is super well-made. The design looks great. I love the user flows and the different workflows that walk me through each step. The device itself (AIRE2) is also very sleek and simple, pairs really well with FoodMarble , and seems to give consistent results. My one issue which might make the whole app and the concept moot due to the data being inaccurate is actual food logging. Food logging is one of the hardest things—I’ve never seen any app do it really well. As it’s the database and input of any food logging app that matters, this one really falls short. Ultimately, you need to know what’s inside of your food, all of the constituent ingredients, and the proportion that was consumed. What is 3oz of blueberries vs 1 cup vs handful? FoodMarble ’s food logging experience and database is extremely lacking and unintuitive—the scan-ingredients-to-text feature is buggy, adding bad characters and line breaks mid word. The barcode database regularly finds no match or has server errors. I think image recognition to identify a food and its ingredients could help, portion and ratio matching, and ingredient fill in using generative AI could really help. Other than that, it’s been super helpful to get in the habit of logging everything even if I don’t log food 100% accurately. I’m hoping my brain makes some connection with the foods triggering high gas output.

Why can’t I edit something from the notes?? So dumb. Could use more foods, and better ease of use to log meals, like option to repeat previous breakfast and lunch, etc. I saw that pop up once or twice but the option isn’t always there and goes away if you aren’t immediately ready to log. A lot of us with GI issues are forced to eat the same foods every day. I realize that it saves some meals, but the way it’s organized makes it difficult to tell which meal you are repeating since you can’t see the individual ingredients until you’ve selected it (sometimes there are slight variations to what I eat) or when it was last eaten. I usually end up putting it all back in manually since this function is awkward. Also, it seems you can’t edit a food once you’ve made a custom one? For example, I make my own yogurt and I added that food, but I’ve upped the intake on it and it defaults to the original portion size. Could be streamlined a lot. Sometimes I can test 5 minutes after my last test and get a much different result, so the accuracy is a little questionable. Overall, I do find it to be helpful to track my SIBO/LIBO.

I love the concept of FoodMarble and technology but the food tracking options are no where near where they need to be. Many foods and brands are not included and the units of measurements for foods are not US based. It really only makes sense if you are eating meals with 1 or 2 basic ingredients that are in their database. It's also not easy to ask questions or understand what your readings mean and they often don't make sense. For example- I had A very high methane reading followed by a very high hydrogen reading the next day after eating the exact same thing at the same time of day. It is good for showing how your symptoms trend over time after having meals - not sure about much insight beyond that.

What’s there is good, but there’s stuff that FoodMarble is lacking. There are some basic foods missing, like there is “macadamia milk” but not “macadamia nuts” - there’s even something like “fish tacos with lime and coriander mayo” so it’s odd that it’s then missing some basic foods. There’s no concept of supplements and medications in FoodMarble , you just have to put in everything as a meal. I also wish the meals could be time ranges, since you don’t eat a meal at 4:45 you eat at like 4:30-5, and timing matters. Plus, there’s no concept of like “a dash of garlic powder” as opposed to a full serving of garlic. I also wish the stool tracking was a bit more built out with sizes and an option to attach notes.

I’m excited to have the Food Marble to measure my hydrogen and methane in my gut after I eat for hours. It tells me how much of the FODMAPs are in my meals. And FoodMarble guided me through the intolerance test packets I purchased. Plus there’s a mode to custom test foods. So useful.

FoodMarble is a bit clunky when it comes to recording food. Maybe with time we’ll be able to upload a recipe from the internet and divide it by servings. As it is I am making recipes and dividing out the grams per ingredient in one serving. It’s a lot of work. But if I make a recipe they have in FoodMarble it will easily record.

Overall I am very grateful for this product and helpful app. I hope it continues to improve on the great work they have already done.

I just got my device yesterday, but I have been playing with FoodMarble for a couple days. Adding food to the log is a bit wonky. I noticed that adding multiple items to a meal takes time because the keyboard disappears for a moment causing. This causes me to have to research for a food if I go too fast. I also went to schedule a challenge for tomorrow morning, but it won’t let me pick 6am tomorrow when it is 8am today. Not all measurements are for the US. I had to add a food without a label, and I had to add the volume in grams instead of oz. Trying to edit a meal I already added wasn’t very intuitive. Took me a few minutes trying to figure out where to see my breakfast to make a change. I have been on a low FODMAP diet for 3 years. I now have a sucrose intolerance, so I got FoodMarble to help me identify specific FODMAPS that I can eat allowing me more food choices. I think the device is well worth the money, but navigating FoodMarble will take some time.

Incredibly helpful I decoding the mysteries of food intolerances. Provides an objective number to test individual foods (vs the subjectivity and pain of elimination does). My only issue with the device is that it only labels fodmap intolerances. I use it to track the same effects (increased hydrogen, fermentation in the gut) for non-fodmap intolerances, which means I am tracking foods that aren't labeled with the components I am intolerant of.

I’m on day 3 of using this device I never write reviews bit I’m finding this device of great benefit to me. The device itself seems to me to produce accurate information. FoodMarble is a little tricky to manage to start ( probably because I don’t read enough literature to o learn how to use it?) but now on day 3 I’m getting quicker, and finding it’s doing most of what I need it to do I just need to learn how to use it best. I consider this a great effort by the producers of this product, and it’s helping me become more conscious of which foods affect me in different ways. FINALLY I’m making a food log that I can reference. It is a bit time consuming but I think it’s worth it to try to isolate which foods, and carbs, fats, sugars etc are affecting my digestive system the most. I think the more work you put into keeping your records straight, the better the results well be for you.

Not sure I know how to fully interpret the readings. Ive just used it for 3 days today. When I eat I usually have a little methane and higher hydrogen levels. First thing on an empty stomach I have very high hydrogen 9.3 with no methane. Not sure if this means hydrogen dominant with methane too? So Im guessing I would need to treat both?
The device is easy to use and works quickly.

Just got my device and installed FoodMarble . After the first breath test FoodMarble started glitching. After letting the device warm up it would automatically shut itself off just as it was supposed to be ready to use. Then FoodMarble would say device not found. I tried it over and over again, disconnecting from Bluetooth, making sure my phone was fully charged, making sure the device was fully charged. Finally worked by restarting my phone. This is just fyi in case this happens to anyone else. Otherwise the device and app are working perfectly (once I got it to work!)

It is designed to identify foods that contribute to gut problems, based primarily on the FODMAP science. Using the device actually helps people learn about FODMAP diets, and the FODMAP ratings of foods. For many, eliminating foods that contribute to gut problems can help restore gut health.

Food Marble provides great background information via their blogs that help one learn even more.

Here is something of interest. My gut-health isn’t strongly related to high FODMAP foods. Even so, I can use the device to identify foods that are causing gut problems.

The device is relatively new and so there are improvements that can be made with it and on FoodMarble . I trust both will only get better than they are.

Thank you, Food Marble!

I so appreciate the data I am getting from using
my Aire 2 by Food Marble. I have been having GI issues for the last 6 months and since it’s been hard to get an appointment with a GI specialist, this tool gives me helpful data about which foods I digest well.