🌈 Free Android App

40 Foods Challenge

– eat the rainbow –

Can you eat 40 different whole foods this week? Track your food variety, hit all 7 colour groups, and give your gut microbiome what it needs to thrive.

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You've heard of the 30 plants a week challenge. This goes further — 40 whole foods, across every colour of the rainbow, tracked in seconds.

Simple. Visual. Satisfying.

Tap a food, it's logged. Watch your rainbow fill up as the week goes on.

40 Foods Challenge Android app home screen – weekly food variety tracker showing unique foods logged and colour diversity progress bar

Track your week

40 Foods Challenge app showing a completed week – 40 out of 40 whole foods logged and all 7 rainbow colour groups achieved

Hit 40 & all 7 colours 🎉

40 Foods Challenge app food selection screen – browse and log from 300+ whole foods organised by category including fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains and herbs

300+ foods to choose from

"The single most important dietary change you can make is to increase the variety of plants you eat."
— Professor Tim Spector, gut microbiome researcher & author of Spoon-Fed

Why it works

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

No calorie counting. No meal plans. Just a simple weekly variety challenge backed by science.

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The 40 Foods Challenge

Eat 40 different whole foods each week. Fruits, veggies, grains, nuts, seeds, herbs — they all count. Reset every week and try to beat your score.

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Eat the Rainbow

Track food across 7 colour categories — red, orange, yellow, green, purple, white, and brown. Each colour group feeds different gut bacteria.

Log in Seconds

Browse 300+ whole foods organised by category. Tap to log, tap again to remove. Mark your staples as favourites for even faster logging.

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Weekly History

See how your food variety improves week by week. Keep a streak going. Challenge yourself to try something new each week.

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Daily Reminders

An optional evening nudge to log what you ate today. Gentle, not nagging — just enough to keep the habit going.

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Free to Use

Fully free with optional ad removal for a one-time purchase. No subscription. No paywall hiding core features. Just the app.

How it works

Three steps. Takes about 30 seconds a day.

1

Download the app

Free on Android. No sign-up, no account needed. Open it and you're ready to go.

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Log what you eat

Browse by category — fruits, veggies, grains, nuts, herbs and more. Tap each food you've eaten.

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Watch your rainbow grow

Your weekly progress bar fills up as you go. Try to hit 40 foods and all 7 colours before Sunday.

Free Download

Start your first week today.

Your gut will thank you in about 3–4 days.

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FROM THE BLOG

The science behind the challenge

What the research actually says about food diversity, gut health, and eating the rainbow.

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The Challenge

The 40 Foods Challenge: what it is and why it works

The science behind food diversity, gut microbiome health, and why variety matters more than any single superfood.

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Gut Health

How to eat 30 plants a week — and why we challenge you to go further

Tim Spector's recommendation explained, with practical tips — and the case for pushing beyond 30 to 40 whole foods.

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Food Science

Eat the rainbow: what food colours really mean for your gut health

Why different colours in food represent different plant chemicals — and why all 7 colour groups matter for a healthy microbiome.

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