Food Sensitivity & Intolerance Test (200+)

Yes. It is an at-home test: you order online, the kit comes to your door by Royal Mail, you collect at home and the prepaid return takes it to the lab. No GP referral or clinic visit is needed. We send kits to any UK address, and international delivery is priced at checkout.

An allergy test looks for IgE antibodies, the immediate reactions that cause hives, swelling or anaphylaxis within minutes. This test looks for IgG antibodies, the delayed reactions that show up hours or days later as bloating, skin, headaches or tiredness, which is why they are so hard to trace by hand. If you follow a plant-based diet, the vegan and vegetarian versions of this panel test the foods you actually eat.

Often, yes. An elimination diet can only test the foods you suspect, one at a time, and reactions to a food eaten every day are the ones people miss. The panel tests more than 200 foods at once and grades each, so it can confirm the foods you suspected and show the ones you did not. It is also the quickest way to avoid cutting out foods you do not need to.

The test measures IgG antibodies to each food in a dried blood sample using a laboratory immunoassay, and reports a graded result rather than a simple positive or negative. IgG testing shows what your immune system has been exposed to and reacting to; it is a guide to which foods to trial removing, not a diagnosis of allergy, which is why a practitioner reads it against your diet and symptoms before anything is cut out. Like any lab test, the report is a snapshot of recent months.

No. The NHS tests for food allergy (IgE) when there is a history of immediate reactions, but it does not offer IgG food sensitivity panels. This is a private test ordered through a clinic. The price covers the kit, the lab analysis and your graded report; having the report interpreted is a separate, optional consultation.

Any morning, and ideally after a few weeks of eating your normal diet, because the test measures the foods your immune system has recently met; a food you have avoided for months may not register. Warm hands, prick the side of a fingertip with the lancet in the kit, fill the spots on the collection card, let it dry fully, then post it back with the prepaid return the same day or the next. Full instructions are in the kit.

Yes. Book a Lab Findings Review with us and a registered nutritional therapist will take you through every marker against your symptoms and history, whether you tested with us or elsewhere; bring your report to the session. If you then want a personalised plan, that is the Comprehensive Consultation.