Best At-Home Food Sensitivity Tests

Everlywell removes a lot of the work out of taking a food sensitivity test with this at-home kit. After receiving the kit in the mail, all you need is to follow the simple directions to collect a blood sample, quickly done with a single prick of a fingertip. Then, you return the sample for testing using a prepaid shipping label.

Everlywell says it only shares customer data with labs and its physicians and uses “bank grade” encryption to ensure your privacy when it comes to test results.

Once you receive your results, you will be able to see a range of food sensitivities for up to nearly 100 foods that you may want to try to remove via an elimination diet. This test is an excellent tool for taking the guesswork out of your food sensitivity discovery process. 

Everlywell's food sensitivity test costs about $199 and offers insights into what foods may be triggering symptoms like fatigue, stomach pain, bloating after eating, indigestion, migraines, and headaches.

Check My Body Health boasts that its food intolerance assessment is the most comprehensive food sensitivity test in the United States. The company uses recently developed technology to check your body for over 970 food and non-food sensitivities, making it one of the broadest tests on the global market. However. Check My Body uses bio-resonance testing, about which research is sparse.

The assessment measures potential sensitivities to food and drink, environmental triggers, heavy metals, minerals, vitamins A-K, and additives as well as metrics of gut health, and digestion. You'll get your results in as little as three days, plus free elimination diet advice, and a free food diary template.

The standard Complete Sensitivity kit (one test) costs $38, while the Complete Sensitivity Couples kit (two tests) is $60, and the Complete Sensitivity Family kit (four tests) is $110.

CRI Genetics test is an accurate and comprehensive at-home food sensitivity test. Created by scientists looking to improve people's lives, this assessment uses your DNA to decode your food sensitivities. The test won several awards for its accuracy in 2020 and is worth looking into if you suspect you're having food and drink allergy issues.

The company's Allergy + Health test costs about $199 and provides reports on your genetic risks for allergies to things like peanuts, eggs, dust mites, and dogs. The DNA guide helps you maximize your results with insights into diet and lifestyle changes you can make to suit your genetics. 

It's protected by an eight-week efficiency guarantee, meaning the company will ensure there is a quick turnaround time from when you buy the test to when you receive your report—or you'll get a refund. And, CRI Genetics will store your reports and DNA samples for as long as you want.

Founded by Aonghus Shortt in 2014, FoodMarble created the first-ever direct-to-consumer digestive tracker.

The company's food sensitivity test is the most similar to what a gastroenterologist would use in their office, in that it uses your breath to assess food intolerances. Hydrogen breath tests are the standard to test for intolerances for certain kinds of sugars such as lactose (found in dairy products) and fructose (found in fruits, some vegetables, and honey) that can cause conditions like IBS.  

FoodMarble sends you a breath test device that pairs with an app to help you make the best food choices. First, you log your food onto the app, and then you blow into the breath test device. The test tracks hydrogen levels in your breath, which indicates when your body is struggling to digest foods. The longer you track your foods and subsequent hydrogen levels, the more detailed analysis you will get.

Unlike other tests, FoodMarble’s breath test has been validated by other labs and uses effectively the same technology that gastroenterologists use. However, breath tests are only clinically used to detect a few specific intolerances and are not used to test for peanut intolerances, for example.

FoodMarble's digestive breath tracker costs about $159. You can also add a FODMAP program for about $29 to test some standard and hard-to-digest food components, including lactose, fructose, sorbitol, and inulin.

Founded in 2002, Request A Test is a leading name in direct-to-consumer lab tests. This testing company is one of the most affordable lab testing centers available to the public. Its popular Panel 1 tests a customer’s blood for 10 sensitivities that cause about 90% of all food allergies, including red meat, eggs, milk, shellfish, wheat (gluten), and peanuts. 

Request A Test allows customers to order the testing panel they want from a LabCorp or Quest lab. Next, you have to go to the lab to have your blood drawn. It will then be analyzed in a CLIA-certified lab (the regulatory gold standard) for antibodies that your body produces in response to foods to which you may be sensitive. Although the timeline is subject to the volume of testing happening at the local lab you choose, you will generally get results in just five to eight days. 

Request A Test's Food Allergy Panels range from about $149 to $209, while panels for specific allergies cost roughly $39 each.