200+ Food IgG Sensitivity, Blood Spot

Clinical Utility

This test provides a quantitative result for the presence of IgG food-specific antibodies to over 200 foods from a single finger prick blood sample.

Method

ELISA

Method Description

Food extracts are ‘printed’ onto nitrocellulose pads on a glass microscope slide, together with calibration standards and controls for each patient. Each food is tested in duplicate. A blood sample provided by the patient is diluted and dispensed onto each printed microarray. Food IgG antibodies, if present, bind to the food extracts and the results are measured by a high-resolution scanner, before being calibrated against the standards using a reporting software to give quantitative results. This software then produces a tailor-made report of the final food IgG antibody result for each food on the requested food panel.

Result Included

• Dairy & Eggs: alpha-lactalbumin, beta-lactoglobulin, casein, buffalo milk, cow’s milk, goat milk, sheep milk, egg white, and egg yolk.
• Fish & Seafood: alga espaguette, alga spirulina, alga wakame, anchovy, barnacle, bass, carp, caviar, clam, cockle, cod, crab, cuttlefish, dorado, eel, haddock, hake, herring, lobster, mackerel, monkfish, mussel, octopus, oyster, perch, pike, plaice, razor clam, salmon, sardine, scallop, shrimp/prawn, sole, squid, swordfish, trout, tuna, turbot, and winkle.
• Fruits: apple, apricot, avocado, banana, blackberry, blackcurrant, blueberry, cherry, cranberry, date, fig, grape (black/red/white), grapefruit, guava, kiwi, lemon, lime, lychee, mango, melon (honeydew), mulberry, nectarine, olive, orange, papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, pomegranate, raisin, raspberry, redcurrant, rhubarb, strawberry, tangerine, tomato, and watermelon.
• Grains: amaranth, barley, buckwheat, corn (maize), couscous, durum wheat, flax seed, gliadin, malt, millet, oat, polenta, quinoa, rice, rye flour, spelt, transglutaminase, wheat, and wheat bran.
• Herbs & Spices: aloe vera, aniseed, basil, bayleaf, camomile, cayenne, cinnamon, clove, coriander (leaf), cumin, curry (mixed spices), dill, garlic, ginger, ginkgo, ginseng, hops, liquorice, marjoram, mint, mustard seed, nettle, nutmeg, parsley, peppercorns (black/white), peppermint, red chilli, rosemary, saffron, sage, tarragon, thyme, and vanilla.
• Meats: beef, billy goat, chicken, duck, horse, lamb, ostrich, ox, partridge, pork, quail, rabbit, turkey, veal, venison, and wild boar.
• Nuts & Seeds: almond, brazil nut, cashew nut, coconut, hazelnut, macadamia nut, peanut, pine nut, pistachio, tiger nut, and walnut.
• Vegetables: amaranth, artichoke, asparagus, aubergine, bean (broad), bean (green), bean (red kidney), bean (white haricot), beetroot, broccoli, brussel sprout, cabbage, cabbage (red), caper, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chard, chickpea, chicory, cucumber, fennel (leaf), gourd (squash), leek, lentil, lettuce, marrow, onion, pea, peppers (mixed), potato, radish, rocket, shallot, soya bean, spinach, sweet potato, turnip, watercress, and yucca.
• Others: agar agar, cane sugar, carob, chestnut, cocoa bean, coffee, cola nut, honey, mushroom, rapeseed, sesame seed, sunflower seed, tapioca, tea (black), tea (green), yeast (baker’s), and yeast (brewer’s).

Test Location

CanAlt Health Labs

Turnaround Time

8 Days

Sample Report

Sample Report

Last Updated

2025-03-10