The food intolerance testing space is full of options. Hair testing. Breath testing. Skin scratch testing. Some of them are cheap. Some are available at health food stores. Not all of them are worth your time or your money.
Knowing what separates a trusted food intolerance test from the rest means understanding what the testing is actually measuring and how the results translate into something genuinely useful.
Blood Serum Versus Everything Else
Hair testing for food intolerances has no credible scientific basis. There are no IgG antibodies in hair. Results from hair testing are not reproducible and not clinically meaningful.
Breath testing identifies lactose intolerance through hydrogen measurement, which is a different mechanism entirely and not relevant to IgG-mediated reactions.
Skin prick and scratch testing identifies IgE-mediated immediate allergies, not IgG delayed sensitivities. Useful for its purpose, not the same thing.
ImuPro uses blood serum ELISA testing. Blood serum is the established gold standard for IgG antibody measurement. It’s stable, reproducible, and scientifically documented across decades of immunological research.
Understanding What’s Being Measured
IgG antibodies are part of your delayed immune response. When you consume a food your immune system has developed a sensitivity to, IgG antibodies are produced. This triggers low-grade inflammation that can manifest as bloating, IBS, fatigue, headaches, joint pain, skin conditions, and difficulty managing weight.
The reaction is delayed by hours to days, which is why standard elimination diets are so difficult. By the time you feel the effect, you’ve eaten the trigger food well in the past.
The 270-Food Coverage
ImuPro’s Complete test screens 270 individual foods. This includes eight categories most tests miss entirely. Herbs and spices. Tea and coffee. Sweeteners. Preservatives. Thickening agents. Candida albicans. Alternatives to common allergens so you know which substitutes are actually safe for you specifically.
This is important because food sensitivities are individual. Two people can both avoid gluten but react completely differently to rice, oats, or millet. Testing all the alternatives means your diet after the test is genuinely personalised rather than based on general avoidance advice.
What Comes With the Results
A trusted test doesn’t stop at results. The ImuPro Complete test comes with a report covering all 270 foods categorised into not elevated, elevated, and highly elevated. You also receive personalised nutritional guidelines walking you through the three-phase elimination protocol, and a recipe booklet built around your specific non-reactive foods.
The three phases, elimination, provocation, and stabilisation, are structured to give your immune system a genuine reset. During provocation, you reintroduce eliminated foods one by one to identify which are confirmed triggers and which elevated foods you can tolerate in rotation.
Scientific Oversight
ImuPro’s International Scientific Advisory Board, established in 2013, includes medical doctors and scientists from seven countries. The laboratory work happens in Germany to certified quality standards. Australia and New Zealand distribution has been running since 2005.
This isn’t a wellness product with loose claims attached. It’s a diagnostic tool backed by a methodology that can be examined and scrutinised.
No Referral, No Waiting Rooms
Order online. Receive your kit. Get blood drawn at a nearby pathology centre using the provided form. Send the serum back. Results follow.
Children over 12 months can be tested. Vegetarian testing is available. A histamine intolerance test can be added to the same blood sample for a combined result.
If you’ve been spending money on supplements and elimination diets without a clear picture of what’s actually driving your symptoms, 1300 481 151 is worth a call first.
