Product Information
There are countless different food allergies and intolerances and almost as many tests to get to the bottom of them. Do you have unresolved complaints and don't know where to start? Then the cerascreen® food reaction test offers you a good initial orientation.
For this purpose, our laboratory measures the concentration of IgE and IgG4 antibodies in your blood. The test provides you with initial clues that you can pursue further. For a definitive diagnosis, you can clarify possible allergies with a doctor.
- Take a sample easily and conveniently at home
- Certified laboratory analysis after a few days
- Measurement of specific IgE and IgG4 antibodies
- Recommendations & tips that can be implemented directly
- Result within 1-2 working days after sample receipt
take a blood sample
With a lancet included with the food reaction test, you take a few drops of blood yourself and put them on a dried blood card.
You enter your test ID in your secure my cerascreen ® user account on our website or in our my cerascreen ® app. Then answer a few quick questions so we can give you personalized recommendations.
Send blood sample
Send the dried blood card with the blood sample to our diagnostics laboratory free of charge using the return envelope.
The advantages of the food reaction test
Food allergies and food intolerances can not only be responsible for gastrointestinal complaints . They often express themselves through symptoms such as tiredness, skin irritations and a burning sensation in the oral cavity . Without a test, it is often difficult to identify the causes of such symptoms in everyday life.
For the cerascreen® food reaction test, you don't have to drive to a practice or clinic and you don't have to wait for appointments. You will receive detailed, illustrated instructions and you can easily take the sample at home . You will then get an overview of the concentration of antibodies to certain foods.
Benefit from our expertise : cerascreen ® is the market leader for medical sampling and delivery kits in Europe, with 8 years of experience in the development and evaluation of tests. We have developed more than 50 approved send-in test kits (medical devices), evaluated 250,000 samples and ship to 19 countries.
What foods are tested for?
The cerascreen food allergy test examines the concentration of specific IgE antibodies to 26 different foods and the concentration of specific IgG4 antibodies to 38 different foods . The test thus covers the foods that are responsible for the majority of food allergies in Europe.
| food group | Tested foods | |
|---|---|---|
| IgG4 test | IgE test | |
| poultry | Chicken, turkey, egg white, yolk | chicken, egg white |
| Meat | Beef, Pork, Lamb | Beef, Pork, Lamb |
| Fish | Salmon, tuna, cod | salmon, cod |
| seafood | shrimp | shrimp, crab |
| Dairy products | cow's milk, casein | cow milk |
| Cereals containing gluten | Wheat, rye, spelt, gluten | Wheat |
|
Gluten free grain |
rice, oats | rice, potato |
| vegetables and potatoes | Potato, carrot, celery, tomato, onion | carrot, celery, tomato |
| seeds | Mustard | Mustard |
| yeasts | baker's yeast | |
| legumes | soy, peanut | |
| nuts | Hazelnut, Almond, Walnut, Peanut, Soy | hazelnut, almond |
| Fruit | Peach, Kiwi, Strawberry, Orange, Apple, Banana | Peach, Kiwi, Strawberry, Orange, Apple |
| Other | Coffee, pepper, sesame | |