Vegetarian and vegan diets rely on a narrower range of protein sources than omnivorous diets. Legumes, grains, nuts, seeds, and soy products often feature in multiple meals each day, which means your immune system encounters these proteins frequently. Standard Western food panels tend to focus on dairy, eggs, wheat, and common animal proteins, leaving many plant-based staples untested.
This 96-food IgG panel is designed specifically for people following a plant-based diet. It covers the foods most commonly consumed by vegetarians and vegans, including a range of legumes, grains, nuts, seeds, soy products, and other ingredients that may not appear on general food sensitivity panels.
IgG antibodies indicate immune exposure to a food, not necessarily a clinical problem. Frequently consumed, well-tolerated foods often produce elevated IgG simply because the immune system encounters them regularly. The value of this testing lies in using the results as a starting point for structured elimination and reintroduction under practitioner supervision, rather than treating them as a list of foods to permanently avoid.
This is particularly relevant for plant-based eaters because removing too many foods at once risks nutritional gaps, especially around protein, iron, zinc, and B vitamins. Your practitioner can use the results alongside your symptom history to prioritise a manageable number of eliminations while ensuring your diet remains balanced throughout the process.
The test uses a blood spot sample collected at home. Continue eating your usual diet before testing so results reflect your current exposure patterns.
Suited to vegetarians or vegans who want to map immune exposure across their most frequently consumed plant foods and use the results in a practitioner-guided elimination protocol.
