{"id":410,"date":"2025-08-15T07:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:44:42","slug":"taking-the-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/taking-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking The Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<section class=\"pt-6 pb-6 lg:pt-8 lg:pb-8 \" id=\"\" data-section=\"breadcrumbs\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"flex\">\n            <nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"pt-0 pb-10 lg:pt-0 lg:pb-10 \" id=\"\" data-block=\"heading-and-text\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-6\">\n                            <h1 class=\"text-5xl lg:text-[70px] leading-[1.2]\">\n                    How to Take A Food Sensitivity or Allergy Test At-Home\n                <\/h1>\n            \n                            <div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n                    <p>YorkTest offers a complete home-to-laboratory service for all tests. Your kit is mailed to you with a return envelope included for you to mail your sample back to us. Once your sample has been tested, your results are sent to you.<\/p>\n<h2>Taking The Food Sensitivity Test<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-410-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/US-PFST-How-It-Works-WEB.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/US-PFST-How-It-Works-WEB.mp4\">https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/US-PFST-How-It-Works-WEB.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Taking the Food Allergy Test<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-410-2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/US-Allergy-How-It-Works-WEB-1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/US-Allergy-How-It-Works-WEB-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/US-Allergy-How-It-Works-WEB-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"two-column-image-video-and-text overflow-x-hidden bg-white pt-10 pb-10 lg:pt-20 lg:pb-20 \" id=\"\" data-block=\"two-column-image-video-and-text\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid grid-cols-3 sm:grid-cols-6 lg:grid-cols-12 gap-6 lg:gap-10\">\n            <div class=\"col-span-3 sm:col-span-6 flex flex-col justify-center gap-6 order-2  lg:order-2   \">\n                \n                                    <h2 class=\" text-2xl lg:text-5xl  leading-[1.2] text-yt-black \">\n                        How does the test work?\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"wysiwyg text-yt-black \">\n                        <p>Once you\u2019ve placed your order, we will send you a kit containing everything you need to supply us with a small blood sample. This involves a simple prick of the finger with a small, sterilized lancet, which you can carry out in the comfort of your own home. You then mail this sample to our laboratory in the pre-paid envelope provided and we\u2019ll do the rest!<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"col-span-3 sm:col-span-6 order-1    lg:order-1 \">\n                                    <div class=\"rounded-2xl overflow-hidden   h-full  \">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Premium-kit-box-components-1-102-1.jpg\"\n                            srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Premium-kit-box-components-1-102-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Premium-kit-box-components-1-102-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Premium-kit-box-components-1-102-1.jpg 1024w\"\n                            sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 450px\"\n                            alt=\"\"\n                            loading=\"lazy\"\n                            width=\"1024\"\n                            height=\"1024\"\n                            class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center sm:object-top lg:object-center\"\n                            title=\"Premium-kit-box-components-1-102 (1)\"\n                        >\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"two-column-image-video-and-text overflow-x-hidden bg-white pt-10 pb-10 lg:pt-20 lg:pb-20 \" id=\"\" data-block=\"two-column-image-video-and-text\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid grid-cols-3 sm:grid-cols-6 lg:grid-cols-12 gap-6 lg:gap-10\">\n            <div class=\"col-span-3 sm:col-span-6 flex flex-col justify-center gap-6 order-2  lg:order-1    items-center \">\n                \n                                    <h2 class=\" text-xl lg:text-3xl  leading-[1.2] text-yt-bright-teal  text-center \">\n                        How accurate are the results?\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"wysiwyg text-yt-black  text-center \">\n                        <p>We are proud to say that our laboratory has a &gt;98% reproducibility rate. This means that, on average, two separate tests carried out with the same person\u2019s sample (taken on the same day) will correlate with each other &gt;98% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Our laboratory is regularly audited by independent authorities, staffed by fully trained and highly qualified scientists and uses the very latest equipment and procedures to ensure the utmost accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>The laboratory team is overseen by our Pioneer of Food Intolerance Testing, in collaboration with the University of York, Dr Gill Hart, who has been with us since 2005. Dr Hart is a leading UK biochemist and an expert in food intolerance who is passionate about scientific innovation. She has over 30 years of experience in the development and validation of diagnostic tests and testing services.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"col-span-3 sm:col-span-6 order-1  lg:col-span-5   lg:col-start-8  \">\n                                    <div class=\"rounded-2xl overflow-hidden   sm:w-1\/2 lg:w-full lg:h-[400px] xl:h-[450px]   mx-auto \">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/PFIT-Test-Results-Mock-up-2-600x.jpg\"\n                            srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/PFIT-Test-Results-Mock-up-2-600x-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/PFIT-Test-Results-Mock-up-2-600x.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/PFIT-Test-Results-Mock-up-2-600x.jpg 1024w\"\n                            sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 450px\"\n                            alt=\"\"\n                            loading=\"lazy\"\n                            width=\"600\"\n                            height=\"600\"\n                            class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center sm:object-top lg:object-center\"\n                            title=\"PFIT-Test-Results-Mock-up-2-600x\"\n                        >\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89694,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions\/89694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorktest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}