Gut Microbiome Testing
Take Control of Your Gut Health
Get the answers you need with our two at-home testing kits:
- Core Gut Insights Kit
A focused look at the essentials of your digestive health, microbiome balance, and personalized nutrition - Complete Microbiome Kit
For those who want the full picture, including advanced insights into how your gut influences your mood, metabolism, and more
We’ve partnered with GutID™ to give you exclusive discounts on select kits
- Get a clear picture of your internal ecosystem and its impact on your digestion, immunity, and mood
- Our test identifies all bacteria present in an individual's microbiome down to the strain level.
Find Your Perfect Fit
Compare reports to find the kit best for your needs
Microbiome Composition
Microbiome Score (<60): Indicates bacterial composition issues, calculated from key metrics like diversity, pathogen levels, and the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio.
Key Metrics: Pathogen percentages and antibiotic resistance genes (Resistome) should be low. A diverse bacterial population (shown in the Target Plot) is ideal.
Review & Worst: Shows how many areas differ from a healthy population and identifies the single biggest negative factor for your score.
Beneficial Bacteria
Check for key deficiencies of beneficial bacteria (Akkermansia, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus).
For Akkermansia: Increase FOS & polyphenols (berries, nuts, leafy greens); reduce saturated fat and alcohol.
For Lactobacillus & Bifidobacterium: Consider targeted probiotic supplements.
Gut Systems Bacterial Groups
Clinical Conditions: Screens for bacterial patterns associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Metabolic Markers: Evaluates the efficiency of Bile Acids (BAs) Metabolism and the production levels of compounds like Trimethylamine (TMA) and Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which can impact overall health if unbalanced.
Nutrient and Dietary Component Metabolism
FODMAP Tolerance: It evaluates your potential for sensitivity to fermentable carbs (FODMAPs) and how actively your bacteria ferment them.
Nutrient Synthesis: It analyzes your microbiome’s production of beneficial compounds, including indole for gut health and essential B vitamins.
Metabolic Capacity: The report provides a score that summarizes your microbiome’s overall efficiency in these metabolic functions.
*This test is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.
Microbiome Scoring Factors
Community Structure: It assesses the balance and robustness of your microbiome through measures of Resilience, Richness, Evenness, and Beta Diversity (how your microbiome compares to others).
Bacterial Groups: It examines the ratio of major phyla (Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes) and the abundance of less desirable groups like Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, and specific Pathogens.
Functional Capacity: It provides an Antibiotic Resistome Score to gauge the level of antibiotic resistance genes and identifies your Enterotype (your dominant bacterial community type).
Beneficial Bacteria
Check for key deficiencies of beneficial bacteria (Akkermansia, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus).
For Akkermansia: Increase FOS & polyphenols (berries, nuts, leafy greens); reduce saturated fat and alcohol.
For Lactobacillus & Bifidobacterium: Consider targeted probiotic supplements.
Gut-Brain & Gut-Gastrointestinal Axis
Gut-Brain Axis: Assesses how your gut bacteria may influence mood disorders and neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease risk.
(Akkermansia, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus).
Gut-Gastrointestinal Axis: Evaluates your microbiome’s association with digestive disorders, including IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth), and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease).
Metabolic Function: Measures the activity of bacteria involved in Bile Acid (BAs) Metabolism, a process important for gut and systemic health.
Gut-Metabolism Axis
Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome: It evaluates bacterial patterns associated with weight regulation, inflammation, and cholesterol levels.
Blood Sugar Control: It measures the influence of your microbiome on insulin signaling and glucose homeostasis related to Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) risk.
Liver Health: It screens for bacteria and metabolites (like TMAO) connected to the development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
Gut-Heart & Gut-Immune Axis
Gut-Heart Axis: Assesses bacterial contributions to Hypertension (HTN), Atherosclerosis risk, and the production of Trimethylamine (TMA), a compound linked to heart disease.
Gut-Immune Axis: Evaluates your microbiome’s role in systemic inflammation through LPS Production and its connection to immune-related conditions like Eczema & Atopic Dermatitis and Histamine levels.
Nutrient and Dietary Component Metabolism
Carbohydrate Tolerance: It provides a FODMAP Sensitivity Score and assesses FODMAP Fermentation levels to gauge how you digest certain fermentable carbs.
Beneficial Metabolites: It evaluates the production of Indole, a compound important for gut barrier integrity.
Vitamin Synthesis: It measures your microbiome’s capacity to produce essential B Vitamins.
*This test is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.
*This test is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.
Choose Your Test
GutID™ Core Gut Insights Kit
The Core Gut Insight (CGI) kit analyzes (a stool) sample to provide high-resolution, accurate gut microbiome data down to strain level and insights into your digestive and overall health.
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$319
$399
Must be 18+ to activate and register this kit.
What This Test Measures
- Microbiome Composition Analysis Identifies diversity, richness, evenness, and resilience, as well as the presence of beneficial bacteria, pathogens, and the antibiotic resistome
- Gut Health Indicators Highlights potential concerns related to gastrointestinal health, including IBS, SIBO, IBD, gut mucosa integrity, and barrier function.
- Metabolic Insights Provides clues for how a microbial imbalance may be influencing the metabolism of nutrients and other dietary components.
What’s In The Test Kit
- Collection Tube
- Activation Card
- Instruction Manual
- Stool Catcher Strips
- Sample Bag
- Pre-paid Sample Return Bag
Easy-to-use, at-home stool testing kit provides step-by-step instructions for at-home sample collection for microbiome analysis.
Reliable: Accuracy and Precision You Can Trust
- Our advanced technology ensures unparalleled accuracy at the sub-strain level, setting a new standard in gut microbiome analysis.
- We leverage a patented, advanced Amplicon sequencing method, combined with AI/ML-driven data analysis, to detect and differentiate even the smallest variations in microbial composition.
- This cutting-edge approach allows us to provide high-resolution, research-grade insights, ensuring you receive the most precise and trustworthy results available.
Easy: Simple, Quick and Mess-Free
- Collect your sample in just 5 minutes from the comfort of your home using our intuitive, mess-free collection kit.
- No complicated steps, just a seamless experience designed for your convenience.
Actionable: Insights You Can Apply
- Your personalized report includes clear, science-backed dietary, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations tailored to your unique microbiome.
- Take meaningful steps toward optimizing your gut health with recommendations designed to fit your lifestyle.
How to Interpret the GutID™ Report
GutID™ Complete Microbiome Kit
The Complete Microbiome Assessment (CMA) kit analyzes (a stool) sample to provide high-resolution, accurate gut microbiome data down to strain level and insights into your digestive and overall health.
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$499
$599
Must be 18+ to activate and register this kit.
What This Test Measures
Identifies additional Gut Axes information in addition to all the information from the Core Gut Insight (CGI) test.
- Microbiome diversity, richness, evenness and resilience
- Antibiotic resistome, beneficial bacteria and pathogens related to inflammation risk
- Gut health (IBS, SIBO, IBD), metabolism, gut mucosa and barrier function
- Nutrient and dietary metabolism
- Gut-Brain Axis including Mood Disorders, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases Risk
- Gut-Metabolism Axis including Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
- Gut-Heart Axis including Hypertension and Atherosclerosis
- Gut-Immune Axis including Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
What’s In The Test Kit
- Collection Tube
- Activation Card
- Instruction Manual
- Stool Catcher Strips
- Sample Bag
- Pre-paid Sample Return Bag
Easy-to-use, at-home stool testing kit provides step-by-step instructions for at-home sample collection for microbiome analysis.
Reliable: Accuracy and Precision You Can Trust
- Our advanced technology ensures unparalleled accuracy at the sub-strain level, setting a new standard in gut microbiome analysis.
- We leverage a patented, advanced Amplicon sequencing method, combined with AI/ML-driven data analysis, to detect and differentiate even the smallest variations in microbial composition.
- This cutting-edge approach allows us to provide high-resolution, research-grade insights, ensuring you receive the most precise and trustworthy results available.
Easy: Simple, Quick and Mess-Free
- Collect your sample in just 5 minutes from the comfort of your home using our intuitive, mess-free collection kit.
- No complicated steps, just a seamless experience designed for your convenience.
Actionable: Insights You Can Apply
- Your personalized report includes clear, science-backed dietary, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations tailored to your unique microbiome.
- Take meaningful steps toward optimizing your gut health with recommendations designed to fit your lifestyle.
How to Interpret the GutID™ Report
How It Works
Taking control of your gut health has never been easier.
With advanced testing, you’ll get accurate and comprehensive insights and personalized recommendations—all from the comfort of your home.
In just 5 simple steps, you’ll unlock the key to feeling your best.
Common Questions
1. Why is gut microbiome health important?
2. Why should I test my gut microbiome?
A microbiome test helps you understand the unique balance of bacteria in your gut and how it affects your digestion, metabolism, and overall health. GutID’s test provides science-backed recommendations tailored to your gut health, empowering you to make informed choices about your nutrition and overall wellness.
3. Are these tests right for me?
4. Who can use these gut health test kits?
These tests are designed for everyone, whether you're in good health or managing health concerns. While there are no age restrictions for using the kit, individuals must be 18 or older to activate and register the test.
5. How do the kits work?
Each kit will contain a barcoded collection tube. Follow the instructions to collect your fecal sample from the comfort of your own home and ship it back to us in the pre-paid envelope. The sample is shipped to a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory in the US and will be processed using the patented Intus Bio technology. Your results will be emailed to you within four to six weeks.
6. What is the sample type?
Both tests use your fecal (stool) sample to identify the bacteria that is present in your gut.
7. What information will GutID provide me?
The gut report will discover the bacteria that live in your gut. As part of the test you will receive a comprehensive report outlining:
- An overall gut microbiome health score on a scale of 0 to 100
- Executive summary including key microbiome health metrics.
- Gut health flagged areas and pathogen profiles Personalized recommendations for foods and supplements that are helpful for your specific microbiome.
8. How long will it take to process my test sample?
Once our lab receives a sample and it passes QC (quality control), processing typically takes 3-4 weeks to yield results.
Your results will be then uploaded into your gut test portal account, in addition to an email notification letting you know they are available for you to view.
9. How can I view my results?
Your results will be emailed to the email address provided when the test is registered.
10. Will temperature or time affect the sample collection kit?
The sample collection tube contains a preservative that allows the sample to be stable for up to 2 years at room temperature. There is no refrigeration required once the sample is collected. It can be stored at room temperature until you can to ship it back to us. We provide a pre-paid shipping envelope; there is no special shipping required.
11. Gut microbiome: What is it?
There are trillions of microorganisms living in your gut: bacteria, viruses and fungi. They all share the same space and often nutrients, so sometimes they fight for a comfortable spot! Thankfully, most live peacefully in our gut and other digestive organs without causing any problems for us, the host, or each other.
The whole set of microorganisms living in a specific environment is called microbiota, while the collection of their genomes (so their DNA) is called microbiome. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but they don't mean the same.
The GutID tests only detect the bacteria living in your gut, which make up more than 90% of the entire microbiota. Even though viruses and fungi can affect the host health, bacteria have the biggest impact.
So, our GutID tests are bacterial microbiome tests that identify all bacterial species and strains present in a stool sample.
12. Are the GutID tests a diagnostic test?
No, our microbiome tests and analysis are used to identify which bacteria live in the gut, to assess whether they are in an abnormal abundance (more or less than expected) and to spot potential issues associated with certain bacteria. This test is not intended to diagnose any condition, including IBS.
There are several intestinal but also systemic health issues that can be caused by abnormalities in the quantity and type of gut bacteria, so these tests can help your clinician decide if supporting your gut microbiome will help.
13. Do the GutID tests detect SIBO?
A breath test is required to diagnose Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), so our microbiome test is not a replacement. However, research has shown that bacteria associated with SIBO can also be detected in stool. The GutID test identifies bacteria linked to SIBO that may be overrepresented in your gut.
14. Do the GutID tests measure calprotectin or other intestinal biomarkers?
No, our tests are exclusively microbiome-focused, so we don't check for calprotectin, occult blood, metabolites, or other inflammatory biomarkers. Nevertheless, our in-depth microbiome fingerprinting analysis suggests which functions and areas of your gut are strongly impacted by your microbiome. Our summary sections have been conceived to guide you and help you understand which intestinal functions may be out of balance and why.
15. What’s the difference between a culture-based test, a qPCR test and a complete microbiome test?
If your doctor suspects you have some nasty intestinal infections, they might suggest you have a stool test that cultures specific bacteria or looks for parasites. However, several long-term intestinal symptoms are caused by more bacteria than can usually grow (culture) in the lab. Other tests use a molecular technique called qPCR to identify just a few key bacteria in the gut. The GutID test is the only one that can detect any bacteria in your stool, even if they've never been cultured or recognized before!
16. Are the GutID tests HSA/FSA eligible?
Yes, depending on your provider, GutID may be eligible to be covered under the HSA/FSA. You may be required to submit a letter of medical necessity from your provider. You can also submit your order confirmation as an itemized receipt for HSA/FSA reimbursement. Please note that some HSA/FSA benefits coordinators might incorrectly deny reimbursement – so before purchasing one of the above products, you should consider checking first with your benefits coordinator to determine if your purchases will be covered/reimbursed.
17. Refund Policy
Test Kits
Due to the medical nature of our test kits, we cannot accept returns. All sales are final unless your order has not yet been prepared.
- Order Cancellations:
- If canceled within 24 hours, you will receive a full refund minus a 3% processing fee.
- After preparation begins, orders cannot be canceled or refunded.
To Request a Cancellation: Email GutID’s customer care team at ask@gutid.com. Refunds are processed within 5–10 days after we receive your request.
Retail Purchases
If you purchased a test kit from a retail store or an authorized clinic or seller, GutID cannot issue refunds or credits. Refunds must be handled directly by the retailer.
Damaged or Defective Kits
If your test kit or its essential components arrive damaged or defective, you may request a free replacement from GutID, provided:
- You haven’t submitted a sample using the original kit.
- The kit has not expired.
- A replacement is available.
Damage caused by customer error (e.g., incorrect shipping address) does not qualify for a free replacement.
Please contact GutID for any remaining refund questions here.
18. My sample collection kit is damaged
It is important that the preservative in the sample collection tube remain intact. If there were any issues in shipping or handling, please contact us at ask@gutid.com and we will send you a replacement.
19. My sample collection tube was contaminated
It is important that the feces catcher remain clean and not be contaminated by urine or toilet water. If there was an issue with the sample collection, please contact us at ask@gutid.com.
20. Lost my prepaid shipping envelope
Please contact ask@gutid.com if there are any issues with shipping.
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GutID, created by Intus Bio, is a next-generation gut-microbiome test that delivers strain-level resolution and actionable insights powered by the Titan-1 platform and AI-driven analysis. Designed for consumers, patients, and clinicians alike, GutID combines precision, repeatability, and clarity to help you understand and optimize your gut health for better overall wellness. Disclaimer of Liability: The GutID Core Gut Insights US and Complete Microbiome Assessment US tests are developed, validated, and owned by Intus Bio (marketed as GutID). CompareMedsRx does not manufacture, develop, or claim ownership of these tests, the underlying Titan-1 platform, or any associated intellectual property. All intellectual property rights, clinical validation, and test-related data are the sole responsibility of Intus Bio/GutID. CompareMedsRx acts solely as an authorized retailer and facilitator of access to these tests. Any questions or concerns regarding the test’s methodology, scientific basis, technology, accuracy, interpretation of specific results, or performance should be directed to Intus Bio/GutID. By purchasing this test, you acknowledge that CompareMedsRx shall not be held liable for the test's performance, the accuracy or interpretation of results, any health-related outcomes, or any actions taken based on the information provided by the test. For test-specific support, please contact GutID directly.