Food Allergy Testing

Your allergist may recommend allergy tests, such as a skin test or blood test to determine if you have a food allergy. In an allergy skin test for a food, a very small drop of a liquid food extract, one for each food needing to be tested, is placed on the skin. The skin is then lightly pricked.Food allergy testing generally relies on seeing if your blood produces immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies in response to certain foods