About the Group


 Our Mission:

“To improve consumers’ health and quality of life by offering innovative evidence-based and personalised nutritional information and support.”  

 
YORKTEST Laboratories Ltd. has been in operation since 1982 and provides a specialist personal health laboratory testing service. 
 
Based on York Science Park, the company has enjoyed impressive and sustained growth over the last few years as the market leader in food intolerance testing. 
 
With almost 30 years experience, we have become market leaders in the field of food intolerance and our Tests offer an extended health analysis service.
 
YorkTest Laboratories have an office in Ireland in Bray, Co. Wicklow and have been working together with Irish clients since 2005.  Sonja Waters and Lillian O'Toole run the Irish office and would welcome any queries you may have about the tests.
 
Our Achievements:
We have received recognition and many accreditations including:
Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation
SMART Awards from the DTI
Fast 50 growth company in the region
Certification ISO9001:2000
Certification ISO13485:2003
European Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC
European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive 98/79/EC
Commitment to quality and credibility is something that is of great importance to YORKTEST.  The foodSCAN food intolerance tests are the flagship tests and the company is dedicated to putting the range forward for clinical trials and scientific validation. 
 
YORKTEST has received recognition and a number of accolades from many leading organisations for innovation and quality, including: three SMART awards from the Department of Trade & Industry; ISO9001:2000 and ISO13485:2003 Quality Management Certification; and an award for being one of the ‘FAST 50’ growth companies in the region.  The most recent and most significant accolade has been the 2004 Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation – this is a great honour and something of which the company is very proud.
 

YorkTest Laboratories is Europe’s leading provider of food intolerance programmes with over 29 years’ experience, and is recommended by leading medical charity Allergy UK and Allergy Counts, Charlemont Clinic Dublin.
 
According to Allergy UK, as many as 45%* of the population suffers from food intolerance which, whilst not life threatening, can make all aspects of life very uncomfortable for sufferers.