While Prime Day 2023 doesn’t officially start until July 11, there are plenty of early deals dropping the prices across coveted categories like tech, home and fitness equipment. Not to mention the other major retailer “anti-Prime Day” sales that you won’t want to miss.
One area you may not consider shopping for during Prime Day is wellness essentials like at-home food sensitivity tests. These testing kits are designed to assess your body’s immune response to a selection of foods, telling you a lot about your body. You’ll likely be able to snag various food sensitivity testing kits for less. Here’s what to know.
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Should you buy a food sensitivity test on Prime Day 2023?
Some of the most popular options — like 5Strands and Ucari — have increased in price over the last few years. The drops in price typically aren’t lower than past average prices. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get a good deal. We researched pricing over the last few years and found the threshold of what we consider a “good deal” for the top brands on Amazon.
Everlywell is one of the biggest brands for at-home testing. As a result, the pricing has shot up and dropped several times over the last few years. The average price for an over the last year has been around $130. The lowest point in 2021 was $80.98. Anything under the average of $130 is a good deal. Hopefully, we’ll see a price closer to the lowest point.
In 2021, the baseline price of the increased to $88, though it hasn’t gone past that point in the last year. The lowest price was back in 2020 at $48.96. However, this was before the price increase in January of 2021. While you may not be able to get a 5Strands food intolerance test for that low, drops in the past year suggest that anything under $75 is a good deal.