Alletess Medical Laboratory

What Alletess Medical Laboratory does

Founded in 1980 by Thomas J. Healey and incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Alletess Medical Laboratory is a privately held, CLIA-certified clinical laboratory headquartered in a 40,000-square-foot facility in Rockland, Massachusetts. The company specializes in allergy, food sensitivity, autoimmune, and gastrointestinal diagnostic testing, serving licensed US healthcare providers who order tests on behalf of patients under a B2B model, with a secondary direct-to-consumer channel through the Ulta Lab Tests marketplace. Customers include physicians, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians using the registered provider portal; patients without provider referrals can self-purchase certain panels. Following a 2013 ownership transition from founder Thomas Healey to his daughter Veronica Kent, the company executed a major capacity expansion in 2017 by relocating into a purpose-built 40,000 sq ft laboratory in Rockland, MA.

Alletess's core technology is Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), which quantifies IgE, IgG, IgA, and IgM antibody responses against defined food, environmental, mold, and infectious antigens. Specimens are collected via serum blood draw or finger-stick dried blood spot and shipped under prepaid FedEx labels. The product portfolio spans more than twenty panels, including IgE food allergy panels, IgG/IgA food sensitivity panels at 96, 184, and 205 antigens, regional seasonal inhalant panels, expanded mold immunoreactivity panels, tick-induced alpha-gal allergy testing, vaccine component panels, allergen component (component-resolved diagnostics) testing, celiac and gluten-related disorder profiles, Candida and H. pylori panels, and a combined gastrointestinal panel. Specialty variants include Japanese, Chinese, and vegetarian food sensitivity panels, plus an AllePet sub-brand that extends the same methodology into pet food sensitivity testing.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through one-time fees billed upon receipt of patient specimens, with clinician specimen kits distributed at no cost and the actual testing invoice triggered only when a kit is returned with a sample. Add-on revenue is generated through registered dietitian consultations and Wellness Plans bundled with patient-ordered kits on the Ulta Lab Tests marketplace. Marketing channels are modest: a content-heavy website (foodallergy.com), LinkedIn, Instagram, and direct clinician outreach. The company is family-owned with no institutional or venture capital backing and has no disclosed fundraising, M&A, or international expansion activity in the input data.

Name

Alletess Medical Laboratory

Legal name

Alletess Medical Laboratory, Inc.

Website

https://foodallergy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alletess Medical Laboratory is a privately held, CLIA-certified clinical laboratory founded in 1980 that performs ELISA-based allergy, food sensitivity, autoimmune, and gastrointestinal diagnostic testing for licensed US healthcare providers and patients via the Ulta Lab Tests marketplace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Laboratory Services

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Allergy Evaluation & Management (HLAKAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Allergy & Immunology Clinics (HLAKAAAA)

Keywords

• Clinical laboratory services
• Allergy diagnostics
• Food sensitivity testing
• Immunology testing
• Environmental allergen panels

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Clinical Laboratory Testing Services: Laboratory testing services billed upon receipt of patient specimens from healthcare providers. Test kits provided to clinicians at no cost; actual testing charges applied to specimens received.
2. Direct-to-Consumer Test Kits (via Ulta Lab Tests): Patients can purchase food sensitivity test kits through Ulta Lab Tests marketplace, including optional Wellness Plans with nutritional consultation services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Alletess Medical Laboratory is a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory that performs ELISA-based allergy and immunology testing for licensed healthcare providers and patients. Its core offerings include IgE food allergy panels, IgG/IgA food sensitivity panels (96, 184, and 205 antigens), regional seasonal and mold allergen panels, celiac/gluten disorder profiles, Candida and H. pylori testing, and allergen component-resolved diagnostics. Specimens are processed from serum blood draws or finger-stick dried blood spot collection, with complementary dietitian-led Nutrition Services available.

Product overview

Alletess Medical Laboratory is a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory offering a comprehensive portfolio of allergy and food sensitivity testing services. The core offerings include IgE food allergy panels (immediate reactions) and IgG/IgA food sensitivity panels (delayed reactions) available in various sizes (96, 184, 205 foods). Environmental allergy testing covers regional seasonal allergens, molds, pet dander, and occupational exposures. Autoimmune and GI testing includes celiac disease evaluation, gluten-related disorders, candida, and H. pylori panels. The laboratory also offers specialized panels including tick bite-induced alpha-gal allergy, vaccine component testing, and allergen component testing for precise protein-level analysis. Specimen collection is available via serum blood draw or finger-stick dried blood spot. Nutrition services provide registered dietitian consultations and personalized wellness plans based on test results.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AllePet: A pet-focused food sensitivity testing brand offering allergy and sensitivity tests for dogs

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ulta Lab TestscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUlta Lab Tests serves as a marketplace channel partner allowing patients to directly purchase food sensitivity test kits (96, 184, 205 IgG panels and Candida tests) without requiring a healthcare provider referral. Tests are available with or without Wellness Plans that include registered dietitian consultations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Doctor's Data: Specialty clinical lab focused on toxicology, nutritional, and immunological assessments. Comparable to Alletess in specialty clinical lab positioning and practitioner-driven test ordering model.
• Mosaic Diagnostics (formerly Great Plains Laboratory): Specialty clinical lab with broad food sensitivity, environmental, and nutritional testing panels. Comparable to Alletess in clinical specialty lab model and clinician-targeted B2B channel.
• Genova Diagnostics: Specialty clinical laboratory offering immunology, food sensitivity, GI, and nutritional testing panels. Highly comparable to Alletess in clinical lab model, specialty panel focus, and B2B clinician-driven channel.
• SpectraCell Laboratories: Specialty clinical lab offering nutritional, immune, and cardiovascular diagnostic panels to clinicians. Comparable to Alletess in specialty lab model and B2B practitioner channel.
• Meridian Valley Laboratory: Specialty clinical lab focused on allergy, immunology, and hormone testing. Comparable to Alletess in clinical lab focus on allergy/immunology diagnostics for healthcare providers.
• US BioTek Laboratories: Specialty clinical lab offering food sensitivity panels (IgG/IgA/IgE), environmental allergen panels, and ELISA-based diagnostics. Directly comparable in testing methodology and clinician channel focus.
• Cyrex Laboratories: Clinical specialty lab offering food sensitivity, gluten-related, autoimmune, and environmental antigen panels. Comparable to Alletess in specialty lab model and array-based immunology diagnostics.
• Immuno Laboratories: Specialty clinical lab focused specifically on food allergy and food sensitivity testing using ELISA methodology. Closest direct competitor to Alletess in target market, test type, and clinician-channel distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Quest Diagnostics: Largest US clinical reference laboratory offering comprehensive allergy and immunology testing as part of a broad menu. Comparable in that it offers overlapping IgE/IgG allergy tests but operates as a broad incumbent rather than a specialty lab.
• Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp): Major US clinical reference laboratory with national footprint offering allergy and immunology diagnostics. Overlaps with Alletess on IgE/IgG allergy testing but operates at massive scale as a broad incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alletess-medical-laboratory-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/alletess_lab/?hl=en

Compliance3 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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