GutID by Intus Bio CGI
Core Gut Insights
Included in your test
- At-home collection kit and return shipping
- Gut-focused analysis of your microbial ecosystem
- A detailed digital report in your secure portal
- Free shipping both ways
- HSA/FSA eligible
- Results in 3–4 weeks after lab receipt and quality checks
- Free replacement if a kit arrives damaged
Questions before you order? Ask a real person — we reply within one business day.
Pairs well with
CGI or CMA? One question decides it.
Same sample, same lab, same turnaround. The difference is how far past the gut the report reads.
IBS, IBD, SIBO, bloating, irregularity, food reactions — the question is the gut itself.
- Ecosystem map: diversity, resilience, beneficial bacteria
- Pathogens and inflammation-risk markers
- Gut barrier and antibiotic-resistance profile
- Personalized food, prebiotic and probiotic plan
Energy, mood, skin, weight, immunity — alongside gut symptoms.
- Everything in CGI, plus the five gut axes:
- Gut–Brain — mood, cognition, and the bacterial signals linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's risk
- Gut–Gastrointestinal — IBS, SIBO and IBD indicators read at the ecosystem level
- Gut–Metabolism — weight, blood sugar and type 2 diabetes, fatty liver
- Gut–Heart — blood pressure and atherosclerosis risk
- Gut–Immune — immune function, allergy and eczema
Not sure? CMA covers both — you never lose the gut-function picture by choosing it. Switch to CMA
Product details
A closer look
Core Gut Insights is an at-home gut microbiome test. From one stool sample, it identifies the bacteria in your gut to species, shows how they work together as an ecosystem, and turns the results into a plan.
What Core reads in your gut
- Composition: every bacterium we identify, and its share of the ecosystem
- Diversity and resilience: richness, evenness and how well the community would recover
- Beneficial bacteria and pathogens, identified, quantified and set against a reference range
- Bacteria linked to IBS, SIBO, IBD and bile acid metabolism
- Barrier and mucosal indicators: signals related to gut lining integrity
- Antibiotic Resistome Score: how much antibiotic resistance the community carries
- Nutrient and dietary component metabolism
Your plan
Your report turns these results into food recommendations, plus prebiotic, probiotic and supplement suggestions personalized to your gut.
How it works
Collect your sample at home in about five minutes and post it back in the prepaid envelope. A CLIA laboratory sequences it with Titan-1, Intus Bio's patented method, which reads one continuous stretch of about 2,500 bases across the full 16S gene, the ITS and the start of 23S. Your results are ready 2–3 weeks after the laboratory receives your sample, and we email you when they are in your GutID portal.
Want the Gut–Brain, Gut–Immune, Gut–Metabolism and Gut–Heart axes as well? See the Complete Microbiome Assessment.
GutID provides wellness and educational insights and is not a diagnostic test.
Free shipping both ways | HSA/FSA eligible
Core Gut Insights
What people
are saying
Lindsey C.For years, I struggled with health issues, including persistent acne, only to be told that all standard tests were normal. But I knew something wasn't right. It wasn't until my physician recommended GutID that I finally found answers. GutID has been absolutely instrumental in my health journey, providing insights I couldn't find elsewhere.
Penelope K.GutID revealed my FODMAP sensitivity and probiotic needs, giving my clinician the insight to provide precise advice that keeps my gut feeling great.
Michael G.GutID helped me realize how important gut health is - now I can enjoy the foods I love while avoiding what irritates my gut.
Shipping, turnaround, replacements and payment — the things worth knowing before you buy. If anything is missing, email us and we will get back to you within 24 hours on weekdays.
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Shipping and collection
Free shipping to you, and a prepaid envelope to send your sample back. Collection takes about five minutes at home.
Your collection tube contains a preservative that keeps the sample stable at room temperature for up to two years, so there is no refrigeration and no rush to post it.
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Your results
Samples are processed in a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory in the United States using patented Intus Bio technology.
After the lab receives your sample and it passes quality checks, results take 3–4 weeks in the US and 4–5 weeks in the UK and Canada. Your report appears in your GutID portal account and we email you as soon as it is ready.
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Replacements and cancellations
If your kit arrives damaged, or the collection tube is compromised, email ask@gutid.com and we will send a free replacement — provided no sample has been submitted, the kit has not expired, and a replacement is available.
If your sample fails quality control at the lab through a fault on our side, we replace the kit free of charge.
Cancel within 24 hours of ordering and you are refunded in full, less a 3% processing fee. Once preparation of your kit begins, orders cannot be canceled or returned, because of the medical nature of the product.
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Paying with HSA or FSA
GutID may be eligible under your HSA or FSA depending on your provider. Your order confirmation works as an itemized receipt, and some providers ask for a letter of medical necessity.
Benefits coordinators occasionally decline these in error, so it is worth checking with yours before ordering. Any other questions, email ask@gutid.com — we reply within 24 hours on weekdays.
Product Details
What's In The Test Kit
Collection Tube, Activation Card, Instructional Manual, Stool Catcher Strips, Sample Bag, Pre-paid Sample Return Bag.
Reliable: species and strain-level resolution
GutID runs on Titan-1™, and the resolution comes from the whole workflow rather than any single step in it: a proprietary lysis and extraction method we manufacture ourselves, which opens bacteria that conventional extraction struggles to recover; a patented amplicon spanning the complete 16S–ITS–23S ribosomal region; and our own AI/ML-driven bioinformatics platform, which assigns identity from that full region rather than matching short fragments against a fixed database.
Together these give species-level identification and strain differentiation while keeping relative abundance accurate, so your report reflects what is actually in your sample — including organisms that are poorly represented in reference databases.
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
Know how to interpret your GutID report and start your journey to a healthier you!
Before you order
Preview an example report
Read a real GutID report end to end before you buy one. It is de-identified, and it is the same report a customer receives — the same sections, the same detail, nothing summarized for the web.
- A real report, de-identified
- The same sections and layout your own results arrive in
- Sent straight to your inbox
We email the report to you. It is a single case, shared to show how a report reads rather than as a claim about typical results. We use your details to send it and to answer any follow-up.
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Before you order
Answers to the questions people ask before they buy. More on our full FAQs page.
What do I actually have to do?
Collect one stool sample at home with the kit — it takes a few minutes and the instructions walk you through it. Seal it, drop the prepaid return envelope in the mail, and you're done. No blood draw, no clinic visit.
How long until I get results?
After the lab receives your sample and it passes quality checks, results take 3–4 weeks in the US and 4–5 weeks in the UK and Canada. You'll get an email the moment your report is in your GutID portal.
What's in the report?
A map of your gut as an ecosystem — diversity and resilience, the beneficial bacteria you have and the ones you're missing, pathogens with quantities and reference ranges, antibiotic resistance, and gut-barrier markers — then a personalized food, prebiotic, probiotic and supplement plan built from your results. CMA adds the five gut axes. See a sample report.
Do I need a clinician?
You can order directly without a clinician. Individual clients can choose an optional $79.00 report consultation. If you are a clinician, interpretation support is always included at no charge.
Can I pay with my HSA or FSA?
For US customers, GutID may be eligible for HSA/FSA reimbursement depending on your plan. Your order confirmation provides an itemized receipt, and some plans require a letter of medical necessity. Check with your benefits administrator before ordering.
Do you ship to Canada and the UK?
Yes. Kits ship free to the US, Canada and the UK. UK customers have their own kit — switch the country at the top of the page and you'll see UK pricing in pounds.
Is this a diagnostic test?
No. GutID provides wellness and educational insight into your microbiome — including named pathogens with quantities — but it isn't a substitute for a clinician's diagnosis. If you suspect an acute infection, a regulated diagnostic assay is still the right test.