You order the test
You order online. A courier delivers the kit discreetly to your door — within 2 working days, usually the next day.
Microbiome testingYour microbiome
Mapped
Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of your gut microbiome — resolved to species level. With a 12-week nutrition plan based on your microbiome. Results within 16 working days of receiving your sample.
Why do you feel
bloatedtiredfoggy
Get to know your microbiome
The microbiome — the unknown part of your health
Trillions of microbes in your gut take part in digestion, in making vitamins and in the connection with the brain. The test shows which ones you have and what they can do — and how to feed them.
What we test
The microbiome isn't in one place. Microorganisms live on your skin, in your mouth, in your gut, across your mucous membranes — practically everywhere on you. Each of these environments is a separate ecosystem with its own composition and its own rules.
The BugSpeaks platform covers exactly these four areas because this is where the science has come furthest: the links between specific microbes and specific conditions are best described and most actionable here. In Bulgaria we offer the gut, skin and vaginal tests; the oral test is coming soon.
The process
How it works
Four steps from order to a personalised nutrition plan.
You collect the sample at home
Sterile tools, clear instructions. The whole procedure takes about 5 minutes.
You send it back by courier
Free return shipping. Your sample travels to the Leucine Rich Bio laboratory for shotgun sequencing.
You receive your report and nutrition plan
A digital report with a detailed analysis and a 12-week personalised nutrition plan — in your account within 16 working days of receiving your sample.
Reviews
In their own words
Published with the customers' permission. Results are individual — every microbiome is different.
Toma Tanev
„I slept badly. I never connected it with my plate."
I took the test for digestion — I had written off my sleep. The plan emphasised foods for the gut–brain axis, which sounded like marketing to me. By the second month I was waking up less at night. I am not claiming it was only this, but I changed nothing else.
Stoyan Grigorov
„I bloated every evening and had got used to it."
I had tried plenty at random — gluten-free once, dairy-free another time, always something. The report showed that the bacteria which break down fibre were exactly what I lacked, and the plan started there. For the first three or four weeks I felt nothing. Then the bloating eased enough that I stopped keeping track of it.
Aleksandar Zhelyazov
„I switched off in the afternoons and blamed my age."
Honestly, I did not expect much. The plan was a nuisance at first — I had to buy things I never used. Somewhere in the second month I noticed I no longer reached for coffee at four in the afternoon. I am not a different person, but the day ends more easily.
Maria Todorova
„I tried creams for years without thinking about my gut."
My skin flared up for no clear reason. The report linked it to the state of my gut, so the plan started there rather than with my face. Not everything went away, but the redness calmed down enough that I stopped reaching for concealer every morning.
Kemal Kemal
„I did not go on a diet. I just saw what I was feeding."
I was putting on two or three kilos a year, and every restriction lasted me about a month. The test showed I had been feeding the bacteria that like processed food. The plan did not forbid anything, it rearranged. In five months I lost six kilos — slowly, but for the first time without counting calories.
Toma Tanev
„I slept badly. I never connected it with my plate."
I took the test for digestion — I had written off my sleep. The plan emphasised foods for the gut–brain axis, which sounded like marketing to me. By the second month I was waking up less at night. I am not claiming it was only this, but I changed nothing else.
Stoyan Grigorov
„I bloated every evening and had got used to it."
I had tried plenty at random — gluten-free once, dairy-free another time, always something. The report showed that the bacteria which break down fibre were exactly what I lacked, and the plan started there. For the first three or four weeks I felt nothing. Then the bloating eased enough that I stopped keeping track of it.
Aleksandar Zhelyazov
„I switched off in the afternoons and blamed my age."
Honestly, I did not expect much. The plan was a nuisance at first — I had to buy things I never used. Somewhere in the second month I noticed I no longer reached for coffee at four in the afternoon. I am not a different person, but the day ends more easily.
Maria Todorova
„I tried creams for years without thinking about my gut."
My skin flared up for no clear reason. The report linked it to the state of my gut, so the plan started there rather than with my face. Not everything went away, but the redness calmed down enough that I stopped reaching for concealer every morning.
Kemal Kemal
„I did not go on a diet. I just saw what I was feeding."
I was putting on two or three kilos a year, and every restriction lasted me about a month. The test showed I had been feeding the bacteria that like processed food. The plan did not forbid anything, it rearranged. In five months I lost six kilos — slowly, but for the first time without counting calories.
Toma Tanev
„I slept badly. I never connected it with my plate."
I took the test for digestion — I had written off my sleep. The plan emphasised foods for the gut–brain axis, which sounded like marketing to me. By the second month I was waking up less at night. I am not claiming it was only this, but I changed nothing else.
Stoyan Grigorov
„I bloated every evening and had got used to it."
I had tried plenty at random — gluten-free once, dairy-free another time, always something. The report showed that the bacteria which break down fibre were exactly what I lacked, and the plan started there. For the first three or four weeks I felt nothing. Then the bloating eased enough that I stopped keeping track of it.
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Report
One test. Concrete answers
Your microbiome report is 48 pages of detailed microbiome analysis. Here are the 9 key indicators — click on each one to see what it covers.
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Leucine Rich Bio's own index for the overall "soundness" of your microbiome, which assesses the diversity, the metabolite production potential, the balance between beneficial and opportunistic microbes and other characteristics of your microbiome. A single score from 0 to 100, color-coded — easy to read and easy to compare.
- Assesses diversity, metabolic potential and the balance between beneficial and opportunistic microbes
- Color scale: red (low) → green (optimal)
- Comparison against optimal levels
We analyze your microbiome's potential to produce B and C vitamins, short-chain fatty acids and neurotransmitters that research links to the gut–brain axis — including serotonin, dopamine and GABA.
- 9 vitamins: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C
- Short-chain fatty acids: butyrate, propionate, acetate
- 10 neurotransmitters for the gut-brain axis
We assess your microbes' potential to break down lactose, fructose, gluten and histamine — and the plan uses it to choose your foods. It is not an intolerance or allergy test.
- Lactose, gluten, fructose
- Histamine breakdown
- Color-coded recommendations
A detailed list of the probiotic species in your gut — which are well represented and which are under-represented. The report also shows the share of opportunistic microbes, which in healthy people are usually present in small amounts — information about the balance of your microbiome, not a test for infection.
- Probiotic species that are under-represented in you
- Opportunistic microbes — compared with the reference group
- Personalized recommendations
The report assesses how much potential your microbes have to support physical activity — aerobic and physical endurance, each against the optimal range. Especially interesting if you train regularly.
- Aerobic endurance
- Physical endurance
- Color scale: orange (low) → green (optimal)
The report assesses your microbes' potential to take part in breaking down carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
- Carbohydrates, fats, proteins
We assess your microbiome's potential linked to gut motility and its potential to influence the absorption of calcium, iron and magnesium — we do not measure how much your body absorbs.
- Calcium, iron, magnesium
- Gut motility
- Potential of the microbes — not measured absorption
The report shows which known resistance genes your gut bacteria carry — general information about your microbiome. It does not show whether a given treatment will work, it is not an antibiogram and it is not for choosing an antibiotic.
- A check for resistance genes across 90 antibiotics
- General information about your microbiome — not an antibiogram
The report compares your microbes with the microbial profiles seen in people with eight common conditions and shows, as a percentage, how closely they match. You see which profiles your microbiome is closest to and what to keep an eye on. This is information about your microbes, not a diagnosis, and it does not predict whether you will develop any of these conditions.
- Type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis
- Similarity as a percentage — not a diagnosis
See the full report
These are only 9 of the key indicators. The full 48-page report also includes a personalized 12-week nutrition plan, five health indicators, diversity and keystone species and around 80 scientific references.
Download a sample report
PDF · 9 MB · earlier report version
Nutrition plan
From DNA to your plate.
The report doesn't end with the numbers. The gut test comes with a 12-week nutrition plan calculated from your microbes — an approach clinically tested in a pilot study by Leucine Rich Bio with 30 participants (PeerJ, 2024), funded by the company.
Nutrition plan
Data without a plan is just numbers
Every gut report comes with a personalised 12-week nutrition programme built on your unique microbiome profile — an approach clinically tested in a pilot study by Leucine Rich Bio with 30 participants (PeerJ, 2024), funded by the company. Three phases and about 250 foods in 11 groups, each with how often to eat it.
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Your health starts here
- Analysis of bacteria, fungi, viruses and archaea — down to species level
- Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of all the DNA in the sample
- A detailed scientific report
- A 12-week personalised nutrition plan
- Free delivery of the kit and the sample
- Personal support in Bulgarian
€360
/one-time*
No subscription
Free shippingGDPR compliantResults within 16 working days of receiving your sample
* One-time price. No hidden fees. The price is valid until the end of 2026.
What doctors say about the microbiome
Heart and Brain Hospitals
Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Haritonov, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Connected person of BugSpeaks Bulgaria
Head of the clinic of neurosurgery and spinal surgery. Associate professor of neurosurgery; teaches at the Medical University of Pleven.
St. Anna University Hospital — Varna
Dr. Karina Zhelyazova
Internal medicine · gastroenterology trainee
An internal medicine doctor training in gastroenterology. She works with patients with digestive complaints.
Imperial Palace Medical Centre
Dr. Greta Atanasova
Dental medicine
Partner in BugSpeaks Bulgaria
A dentist who treats the mouth as the beginning of the digestive tract rather than a separate system.
Frequently asked questions
