Easy Analysis of Allergen Residues in Food:A New Lateral Flow Test and an ELISA

摘要

Food allergen testing is becoming more important, not only because of legislation in the USA and Europe, but also because of in ever increasing customer interest. With this, the need for easy, fast and reliable test systems arises. Herein, we introduce new test systems for detection of allergens, developed by R-Biopharm, which address these needs: a lateral flow test for detection of hazelnut protein and for peanut proteins usable in a wide variety of foods and also a competitive ELISA for gliadin. The gliadin test is specially designed for detection of fragments of gluten in highly processed foodstuffs as starch, syrups, or beer.