Allergens

The presence of allergens represents a significant health risk, which makes it mandatory, according to Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, for the food industry to clearly label ingredients and any traces of contaminants that could cause allergies.

For the determination of allergens in food and on production lines, we use routine techniques such as ELISA, lateral flow and real-time PCR. All of these technologies are available in our catalog and have proven effective in a wide variety of matrices.


We offer a complete range of products for the determination and quantification of allergens:

1. qPCR (real-time PCR):
   • DNA extraction kits: provide PCR inhibitor-free DNA from large representative samples of both plant and animal origin. This makes it possible to detect allergens in various types of matrix, including semi-finished and finished products and environmental swabs.
   • Detection kits: tests developed and validated in accordance with the UNI EN 15634 1 2009 guidelines to detect the DNA of the target allergen with high specificity and sensitivity. The absence of cross-reactivity has been rigorously tested for various food ingredients, ensuring that false positives are minimized.
   • Standards: ensure consistent measurement results accross different laboratory methods and are essential for both method verification and experimental process control.
2. ELISA
3. Lateral Flow Strips
4. Standards: They are homogeneous samples with a known quantity of food allergens (ISO 9001 and ISO 17034:2017) that can be used in all phases of the analytical process, both in immunochemical methods (Lateral Flow Tests and ELISA) and molecular methods (PCR).

In addition to other non-mandatory allergens, our kits identify the presence of 13 out of the 14 major food allergens required by current legislation. These are gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, soy, milk, nuts, dried fruit, celery, mustard, sesame and lupins.