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Peanuts
Peanut allergy is one of the most common and, at the same time, most severe food allergies. Even small quantities of peanuts can be life-threatening for allergy sufferers.
Peanuts must be declared as an ingredient on packages according to EU Directive 2007/68/EC because they are ranked among the most important food allergens. However, peanuts can get into food accidentally due to cross contamination. The accidental contamination can occur in companies that process food that contain peanuts as well as those that are free from them. This can occur, for example, during the production of confectionery, snacks, baked goods, chocolate, cookies, cereals or ice cream. Some manufacturers protect themselves by providing their products with the following disclaimer: “May contain traces of peanuts.”
For allergy sufferers it is important to be able to rely on the fact that a food product actually is free from peanuts if it is declared in this way. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully examine the production areas as well as the end products.
Product portfolio
| Product | Description | No. of tests/amount | Art. No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDASCREEN® Peanut |
RIDASCREEN® Peanut is a sandwich enzyme immunoassay developed for the quantitative analysis of peanut or peanut proteins in food. Due to the large number of different food products, the following samples were examined representatively for different … Read more |
Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 removable wells each) | R6811 |
| Product | Description | No. of tests/amount | Art. No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| bioavid Lateral Flow Peanut incl. Hook line |
The Lateral Flow Peanut (Art. No. BLH706-15) with included hook line from bioavid is an immunochromatographic test for the sensitive and qualitative detection of peanut residues on surfaces (e.g. swab test for the hygiene control in food production … Read more |
15 test strips (15 determinations) | BLH706-15 |
| Product | Description | No. of tests/amount | Art. No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| SureFood® ALLERGEN Peanut |
The real-time PCR test detects DNA of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) according to directive (EC) 1169/2011 qualitatively and / or quantitatively. Each reaction contains an internal amplification control (IAC). Read more |
100 reactions | S3603 |
| SureFood® ALLERGEN 4plex Peanut / Hazelnut / Walnut + IAC |
The SureFood® ALLERGEN 4plex Peanut/Hazelnut/Walnut+IAC is a real-time PCR for the direct, qualitative detection and differentiation of specific Peanut (Arachis hypogaea), Hazelnut (Corylus maxima) and Walnut (Juglans regia, Juglans nigra) DNA … Read more |
100 reactions | S3402 |
