Peanut Free Test

Peanut Free Test is a Lateral Flow test that determines peanut residues in food products, cip solutions and working surfaces.

GENERAL INFORMATION:Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) belongs to the legumes. It contains a high fraction of proteins (≈25%) and many of these are known to be allergenic, such as ara h 1, ara h 2 and ara h 3 among others. For this reason, peanut is one of the most important food allergens. Consumption of peanut might be harmful for people who are allergic to it. The allergen can be present as an ingredient or as a contamination in raw and cooked products. Consumption of peanut-containing food from allergic people might cause a broad range of symptoms, such as hives, mild oral allergy or/and anaphylactic shock. Because of this, consumption of peanuts or peanut containing food should strictly be avoided from allergic persons. According to the regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 Annex II, peanut is included in the list of allergens established by the European Food Safety Authority, and its presence must be indicated on the label. Similar regulations exist e.g. in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

KIT CHARACTERISTICS:
-Sandwich Quantitative Lateral flow test in cassette format available in 10 or 30 tests
-Visual and instrumental interpretation of the results
-No risk of a false negative result, due to overload, with the presence of a third (Hook) line
-Limit of detection (LOD): 2.0 ppm
-Limit of quantification (LOQ): 4.0 ppm
-Calibration range: 4.0-128ppm
-Low Procedure time: 5 mins
-Broad range of validated matrices
-Shelf Life: 12 months | Storage 4-30°C