Gluten tester; simple and fast

I am looking for a simple and fast gluten level tester (electronic is fine)

There are the testers available for people with Coeliac's which require making a solution from a food sample, and then adding a drop of that to a test strip and waiting some time. They don't tend to actually say how much gluten is present, just that there is

I am hoping for something that uses a very small sample and can perform a test in less than a minute. This ideally can be done at the food wholesalers premises. The result should indicate the amount of gluten in the sample

Edit:

Found a 16Kg machine that takes more than 5 minutes per test, getting closer http://factory.dhgate.com/electronic-measuring-instruments/gluten-tester-mj-iii-p38573988.html

Best Answer

You would probably want to create something like an ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), similar to the home pregnancy tests you can buy at the pharmacy. The machine you linked to is to test large quantities of gluten in wheat flour, much more than what it would take to cause illness in someone who is gluten-sensitive.

Doing this at home would probably be rather challenging without a "kitchen lab" that is better equipped than that of the Modernist Cuisine folks as you need to do the following:

1) Create an antibody to gluten. Bind the antibody to your test substrate.

2) Create an antibody to the antibody-gluten complex. Add a marker to this antibody.

3) Put the sample through your test substrate, add the antibody-marker to develop.

It's expensive to do the first time but once you do it you can start to see economies of scale when you ramp it to mass-production.

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Is there a device that can detect gluten?

A portable, handheld gluten detection device, the Nima sensor, is now available for consumers wishing to determine if gluten is present in food. By U.S. regulation, gluten-free foods should contain <20 ppm of gluten.

Does Nima sensor really work?

There was some good news in the FARRP study: Nima is substantially more accurate at 40 parts per million and above, with an accuracy rate of 98.7 percent; so if a sample contains large amounts of gluten, Nima should be able to alert users with a \u201cgluten found\u201d result.

How do you test for gluten levels?

Nima can detect gluten proteins in food in a matter of minutes. To test a sample of food, you insert a pea-size amount into a capsule, and then slide the capsule into the Nima sensor. The sensor is small \u2014 3\u201d by 3 1/2\u201d \u2014 and weighs only 3 ounces. That makes it easy to stick in a purse, backpack, or back pocket.

Is there a home test for gluten intolerance?

GlutenCHECK is a rapid test for use at home to detect the presence of IgA tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTG) in whole blood. GlutenCHECK is suitable for both, an initial diagnosis of gluten intolerance as well as a therapy follow-up.

I Tested Food For Gluten At Home With The Nima Sensor - The Medical Futurist

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