AgraStrip® Peanut

The peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is a member of the legume or ‘bean’ family (other members include beans, peas and soybeans). It is important to note that the Peanut is not a tree nut. Peanuts are also known by other names such as earthnuts, ground nuts, goober peas, monkey nuts, pygmy nuts and pig nuts.

Peanuts are a rich source of nutrients and are used widely throughout industry as an ingredient many food products such as Asian dishes and bakery items.

Peanut allergy is one of the mot common food allergies causing mild skin rashes through to life threating anaphylaxis. As the only cure for this allergen is an exclusion diet of whole peanuts, peanut particles and oils, it is important that food manufacturers and laboratories label their products accurately.

The AgraStrip® Peanut is a ready to use lateral flow (LFD) for on-site testing for environmental surfaces, ingredients, rinse waters and final product. The kit allows Quality Assurance personnel a user friendly means to verify the presence or absence of peanut residue within 11 minutes (including extraction) therefore allowing immediate corrective action to be implemented when necessary.

AgraStrip® LFD's represent a fast and simple qualitative strip test method in which specific antibodies labelled with colloidal gold are used for visual colour development at a test and control zone. The test kit comes complete with 10 strips, antibody coated incubation vials, extraction tubes, and extraction buffer, 10 surface swabs and additional accessories.

Specifications:

• Limit of Detection (LOD): 1ppm Peanut (Finished product & rinse water testing)

    1µg / 25cm² (Swab testing)

• 1 kit provides everything you need to run 10 tests.

Benefits:

• Sensitive
• Rapid - 11 minutes for results
• Stable - 12 month shelf life (from date of manufacture)
• Cost effective - no expensive equipment required
• User friendly

Ordering Details:

• AgraStrip® Peanut                             Product Code: RLCOKAL0110AS

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