Comparison of commercial allergen ELISA kits for egg detection in food matrices.

ABSTRACT: Consumption of low levels of egg already can evoke harmful physiological responses in humans in those allergic to eggs. By detection of egg in food products, using Egg ELISA kits to determine its unintended presence, food producers can respond to avoid potential safety or quality risks of their products. Selection of an ELISA kit fit for the issue at hand is challenging due to, amongst others, lack of information on assay performances with specified matrices. In this study, performances of seven commercial egg ELISA kits are compared for nine different relevant matrices: cookie, chocolate, pasta, dressing, stock cube, wine, vegetable drink and milk, ice cream and meat/meat replacers. The presence of egg was unified for all ELISA kits to mg total egg protein kg^-1 food product. In

SUBMITTER: Smits NGE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539936 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature