Hygiena AlerTox® Sticks Walnut is a rapid immunochromatographic test for the qualitative detection of Walnut antigen in food, kitchens and production facilities.
AlerTox Sticks are rapid tests for allergen detection in food, drinks, and on surfaces for internal Quality Control. They are designed specifically to help manufacturers keep their items free of antigens that may cause allergic reactions. These user-friendly tests are for the detection and qualification of main food allergens without the need for lab equipment or scientific knowledge.
Benefits
- LOD (limit of detection) of AlerTox Sticks Walnut is 2.25 ppm
- 10 Tests per kit
- Quick and Reliable with results in 10 minutes
- High-sensitivity
- Can be used for testing environmental surface, liquids (rinse water and product) and food samples
- Shelf life: Maximum 9 months
- Safe and easy to use with no special equipment required
- Convenient and quick sample collection requires minimal training
- Cost-effective - huge savings over other specific allergen test kits
- HACCP, ISO 2200, BRC and IFS Compliant
- *Free delivery only available to UK Mainland addresses
They have industrial applications for allergen detection in food, food quality control, trace allergen contamination in food, liquid, and surfaces and implementation and fulfilment of HACCP, ISO 2200, BRC, and IFS compliance
AlerTox Sticks Walnut uses a combination of monoclonal antibodies against a major English/common walnut antigen, the 11 S globulin seed storage protein known as allergen Jug r 4 from Juglans regia. Alertox Sticks Walnut does NOT detect the antigens of cereals, legumes and other nuts, including pecan, black walnut, peanut, hazelnut, almond, macadamia, pistachio, cashew, brazil nut and coconut.
The LOD (limit of detection) of AlerTox Sticks Walnut is 2.25 ppm of walnut protein. The range of detection (ROD) is 2.25-100,000 ppm.
PLEASE NOTE: English/common Walnut (Juglans regia), pecan (Carya illinoinensis) and black walnut (Juglans nigra) are closely related nuts of trees belonging to the family Juglandaceae. However, the test shows no cross-reactivity to pecan or black walnut (Juglans nigra). The test is 100% specific to English/common walnut..
Each AlerTox Sticks Hazelnut kit includes all the basic equipment required to carry out testing:
- 10 immunochromatographic sticks individually packed in foil pouches
- 10 sample collection tubes (tube with yellow cap)
- 10 sample extraction buffer tubes, 10 mL (tube with blue cap)
- 10 spoons
- 10 pipettes (3 mL- only for testing liquid samples)
- 10 small pipettes
- 10 swabs (only for testing surfaces)
- Instructions for use
Other materials not supplied:
- Grinder, mortar or any other manual or automatic homogenization system to crush the sample
- Scissors
- Optional: digital scale sensitive to 0.1 g
AlerTox Sticks Walnut has been validated for the following matrices:
Bakery products |
Chocolate and chocolate bars |
Protein bars |
Bread, breadsticks, biscuits and waffles |
Ice cream |
Soft cakes and cakes |
Cereals, cereals snacks, muesli |
Nuts |
Spreads (nut butter) |
Cheese |
Nut or Cereal drinks |
Yoghurt / dairy-based desserts |