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    Fast, Accurate Portable Gluten Sensor in Development

    Reviewed and edited by a celiac disease expert.

    Celiac.com 06/26/2014 - Imagine being able to go to a party, or a restaurant, and test any food on your plate for gluten.

    Photo: CC--Wikimedia Commons--skatebikerA company called 6SensorLabs is developing a gluten sensor based on existing protein sensing technology that is already commercially available and proven to work. The company is looking to design a gluten test that can be used with all types of food.

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    The portable test would work by placing a sample of food would be placed in a disposable pod and placing the pod in a sensor.

    Once activated, the device would tell you, in two minutes or less, if the food sample contained any gluten over the FDA standard of 20 ppm gluten or more.

    The sensor could also be used to detect gluten in any packaged foods.

    The sensor is designed to test a specific section of food on your plate, or a sauce, soup or liquid. It would not be able to detect traces of gluten that might be hiding somewhere else on your plate.

    While the product would have its limits in this respect, it would give users the ability to detect gluten in many cases.

    Would you want such a tool? Would it be helpful for you?


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    Guest Dick L.

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    If it's no larger than a small cell phone, uses AA or AAA batteries, is silent and odorless, costs no more than a hundred dollars, and if the disposable pods are no more than three dollars apiece, I'd be interested. If it had more quantification-- 5, 10, 15, 20, >20 ppm-- I'd be more interested. It would have to handle rye and barley "glutens" as well as that from wheat.

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    Guest Cathy Green

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    ABSOLUTELY if they. make it affordable!

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    Guest Denise Peinado

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    I would love this....

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    Guest Erin Weinberg

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    This would be such a huge stress reliever for me!

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    Guest Eleanor

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    I would purchase in a heartbeat .... if I could afford it.

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    Guest sc'Que?

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    "The sensor is designed to test a specific section of food on your plate, or a sauce, soup or liquid. It would not be able to detect traces of gluten that might be hiding somewhere else on your plate." WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???

     

    In short, make it a phone-compatible app so that everyone has the means at their disposal with minimal financial investment.

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    Guest Luann

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    That would be SOOO fantastic!!! Can't wait to hear more.

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    Guest Kate

    How soon can I buy it? This weekend I didn't trust my waiter after discussing my gluten allergy. I'd have loved to be able to test for gluten when my meal was served.

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    Guest MamaG

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    YES! Ditto to what Dick L. and Cathy Green said....something like this would be GREAT especially for my daughter who is heading off to college this fall...where they say they offer gluten free foods in their dining halls BUT they cannot guarantee that all food service workers understand proper handling of gluten-free foods...which means that the gluten-free foods may be cross-contaminated...UGH....talk about frustration!

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    Guest Teresa

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    This would be wonderful. You could take it to a restaurant and test their "gluten free" options and see if they are truly gluten free. I'm in!

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    Guest Chuck

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    Sounds great. Would by regardless of price.

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    Guest Katrina

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    Please please make this!!!

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