Milk Test Kits

Milk Test Kits for Lab and On-Site Detection

Milk is the first source of nutrition of mammalian infants. Humans continue to consume milk, mostly cow’s milk, beyond infancy. Milk is consumed directly or as processed products like cream, butter, yoghurt or cheese. Bovine milk or milk powder is widely used in bakeries, sauces and desserts.

Unfortunately, bovine milk is also one of the most important allergenic food ingredients, especially for children. Even very low amounts of milk can cause allergic reactions, which may even lead to an anaphylactic shock in severe cases. Allergic individuals must strictly avoid the consumption of cow’s milk, which is often difficult, as milk proteins are frequently used as food additives in industrial processes.

Milk allergy is distinct from lactose intolerance, which is a non-allergic food sensitivity, caused by a lack of the enzyme lactase.

Fast and highly sensitive milk analysis

The Romer Labs milk test kit portfolio covers ELISAs and LFDs for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of milk proteins in environmental samples, rinse waters and finished food products.

AgraStrip^® Lateral Flow Devices

The AgraStrip^® Milk test kit is a ready-to-use lateral flow device (LFD) for on-site testing. This immunological test allows a rapid analysis of a wide range of food samples within only 11 minutes (including extraction).

AgraStrip^® LFDs represent a fast and simple qualitative strip test method in which specific antibodies labeled with colloidal gold are used for visual color development at a test and control zone.

The test kit comes complete with strips, antibody coated incubation vials, extraction tubes, an extraction buffer, surface swabs and additional accessories.

Models:

AgraStrip^® Total Milk (10002078)

AgraQuant^® ELISA Tests

The AgraQuant^® Milk test kit is an accurate and reliable enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a quantitative format. Results are measured with a specific ELISA reader, such as the StatFax^® or the BioTek^® reader.

This ELISA test kit is the ideal solution for a parallel measurement of multiple samples with assay times of as low as 60 minutes for up to 38 samples.

AgraQuant^® allergen test kits are sandwich ELISAs in a ready-to-use format to reduce handling errors and come with a set of 5 standards, an antibody coated plate, an extraction solution, a wash buffer, a conjugate, a substrate and a stop solution.

Models:

AgraQuant^® Milk (10002080)

AgraStrip^® Total Milk (10002078)

The AgraStrip® Milk test kit is a lateral flow device (LFD) designed for the on-site detection of milk residues in raw materials, finished food products and beverages, rinse waters and environmental samples. They allow for the simple, fast and reliable qualitative detection of milk traces.

Properties

Materials supplied

• 1 tube with 10 AgraStrip® Peanut LFDs
• 1 foil pouch with 10 incubation vials containing antibodies
• 1 bottle of 35 mL ready-to-use extraction buffer with dropper cap
• 10 extraction tubes and caps
• 10 filtered dropper tips for the extraction tubes
• 10 sterile swabs with pre-scored tips
• 1 vial rack

Materials required but not supplied

• blender for solid samples

AgraQuant^® Milk (10002080)

The AgraQuant^® Milk is a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) designed for the quantitative analysis of milk residues in food samples. Samples can vary from raw to processed foods, from environmental swabs to rinse water. This product is intended for laboratory use.

Properties

Materials supplied

• 48 antibody-coated microwells in a microwell holder sealed in a foil pouch
• 5 concentrated (100X) standards (0; 0.4; 1; 4; and 10 ppm)
• 1 bottle of concentrated (5X) extraction buffer
• 1 bottle of concentrated (10X) wash buffer
• 1 green-capped bottle of conjugate solution
• 1 blue-capped bottle of substrate solution
• 1 red-capped bottle of stop solution

Materials required but not supplied

• Blender
• analytical balance
• 8-channel pipette
• wash bottle
• microwells/plate reader