Allergen testing evaluates products and production environments for the presence of allergenic materials to protect consumers and ensure label accuracy.

PBR Laboratories provides certified allergen detection and biochemistry testing services for food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and co-packers. Utilizing state-of-the-art immunoassays, PCR, and chromatography techniques, we ensure the safety, quality, and compliance of your finished products and production facilities.

Allergen Testing Services

Food allergens pose major health risks to sensitive consumers. Accidental contamination or cross-contact during processing can lead to product recalls and liability. PBR helps you validate your sanitation procedures and verify ingredient safety.

Common Allergens Tested

We detect and quantify key allergen residues including gluten, peanut, tree nuts (almond, hazelnut, cashew, etc.), milk, soy, egg, and sesame.

Sanitation & Cleaning Validation

Testing environmental swabs from food contact surfaces and equipment to verify that cleaning procedures successfully remove allergenic residues.

Comprehensive Biochemistry & Contaminant Analysis

Beyond allergens, PBR Laboratories provides essential biochemical and chemical analysis to support food quality, safety, and labeling:

Mycotoxin Testing: Detection and quantification of harmful mycotoxins including aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2), fumonisins (B1, B2), vomitoxin (deoxynivalenol), ochratoxin, zearalenone, and T2 toxin to protect consumer health.
Contaminant Screening: Testing for chemical contaminants such as pesticide residues, heavy metals, and environmental impurities to meet compliance standards.
Amino Acid Profile & Protein Quality: Detailed profiling of essential and non-essential amino acids to evaluate protein quality and support nutritional claims.
Sugar & Fat Profiling: Quantification of individual sugars (glucose, sucrose, fructose, lactose, maltose) and fatty acids (saturated, unsaturated, and trans fats) for clean labeling.

Frequently Asked Questions

Allergen testing evaluates products and production environments for the presence of allergenic materials.

Allergen testing helps support food safety programs, label accuracy, sanitation validation, and recall prevention.

Common allergens include gluten, peanut, tree nuts, milk, soy, egg, and sesame.

Cross-contact occurs when allergenic materials are unintentionally transferred from one product or process to another.

Cleaning validation verifies that sanitation procedures effectively remove allergenic residues.

Testing may be performed during production, sanitation verification, product development, supplier verification, and risk assessments.

Food products, ingredients, environmental swabs, finished goods, and production equipment samples.

Results may require further investigation, cleaning verification, corrective actions, product evaluation, or labeling review.

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PBR Laboratories provides sensitive allergen residues testing and environmental swab validation to ensure product safety.

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