Food analysis
Xema is also active in designing diagnostic products for food control. In this area, we focus on three main issues:
1. Determination of normal, but undesirable constituents in food (meat in vegetarian products, allergic components, pork meat in food, etc.).
2. Determination of antibiotics and other LMW substances in food.
3. Determination of fungal contaminants in food.
Below is the list of EIA products we work on.
| Food constituents |
| Analyte | Application |
| Gluten/gliadin | Gliadin-free diet in celiac patients |
| Durum Test | Pasta quality (% admixture of soft wheat in durum wheat products) |
| Barley Prolamin Profile | Beer manufacturing |
| Egg white protein | Allergy |
| Milk (total) | Allergy |
| Fish (total) | Allergy |
| Meat (common antigen) | Vegeterian EIA |
| Nuts (four species) | Allergy |
| Sesame seeds | Allergy |
| Antibiotics and other LMW substances |
| Laevomycetin (Chloramphenicol) | Mertronidazol |
| Streptomycin | Tylosin |
| Sulphonamides | Caffeine |
| Nitrofuranes | Plant Steroids (Brassinosteroids) |
| Fungal contaminants |
| Aspergillus | Fusarium |
| Candida | Trichoderma |
| Mucor | Phytophtora |
| Phoma | Rhizopus |
| | Cladosporium |
The list of products currently available may be seen here.
