Have you ever thought a food was gluten free, but maybe you aren’t entirely sure? Or maybe you know the food is gluten free, but you are concerned that it might have been cross-contaminated?
Unfortunately, there is nothing like that yet, but it appears that we are moving closer to a test of that type. According to a new post over at WebMD, it sounds like a new Gluten Test may be on its way soon:
The new test flags a gluten protein called gliadin. It’s faster and as sensitive as a currently available test, according to the test’s developers, who are based in Spain and the U.K.
Those scientists, who included graduate student Hossam Nassef of Spain’s Universitat Rovira i Virgili, tested the gliadin test on foods that contain gluten and gluten-free foods.
The new gliadin test was “highly sensitive” and only took 90 minutes, compared to similar sensitivity from a currently available test that takes eight hours, Nassaf and colleagues report.
Nassef’s team is working to make the new gliadin test, which is designed for food manufacturers, even faster.
It sounds like this test is being built for food manufacturer’s right now to ensure their products are gluten free, but hopefully in time we will get a gluten test which is quicker and can be purchased by individuals to test their food prior to consuming.
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