A new portable device can detect food allergies or gluten directly in a meal with laboratory-level precision. Unveiled by Allergen Alert, it enables people with food allergies or coeliac disease to test their food autonomously, wherever they are.

Unlike barcode scanners or apps attempting to interpret a photo of a dish, this pocket-sized mini-lab relies on a patented, single-use pouch derived from bioMérieux’s laboratory technologies, which miniaturises and automates every step of a professional analytical test.