Disruptive Nano Photonics-based bio sensing platform for simultaneous analysis of multiple allergens in foodindustry (SAPHER)

SaPher project will disrupt the food allergen assessment market thanks to the development of an allergen assessment procedure supported by the industrialization and commercial deployment of our full automatic SaPher nano-photonics biosensing allergen test platform. SaPher will simultaneously assess up to 6 different allergens in food matrices, reducing turnaround times and cost by over 70% in comparison with current golden standards.

To reach market, we will elaborate a standardized risk assessment method (DTU), develop the antibodies of interest not comercially available in the market for the target industries (INGE), industrialize and optimise our technology for mass production (LUME and UPV) and demonstrate both technology and procedure with the meat, dairy and bakery industries (NESTLE) as well as independent laboratories under operational conditions.

As a result, we expect SaPher to be adopted by large and medium food producing companies and external laboratories, throughout Europe.

Funding Entity

European Commission

Call

H2020-EIC-FTI-2018-2020

Project ID

958855

PI at NTC

Alejandro Martínez

From

7/1/2020

To

12/31/2023

Contribution to NTC

€ 560.375

Web

https://sapher.eu/

Research Group

Plasmonics and Optomechanics