Test your plate, eat safe.
The mini lab by Allergen Alert is a portable, fast, reliable solution designed to detect selected food allergens and gluten in meals, for both consumers and professionals.
Meet Allergen Alert at CES 2026 - Las Vegas
CES Unveiled — Jan 4 CES Booth 60711 — Jan 6–9
Allergen Alert is developing a portable, easy-to-use food allergen and gluten detector designed for everyday use by:
- Individuals and families with food allergies
- Restaurants, cafés, hotels and caterers
- Schools, universities, hospitals and corporate cafeterias
- Travel operators (airlines, cruise lines, rail services)
A pocket-size lab, built on real laboratory science.
Allergen Alert brings professional allergen detection out of the lab and into everyday life.
Using best-in-class technology and a patented product developed from in vitro diagnostic and food safety leader, the device automates and miniaturizes the entire process:
Sample in →
Result out
No expertise needed. Fully automated workflow. Results in minutes.
Lab-level performance
Comparable to laboratory methods.
Developed with scientific leaders
Technology inherited from bioMérieux expertise and co-developed with allergologists, patients and food safety experts.
Allergen Alert is a spin off of bioMérieux, a global leader in in-vitro diagnostics with over 60 years of expertise in clinical microbiology and infectious disease testing, and major player in food safety.
How it works:
1Grab a sample of the food
2Insert it into the single used pouch
3Insert the pouch into the mini lab, push the button and get results in minutes
Allergen Alert is being developed for:
For people with food allergies and coeliac disease
Allergen Alert is being developed to:
- Bring peace of mind to people with allergies and parents of allergic children
- Reduce the risk of exposure to food allergens and gluten
Confidence in every meal. Freedom is back.
Allergen Alert adds a new layer of prevention, allowing you to test your food anywhere and eat with greater peace of mind.
“It’s a food safety seatbelt!”
For restaurants & catering industry
Allergen Alert is being developed to:
- Help food service providers demonstrate care, responsibility and transparency and ensure food safety
- Build trust between people with allergies and the places where they eat
Scientific assurance, directly in the kitchen, reinforces your food safety.
Test your process or dishes on-site, reduce risk, and strengthen trust with customers, with mini labo at line, in the kitchen. Already discussed or tested with Michelin starred restaurants and professional catering services.
Food allergies are rising worldwide, affecting children and adults.
Eating at restaurants, schools, airplanes, hotels, or while traveling remains stressful, and risky and can be life-threatening.
Cross-contamination, and incomplete information, human error and lack of understanding can still lead to severe reactions, Even with labels and allergen menu.
For many families, every meal outside the home can feel like a gamble.
people live with food allergies worldwide.
someone is admitted to the emergency room is the US for allergic reaction.
of severe reactions occur outside the home, where control is hardest.
increase in prevalence over the last 15 years.
Even trace amounts of allergens can trigger reactions, which range from mild symptoms to life-threatening anaphylaxis. Food allergies significantly affect quality of life, social behavior, and healthcare systems.
Meet the team.
Bénédicte Astier
Antoine Burgaud
Alexandre Auriac
Julien Weber
Pierric Gubian
Régis Villet
Margot Roche
Ronald Gomez
Born from a real personal experience, Allergen Alert was created to make eating safer, more inclusive, and less frightening for millions of people.
❝ My daughter Margot lives with a severe food allergy, like 33 million people in the U.S. One wrong bite can lead to a life-threatening reaction. This fear has been part of our daily lives for years.
Two years ago, Margot suffered an anaphylactic shock. That night in the hospital, Allergen Alert was born from a simple belief: there must be a better way to help people avoid dangerous allergens.
Eating out should be inclusive, not terrifying.
With the support of bioMérieux, a global leader in diagnostics and food safety, Allergen Alert was developed using proven, innovative technology to enable simple and reliable allergen detection. ❞
Our partners and press appearances.
Allergen Alert is supported by scientific, medical, food safety leaders and early adopters.
We are very proud to support the Allergen Alert project. This innovation builds on technologies developed within the company and addresses a critical need for allergic patients and professionals alike. It is a great entrepreneurial story that will be able to grow beyond bioMérieux. Congratulations to Bénédicte Astier for her commitment, and long life to Allergen Alert!
The collaboration between AFPRAL and Allergen Alert is based on a shared commitment: making allergies a priority in order to ensure transparency, safety, and care for people with allergies, and peace of mind for their families.
We are very proud to support the Allergen Alert project. This innovation builds on technologies developed within the company and addresses a critical need for allergic patients and professionals alike. It is a great entrepreneurial story that will be able to grow beyond bioMérieux. Congratulations to Bénédicte Astier for her commitment, and long life to Allergen Alert!
The collaboration between AFPRAL and Allergen Alert is based on a shared commitment: making allergies a priority in order to ensure transparency, safety, and care for people with allergies, and peace of mind for their families.
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