{"id":2771,"date":"2026-07-29T09:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/?page_id=2771"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:42:56","slug":"glutensens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/glutensens\/","title":{"rendered":"Glutensens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is Glutensens<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Glutensens is defined as “the device that revolutionizes the way we perceive gluten in our food”. <\/em>Its goal is to allow, in just a few minutes, to determine if a dish contains gluten, restoring “complete control” over the diet for those who need to avoid gluten. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • It is designed specifically for those who need a gluten-free diet – for example people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity – and to allow them to eat outside the home with greater safety and peace of mind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    How it works \u2013 the technology and its use<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

    The Glutensens device includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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    • an \u201cextracting solution\u201d that serves to extract gliadin from the food \u2013 i.e. the potentially contaminating protein\/gluten;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • a sensor on which the extracted sample is placed;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • a display that shows the analysis result in a few minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      L\u2019idea \u00e8 che sia facile da usare: non serve personale altamente tecnico. Dopo un breve training, anche un ristoratore o operatore di cucina pu\u00f2 usarlo in autonomia.<\/p>\n\n

      Si sostiene che il biosensore sia in grado di rilevare quantit\u00e0 minime di glutine fino a\u00a020 ppm (parti per milione)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 soglia che, secondo gli standard per alimenti \u201cgluten-free\u201d, \u00e8 considerata il limite massimo di sicurezza.<\/p>\n\n

      Anche alimenti complessi e cotti \u2013 che sono quelli che causano pi\u00f9 problemi con metodi classici \u2013 dovrebbero poter essere testati da Glutensens con risultati affidabili.<\/p>\n\n

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      Mission, objectives and values<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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      • Glutensens’ mission stems from a “real need”: to ensure food safety and peace of mind for those living with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, even when eating out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The declared objective is to create an aware community and a future in which “eating is a pleasure, not a worry”.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Glutensens aims to fill the “trust gap” created by the fact that even with the best care, accidental contamination \u2014 such as shared utensils, less-than-perfectly-clean surfaces, and undeclared ingredients \u2014 is still possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Current status of the project, development and validation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • Glutensens is a startup born in 2023 as a spin-off of the University of Milan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • In September 2025 it closed a seed round of \u20ac1.05 million<\/strong>, led by the Farming Future fund (national agrifood technology transfer hub) with participation of other investors, to develop, validate and start production of the biosensor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The technology combines \u201cadvanced electrochemistry\u201d and artificial intelligence algorithms; the test results will be digital, archiveable in the cloud, and integrated with the HACCP systems used by restaurants, canteens, laboratories and food industries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The validation phase is currently underway: the tests conducted show very promising results. The process, as stated, will need to be certified. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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          Why it may be important \u2013 the impact on the gluten-free world<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          • The problem of cross-contamination is real and often makes eating out difficult for celiacs: shared surfaces, utensils, undeclared ingredients. Glutensens aims to be a tool to make safety a reality, restoring trust. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • It allows you to break down a barrier: making a meal safe even outside the home, with the result of increasing the freedom and quality of life of people with food restrictions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • If widespread (restaurants, canteens, industry), it could improve food safety for many people, not just celiacs: potentially for those with sensitivities or intolerances to trace amounts of gluten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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            Future prospects and roadmap<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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            • Thanks to the recent funding, Glutensens is moving “from scientific validation to industrial scale”, i.e. preparing for production and diffusion on the Italian market, and (hopefully) beyond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Certification of the device and the testing process is expected, together with accreditations from official laboratories, to guarantee protection and reliability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • In the medium term, Glutensens aims to become part of a “virtuous” network of restaurants, producers and food sector operators who adopt the device to offer safe gluten-free meals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Furthermore, there is the idea of \u200b\u200beventually extending the platform beyond gluten, perhaps to other allergens or contaminants<\/strong>, with a broader perspective of “real-time food safety”.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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              What is Glutensens How it works \u2013 the technology and its use The Glutensens device includes: L\u2019idea \u00e8 che sia facile da usare: non serve personale altamente tecnico. Dopo un breve training, anche un ristoratore o operatore di cucina pu\u00f2 usarlo in autonomia. Si sostiene che il biosensore sia in grado di rilevare quantit\u00e0 minime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2782,"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2771\/revisions\/2782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farmacognosia.unimi.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}