| CPC G01N 27/126 (2013.01) [G01N 27/045 (2013.01); C08K 3/041 (2017.05); C08K 2201/001 (2013.01); G01N 33/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/68 (2013.01); G01N 2600/00 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |

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1. A portable food allergen and/or ingredient detection system comprising:
a portion comprising a body, wherein the body comprises
a reservoir comprising a liquid,
a chamber for mixing the liquid with a food sample, and
a sensor, the sensor comprising
a first chip comprising a molecularly imprinted polymer layer comprising receptor sites imprinted in a first surface of the polymer, the receptor sites configured to accept a trace molecule of the food allergen and/or ingredient; and
a second chip comprising a non-imprinted polymer layer, wherein the non-imprinted polymer layer is not imprinted with receptor sites,
wherein the first chip detects the presence of the trace molecule upon binding to one or more of the receptor sites on the molecularly imprinted polymer,
wherein a first portion of the sensor containing the first and second chips is in contact with the reservoir, and a second portion of the sensor is outside of the body; and
a re-usable processing device portion which communicatively couples to the second portion of the sensor outside of the body to determine the presence of the food allergen and/or ingredient by determining a response difference between a response of the molecularly imprinted polymer layer and a response of the non-imprinted polymer layer in the presence of the food allergen and/or ingredient.
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