“…Various analytical techniques have been proposed for the detection of potential allergens, like casein, in food products. Protein-based methods usually involved immunochemical detection protocols such as the radio-allergosorbent test (RAST), enzyme allergosorbent test (EAST) (Roberts & Lack, 2005), rocket immuno-electrophoresis (RIE) (Moen et al, 2005), immunoblotting (Kurien & Scofield, 2006) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Kong, Liu, Song, Kuang, & Xu, 2016;Kong, Liu, Xing, Kuang, & Xu, 2015;Van Hengel, 2007;Wang et al, 2015;Xu et al, 2016). RIE and immunoblotting rendered only qualitative or semi-quantitative results, while RAST, EAST and ELISA rendered quantitative results.…”