6. Applications in the food industry
6.1 Sugars, alcohol and organic acids
This is probably the area with the most applications for biosensor technologies.
Glucose is an important substrate since it is used as a sweetener in foods and represents a growth factor for the microorganisms used in fermentation processes.
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Applications in the food industry
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The biosensor industry is booming. The market comprises 4 segments: medical, environmental, agri-food and military, with medical applications accounting for the vast majority (90% of sales are of glucose-detecting biosensors).
In the food industry, pathogen detection is the biggest market. In the USA, a recent study
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