INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
I&m deathly allergic to nuts, so I felt super excited when I heard about the Nima peanut sensor
I&ve ended up in the emergency room numerous times because there were nuts in something I thought did not contain nuts
With Nima, I could&ve tested those specific foods before consumption and probably avoided a trip to the ER.
Nima, a TechCrunch Battlefield
alum, is gearing up to launch a peanut sensor, its second product, on September 12
The sensor is able to detect even the tiniest trace (10 parts per million) of peanut protein
To use Nima, you insert the food into a disposable test capsule, which goes into the device to figure out if there any peanut protein in the
In under five minutes, the Nima sensor will tell you if your food is peanut-free.
The device connects to your phone via Bluetooth to
enable the app to show your testing history, records of all the packaged foods yo&ve tried and a map of restaurants that Nima has tested for
To be clear, this sensor is just for peanuts
It does not test for all nuts, but Nima founder Shireen Yates told me the plan is to enable testing for additional nuts in the future.
The
idea with Nima is not to suddenly ditch your Epi-Pen, an epinephrine shot designed to treat anaphylactic allergic reactions, but to provide
one extra way to be confident about what you&re eating before you eat it
Based on two rounds of internal testing, Nima says there is a 97.6 percent accuracy rate.
Nima retails for $229 while the sensor plus 12
test capsules retails at $289
Nima launched its first product tested for gluten sensitivity
Check out the video at the top to learn more about Nima.
