Fecha de publicación: 01/05/2003 Fuente: WIPO "meat" It is intended to provide a method of detecting food allergens, an antibody to be used therein and an antigen for preparing the antibody. The above antigen is a mixture of a plural number of food allergens including undenatured and/or denatured substances recognized by IgE antibody of patients with food allergy. The above antibody is an antibody obtained by immunizing an animal with the above−mentioned antigen. According to the above method of detecting food allergens with the use of the antibody, food allergens and food allergy−inducing foods can be detected, thereby contributing to the insurance of patients against food allergy.