Do you have concerns about the shelf-life of UHT-milk?

We can help.

Shelf-life failures of UHT milk, due to traces of bacterial protease “AprX” surviving heat treatment, remain a sporadic but serious problem for milk processors.

PPB Tech has developed the first practical solution to screen out raw milk containing high levels of AprX and detect problems that may develop in the factory. Our CYBERTONGUE® on-site solution is now available for sale in Australia and New Zealand.

The test is easy to use and we provide the information customers need to interpret their results. And this is just the first of many on-site CYBERTONGUE® tests that will give you Laboratory Quality Results in Minutes.

The CYBERTONGUE® Company

Our vision is to provide our customers with the means to generate their own laboratory quality test results – on-site within minutes.

Our second generation CYBERTONGUE® System builds on the original invention from the CSIRO, delivering a best-in-class user experience with reliable, actionable results.

The AprX test is now commercially available. Our pipeline of CYBERTONGUE® Tests includes a sensitive and accurate trace lactose test that can be used on coloured, flavoured and sweetened products.

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How It Works

CYBERTONGUE® can measure a range of low-level components directly in complex liquid samples. The first commercial application is measuring AprX protease in raw milk. Follow up tests will include bacillus proteases, plasmin and trace lactose. We are also developing future tests for food allergens and other critical analytes. CYBERTONGUE® delivers results in minutes for analyses that currently take days to complete.

The technology is powered by ultrasensitive and specific protein-based biosensors. PPB Technology combines building blocks from nature and engineers them for accuracy and sensitivity. All tests are read on the same CYBERTONGUE® device, which makes running and interpreting tests a breeze.

PPB Technology’s CYBERTONGUE® Technology platform is protected by five patent families – granted and pending. PPB Tech welcomes inquiries from potential collaborators who wish to make use of this new diagnostic platform.

Technical Information

We tailor solutions to inform real-time decision making across:

Food Processing

Safety & compliance, shelf-life, provenance, nutritional value

Agriculture

Real time tests for productivity, quality, profitability and health

Other Manufacturing Industries

Precise, real time analysis for process control and optimisation

Human Health

Point of care tests for diagnosis and patient stratification

Team

PPB Technology is an Australian startup founded by Dr Stephen Trowell, who led the development of CYBERTONGUE® whilst at CSIRO.

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News

PPB Technology Pty Ltd Introduces Second Generation #CYBERTONGUE® Technology

Our new generation device is small, user-friendly and brimming with state-of-the-art technology – allowing you to conduct laboratory quality tests in minutes, wherever and whenever you need to.

PPB Technology is scaling up production of the CYBERTONGUE®

Over the last twelve months, PPB Technology Pty Ltd has been working with AsureQuality Diagnostics (AQD) to transfer test kit production from our laboratory to their factory floor.

PPB Technology Pty Ltd at AgriFutures

Felix and Stephen demonstrated #CYBERTONGUE Technology at evokeAg, on the 21st and 22nd February at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Canberra Innovation Network's Investor Showcase

PPB Technology Pty Ltd was delighted to be part of CbrIN’s 2023 Investor Showcase earlier this week.

PPB Technology's Peer-Reviewed Paper on the Cybertongue Biosensor for AprX Protease of Pseudomonas fluorescens Has Been Published

Our peer-reviewed paper on the #CYBERTONGUE biosensor for AprX protease of Pseudomonas fluorescens has just been published.

Demonstrating Cybertongue at the Food Allergen Management Society 2023 Conference

Last week, I was at the Food Allergen Management Society's 2023 Global Conference in Brisbane.

Cybertongue Food Testing System Wins Technology Platform Category at the 2023 AIIA iAwards Ceremony in Canberra

PPB Technology Pty Ltd is delighted to share that, yesterday, its CYBERTONGUE® Food Testing System was the winner of the Platform Technology category at the ACT iAwards Ceremony.

Peer-Reviewed Research Published: Using a Cyber Biosensor to Measure Trace Lactose in Coloured and Flavoured Dairy Products

My former colleagues at CSIRO: Karine Caron, Lyndall Briggs, Murat GEL and Jian Wang, with a little help from myself, have published the third paper on our sensitive and robust lactose biosensor.

Cybertongue Goes Commercial with RCM Tick

Here at PPB Technology Pty Ltd , we are super-excited that we have reached the point where #CYBERTONGUE Technology is a commercial product.

PPB Technology launches Ngaio Diagnostics Limited as Exclusive Distributor in New Zealand at NZIFST Scientific Conference and Trade Show

On Monday 3rd July, PPB Tech and Ngaio Diagnostics launched their sales and distribution partnership at the 59th NZIFST Scientific Conference and Trade Show held at the University of Otago, Dunedin.

Cybertongue Demonstrated at FoodPro Exhibition in Melbourne

The FoodPro Exhibition is a premier trade exhibition for the Australian food industry held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and PPB Technology was lucky to be on the FMCG Industry Solutions Pty Ltd stand this year.

Second CYBERTONGUE® Installed in New Zealand

Early this morning (too early for my liking) I returned to Australia after commissioning the second CYBERTONGUE® Device in New Zealand.

CYBERTONGUE® Food Testing System Wins Best in Class Australian Good Design Award for Medical and Scientific Equipment

Going into Friday night's Good Design Awards we knew that we had won a Gold Award (top five) in our category.