Beaconkits
Saco, US · Founded 1996 · 7 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Beacon Analytical Systems manufactures ELISA immunoassay test kits for detection of toxins, contaminants, antibodies, antigens, and chemical compounds. The company serves laboratory and field testing applications across environmental, pharmaceutical, and food testing industries.
Also known as Beacon Analytical Systems · Beacon Analytical Systems, Inc.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Beacon Analytical Systems, operating at beaconkits.com, is a biotechnology development company that manufactures enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test kits and recombinant proteins. Its kits are used to detect and quantify toxins, contaminants, antibodies, antigens and other chemical compounds in laboratory and field settings.
The product catalog spans crop protection chemical test kits, endotoxin kits, environmental and industrial contaminant kits, food quality and food safety kits, immunological reagents, marine toxin and mycotoxin kits, phyto-psychoactive compound kits, plant growth hormone kits, recombinant proteins, veterinary drug kits, vitamin kits and assay materials. The company also offers services, including testing performed under its accredited quality-control laboratory.
The company was established in 1996 and is located in Saco, Maine, United States, and is described in third-party company data as a private company with fewer than 10 employees.
Business model
The company develops and manufactures immunoassay test kits, recombinant proteins and immunological reagents, selling catalog products identified by part number, and additionally offers laboratory testing services through its accredited QC laboratory.
Traction
The company reports third-party validation of its kits, including EPA ETV verification of Microcystin and Atrazine kits and AOAC performance testing of its Aflatoxin Plate Kit, whose evaluation against a validated HPLC method was published in the Journal of AOAC International in 2011 and verified by an independent laboratory.
Latest developments
In June 2025 the company added a Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons 100 Tube Kit (Cat# 20-0412), a semi-bulk version of its 20-tube kit intended to lower unit cost and packaging waste. In July 2025 it released the Dextran 40 Tube Kit (Cat# 20-0330) for analysis of fresh beet juice, including a negative control and a 300 ppm positive control at MW 40,000, as a tube-format counterpart to its plate kit (Cat# 20-0396). In June 2026 it launched a competitive ELISA for detection of mescaline in cactus fruit (Cat# 20-0413), aimed at quantifying dose-response levels for psychedelic research.
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Market position
Beacon holds third-party validations that include U.S. EPA ETV verification for several Microcystin and Atrazine kits, AOAC performance testing of its Aflatoxin Plate Kit, and A2LA accreditation of its QC testing laboratory to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (cert# 5433.01) for a defined scope.
Technology
Products are based on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) formats, supplied in both microplate and tube configurations, together with recombinant proteins and immunological reagents. Kits are specified with quantitative detection ranges — for example, the Mescaline Plate Kit (Cat# 20-0413) is specified for detection between 10 and 1000 parts per billion — and are designed for rapid use in both laboratory and field workflows.
Go-to-market
Laboratories and field testing operations in environmental monitoring, food safety and quality, agriculture and crop protection, industrial contamination testing, veterinary drug residue testing, and research settings such as psychedelic and plant-compound research.
Geography
Headquartered and operating from Saco, Maine, United States; the website's terms of service are governed by the laws of the State of Maine.
History
Beacon was established in 1996 and is based in Saco, Maine. A number of its Microcystin and Atrazine test kits were verified under the U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program, and its Aflatoxin Plate Kit (Cat# 20-0017) was analyzed for performance by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists under license number 081003; AOAC-published evaluations of the Aflatoxin Plate Kit appeared in the Journal of AOAC International in September 2011. More recently the company has extended existing product lines with new formats and new analytes, including a Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons 100 Tube Kit and a Dextran 40 Tube Kit in 2025 and a mescaline ELISA in 2026.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsCompetitive ELISA for detection of mescaline in peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and San Pedro (Echinopsis pachanoi) cactus fruit, with detection limits between 10 and 1000 ppb.
Beacon's QC testing lab is accredited by A2LA to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (cert# 5433.01) for a defined scope and for the operation of its laboratory quality management system.
Tube-format kit for analysis of fresh beet juice samples, with a negative control and a 300 ppm positive control (MW = 40,000), matching the performance of the plate-based kit Cat# 20-0396.
Semi-bulk 100-tube format of the standard 20-tube TPH kit, offering lower unit cost and reduced packaging waste for labs running larger sample volumes.
Evaluation of the Aflatoxin Plate Kit for total aflatoxin in corn and peanut samples, assessed for ruggedness, linearity, accuracy, precision and correlation to HPLC method AOAC 994.08, published in the Journal of AOAC International; kit holds AOAC license number 081003.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Beaconkits do?
- Beacon Analytical Systems is a Maine-based manufacturer of ELISA immunoassay test kits and recombinant proteins.
- Who are Beaconkits's investors?
- Beaconkits's investors include CEI Ventures.
- Where is Beaconkits headquartered?
- Beaconkits is headquartered in Saco, US.