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Acrylamide in food
Where does acrylamide
come from?
Only preheat the oven if it specifies in the recipe or in
the table in the instruction manual that you should do
so.
Use non-stick, black painted or enamelled tins.
They absorb the heat especially well.
If you have several cakes to bake it is best to bake
them one after the other. The oven is still warm. This
shortens the baking time for the second cake. You
can also put two baking tins in one after the other.
For long cooking times, the oven can be switched off
10 minutes before the end of the cooking time and
the remaining heat can be used to finish the cooking.
Experts are currently discussing how dangerous
acrylamide in food can be. We have compiled this
information sheet for you on the basis of current
research.
Acrylamide in food does not come from external
contamination. It is formed in the food itself during
preparation – provided that the food contains
carbohydrate and protein. Exactly how this happens
has not yet been completely explained. However, it
appears that the acrylamide content is strongly
influenced by
high temperatures
a low water content in food
intensive browning of the food.
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