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Acrylamide: A chemical created in foods when starches and other carbohydrates are overheated (over 120°C or 250°F) during cooking. There is concern that acrylamide may be a carcinogen (cause cancer).
Acrylamide is used in papermaking, ore processing, permanent-press fabrics, and dye manufacture.
Acrylamide is also polymerized to form polyacrylamides which are used as water-soluble stabilizers, for example, in waste water treatment and in gel electrophoresis.
Acrylamide is a chemical that can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, roasting, and baking. Acrylamide in food forms from ...
A fact sheet about Acrylamide in food and cancer risk. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 3.96
Get information on acrylamide and food. Learn what acrylamide is, what you can do about it and what others are saying.
ACRYLAMIDE International Programme on Chemical Safety Poisons Information Monograph 652 Chemical 1. NAME 1.1 Substance Acrylamide 1.2 Group Amide 1 ...
Download as a pdf here. 1. What is acrylamide? Acrylamide is on the Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity (such as ...