Dietary levels of acrylamide, the chemical compound and known carcinogen naturally produced from cooking food, cannot be shown to pose any health risk to humans, according to an expert panel organized ...

That acrylamide is present in French fries is information you might choose to forget, like mercury in tuna. Recently I was reminded of this inconvenient fact by an article on genetically modified ...

A new Consumer Reports investigation found potentially harmful contaminants in some popular children’s snacks.

Air fried food has a plethora of health benefits over traditional deep frying. For starters, it helps substantially decrease the total fat and calories of your favorite "fried" food fare! However, ...

Roasted coffee beans contain small quantities of a compound called acrylamide. In high amounts, acrylamide can be harmful. There are even concerns that acrylamide in coffee may also cause cancer.

French fry lovers, beware! You may be exposed to a chemical more commonly associated with heavy industry than crispy fried potatoes. Fortunately, researchers are finding ways to reduce that exposure.

Just four years ago, on the Thursday morning of 25 April 2002, millions of people awoke to newspaper and TV reports that their breakfast might be laced with a deadly chemical. They hadn’t been ...

Many of us think of coffee as a morning essential, however, there has been a long running debate between California regulators, courts, business, and consumer advocates regarding whether coffee must ...

Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration released a report offering guidance to the food industry on steps that can be taken to help reduce the amount of acrylamide in our food supply.

Yesterday the FDA released a Consumer Update suggesting that people try to reduce their consumption of a compound found in well- and over-cooked foods, called acrylamide. Apparently the offending ...

The Food Safety Department of the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region—FISABIO, has conducted the first study that provides data about the internal ...