Dietary Exposure to Acrylamide and Associated Health Risks for the Korean Population

Sanghee Lee and Hyun Jung Kim
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Sanghee Lee: Research Group of Natural Materials and Metabolism, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun 55365, Korea
Hyun Jung Kim: Research Group of Consumer Safety, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju-gun 55365, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: The aim of the study was to estimate the dietary exposure to acrylamide (AA) from the consumption of various processed food and to assess the associated health risks in different age groups in Korea. Potato crisps and French fries presented the highest mean levels of AA (546 and 372 μg/kg, respectively) followed by coffee (353 μg/kg) and tea products (245 μg/kg). The mean AA dietary exposure values for toddlers (≤2 years), children (3–6 years), children (7–12 years), adolescents (13–19 years), adults (20–64 years), and seniors (≥65 years) were estimated to be 0.15, 0.13, 0.06, 0.06, 0.08, and 0.06 μg/kg body weight (BW)/day, respectively. Based on the benchmark dose lower confidence limit (BMDL 10 ) of 0.18 and 0.31 mg/kg BW/day, the calculated mean and 95th percentile values for the margin of exposure were below 10,000 for the all age groups suggesting possible health concern for Koreans. Biscuits, crisps, and coffee were the primary foods contributing to dietary AA exposure among these in the Korean populations. In children, considering the health risk of AA dietary exposure, especially from biscuits and crisps, there is a need to further control and modify dietary habits to ensure lower AA exposure.

Keywords: acrylamide; food products; dietary exposure; risk assessment; margin of exposure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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