Acrylamide from Maillard reaction products

Richard H. Stadler (), Imre Blank, Natalia Varga, Fabien Robert, Jörg Hau, Philippe A. Guy, Marie-Claude Robert and Sonja Riediker
Additional contact information
Richard H. Stadler: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Imre Blank: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Natalia Varga: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Fabien Robert: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Jörg Hau: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Philippe A. Guy: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Marie-Claude Robert: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc
Sonja Riediker: Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Vers-chez-les-Blanc

Nature, 2002, vol. 419, issue 6906, 449-450

Abstract: Abstract The discovery of the adventitious formation of the potential cancer-causing agent acrylamide in a variety of foods during cooking1,2 has raised much concern3,4, but the chemical mechanism(s) governing its production are unclear. Here we show that acrylamide can be released by the thermal treatment of certain amino acids (asparagine, for example), particularly in combination with reducing sugars, and of early Maillard reaction products (N-glycosides)5. Our findings indicate that the Maillard-driven generation of flavour and colour in thermally processed foods can — under particular conditions — be linked to the formation of acrylamide.

Date: 2002
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/419449a Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:419:y:2002:i:6906:d:10.1038_419449a

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/419449a

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().