title: Acrylamide levels in selected Colombian foods.
abstract: Acrylamide (AA) levels in conventional (n = 112) and traditional (n = 43) Colombian foods were analysed by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) detection. Samples included: infant powdered formula, coffee and chocolate powders, corn snacks, bakery products and tuber-, meat- and vegetable-based foods. There was a wide variability in AA levels among different foods and within different brands of the same food, especially for coffee powder, breakfast cereals biscuits and French fries samples. Among the conventional foods tested, the highest mean AA value was found in bakery products, such as biscuit (1104 µg kg(-1)) and wafer (1449 µg kg(-1)), followed by potato chips (916 µg kg(-1)). On the other hand, among the traditional foods, higher AA amounts were detected in fried platano (2813 µg kg(-1)) and yuca (3755 µg kg(-1)) compared to other products. Interestingly, the arepa, a traditional Colombian bakery product made with corn flour, showed a lower AA content (< 75 µg kg(-1)) when compared with similar bakery products tested, such as soft bread (102-594 µg kg(-1)), which is a made with wheat flour.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences , Università Politecnica delle Marche , Ancona , Italy.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pacetti
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Natale G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Frega
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Álvarez
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dueñas
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garzón
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lucci
mesh_terms: D020106:Acrylamide / Q000032:analysis*; D003069:Coffee / Q000737:chemistry; D003105:Colombia; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee; D020106:Acrylamide
keywords: Colombian foods; GC/MS; acrylamide; foods