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, ...

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 ...

Air fryers have exploded in popularity over the past few years. The promise sounds almost too good to be true. Crispy fries ...

The chemical acrylamide, or acrylic amide, is a white, odorless, crystal compound. It has the chemical formula C 3 H 5 NO. It’s used to make plastics and treat wastewater, among other things. Every ...

We all know that air fryers have become the darling of home kitchens. They're convenient, crispy, and supposedly healthier ...

When coffee beans are picked and removed from the fruit they're inside, they're a pale color. It's only after they're roasted that they take on a dark or light shade of brown and develop that ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to cut down on acrylamide, a chemical linked to cancer that can form in plant-based, starchy foods when they are cooked in high-temperatures like ...

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.

The Maillard reaction is arguably the world’s most beloved chemical process. Cooks learned long ago that raw, unappetizing ingredients such as potatoes and grains can be turned into toasty treats with ...

Products of the Maillard reaction are responsible for much of the flavour and colour generated during baking and roasting. An important associated reaction is the Strecker degradation of amino acids ...

A judge ruled in March that coffee sellers in California should post warnings about a potentially cancer-causing chemical found in the beverage. The chemical, acrylamide, is produced during the coffee ...