Sentences with phrase «contains acrylamide»

Last Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge ruled that coffee shops such as Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts must caution customers that coffee contains acrylamide — a potential cancer - causing chemical that forms as a byproduct of roasting.

The Council for Education and Research on Toxics — the group behind the lawsuit — wanted to penalize companies for not warning customers that coffee contains acrylamide, a chemical that California lists as one «known to cause cancer.»

French fries contain acrylamide.

Potatoes cooked in the microwave do not contain acrylamides.

Not exact matches

Other animal crackers found by CEH to contain levels of acrylamide requiring a warning under California law were: Barbara's (Weetabix) Snackimals Vanilla Cookies; Stauffer's Animal Crackers Original; Gold Emblem (a CVS store brand); Kirkland Signature organic (a Costco store brand); Mi - Del Gluten - free Arrowroot Cookies; Cookies Animalitos Galletas (La Moderna brand); and Galletas de Animalitos Con Betun brand.

Baking sweet potatoes at high temps like that causes them to blacken, the black contains high levels of acrylamide which can cause cancer.

Acrylamide — formed when foods containing carbohydrates are cooked at high temperatures — was detected for the first time and is common in the U.S. population.

Potato chips — Sticking with the fried potato theme, potato chips are just as bad as French fries, if not more so in fact, with the added bonus that they also tend to contain a carcinogenic (causes cancer) ingredient known as acrylamide.

Once ingested, acrylamide can be detoxified in the body if it is processed through our cytochrome P450 enzyme system and converted into glycidamide, or if it is hooked together with the sulfur - containing, antioxidant molecule called glutathione.

Prunes contain substantial quantities of the neurotoxin, acrylamide, which forms in all dried fruits (especially in prunes and in pears) during the drying process with hot air: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunes

Yet, baked snack foods containing wheat and sugar — including cookies and crackers — and processed foods involving toasted grains — including toasted wheat cereals — are considered among the highest risk of foods when it comes to acrylamide exposure.

Potato chips and french fries fried to a golden brown contain the highest levels of nasty acrylamides.