Analytical methods for the determination of acrylamide in food products: a review

In early 2002, the Swedish National Food Administration reported high acrylamide levels in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods. Consequently, intensive activity began examining the many different types of food, and thousands of analyses have been undertaken world wide. Measurement data have been pu...

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Published in:Food additives and contaminants 2003-10, Vol.20 (10), p.885-902
Main Authors: Wenzl, T, Calle, M. Beatriz de la, Anklam, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acrylamide
Acrylamide - analysis
acrylamides
analytical methods
Biological and medical sciences
Chromatography, Liquid - methods
European Union
Food Analysis - methods
Food Contamination - analysis
Food industries
Food toxicology
foods
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - methods
GC/MS
heat treatment
Humans
LC/MS/MS
proficiency testing
review
solvents
surveys
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Summary:In early 2002, the Swedish National Food Administration reported high acrylamide levels in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods. Consequently, intensive activity began examining the many different types of food, and thousands of analyses have been undertaken world wide. Measurement data have been published in many different types of media. Within this flood of publications, there are only a limited number of articles concerned with the technical aspects of the measurements. This review focuses on the state-of-the-art in the analysis of acrylamide in foodstuffs. It covers information on methods from peer-reviewed articles and other sources (e.g. a survey carried out among official and private laboratories of the Member States of the European Union). Alternative methods are presented and discussed alongside the more common measurement techniques for acrylamide in foodstuffs. Special attention is given to sample preparation. The greatest differences between the analytical methods was for acrylamide extraction and clean-up. The influence of different extraction techniques or extraction solvents/solvent mixtures on the measurement results has not yet been fully investigated. There is also a lack of understanding about the sample clean-up. Since both might have a large impact on the results of the analysis, this review should also be considered as a basis for further investigations.
ISSN:0265-203X
1464-5122
DOI:10.1080/02652030310001605051