Acrylamide in Food and Beverage Manufacturing: Discover the latest guidelines, mitigation technologies and impact on consumers in Asia

Acrylamide in Food and Beverage Manufacturing: Discover the latest guidelines, mitigation technologies and impact on consumers in Asia

Acrylamide Mitigation has been in focus in baking, snacks and recently in coffee. The Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 established mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide, a suspected carcinogen in food. These measures recommend the use of asparaginase, where effective and possible, to reduce asparagine and mitigate the potential for acrylamide formation.

Over time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) and the European Commission (EC) have issued various guidelines, scientific opinions and regulations on mitigation measures. New tougher EU requirements to reduce acrylamide went into effect on April 11, 2018. This adds to the scrutiny from other regulatory authorities around the globe. 

Guidelines now extend to coffee production. Indonesia is the fourth largest exporter of coffee in the world with an increase in coffee production and exports. Given these statistics, the National Agency for Drug and Food Control (NADFC) of Indonesia’s attention is on acrylamide levels in coffee. This has resulted in the publication of the ‘Guideline on Acrylamide Reduction in Processed Coffee’ in 2020, guiding business operators on acrylamide in processed coffee and mitigation measures. Here, we again see a recommendation of asparaginase usage as one of the mitigation measures. This comes from a study on the effectiveness of the enzyme asparaginase, Novozymes Acrylaway®, in reducing free asparagine in green coffee beans*

To comply with increasing regulation and to protect their brands, many food manufacturers are looking to reduce acrylamide in their products.

If you want to get a view on what consumers think about acrylamide, are a producer exporting food products in countries with regulations, are planning to export or simply want to learn more about an option for ‘cleaner and better’ food products, we’d like to invite you to attend our webinar. 

*(Porto et.al, 2019)

Date: June 10, 2021

Time: 3.00 p.m. Kuala Lumpur / Singapore Time (GMT +8)

Date

June 11, 2021

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Webinars

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