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When you fry, bake, or roast starchy foods like potatoes or bread at high heat, a chemical reaction creates a substance called acrylamide — but you can lower it by soaking the food in salt water, using a special enzyme, or cooking it slower and cooler.
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Exploring Formation and Control of Hazards in Thermal Processing for Food Safety
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2025 Jun 21This study says that when you cook starchy foods like fries or bread at high heat, a chemical reaction makes acrylamide — and you can reduce it by changing how you cook or what you add, which is exactly what the claim says.
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