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NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 323-333Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422410000211
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Acrylamide; Baby food; Infant formulas; Toxicity
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Contaminants are a vast subject area of food safety and quality and can be present in our food chain from raw materials to finished products. Acrylamide, an alpha,beta-unsaturated (conjugated) reactive molecule, can be detected as a contaminant in several foodstuffs including baby foods and infant formulas. It is anticipated that children will generally have intakes that are two to three times those of adults when expressed on a body-weight basis. Though exposure to acrylamide is inevitable, it is necessary to protect infant and children from high exposure. The present review focuses on the several adverse health effects of acrylamide including mutagenicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, neurotoxicity and reproductive toxicity, and the possible outcomes of childhood exposure from baby foods and infant formulas.
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