Acrylamide in food
Acrylamide is produced particularly in cereal and potato
products prepared at high temperatures, e. g., chips, toast,
rolls, bread and pastries (biscuits, spiced biscuits, Christmas
biscuits).
Tips for preparing food with a low acrylamide content
General
Baking
Pastries and biscuits
Oven potato chips
Test dishes
These tables have been produced for test institutes to facilitate
the inspection and testing of the various appliances.
In accordance with EN 50304/EN 60350 (2009) and IEC
60350.
Baking
Baking on 2 levels:
Always place the universal deep tray on the upper level and the
flat oven tray on the lower level.
Baking on 3 levels:
Always place the universal deep tray on the upper level.
Butter cookies:
Trays put in the oven at the same time are not necessarily
ready at the same time.
Dish
Butter cookies (preheating*)
Small cakes (preheat*)
Water sponge cake (preheat*)
Water sponge cake
* Do not use rapid heating to preheat the oven
Wire shelves and baking trays may be obtained as optional accessories from specialist retail outlets.
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Keep the cooking time to a minimum.
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Brown the food, making sure it is not overtoasted.
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Large, thick pieces of food contain a low acrylamide content.
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With top and bottom heat max. 200 °C
With 3D Hot air max. 180 °C.
With top and bottom heat max. 190 °C.
With 3D Hot air max. 170 °C.
Eggs or egg yolks reduce the formation of acrylamide.
Spread them evenly on a single layer in the baking tray. Bake at least 400 g on each
baking tray so that the chips do not dry out
Accessories and tins
Universal tray
Universal tray
Universal tray + oven tray
2 oven trays + universal tray
Universal tray
Universal tray + oven tray
Universal tray
2 oven trays + universal tray
Springform tin on the wire shelf
Springform tin on the wire shelf
Covered apple pie on level 1:
Place dark springform tins with some space between them.
Covered apple pie on 2 levels:
Place dark springform tins on top of one another.
Cakes in springform tins:
Bake using top and bottom heating
universal tray instead of the wire shelf and place the springform
tins on it.
Level
3
3
3+1
5+3+1
3
3+1
3
5+3+1
2
2
%
on level 1. Use the
Type of
Temperature
Time in
heating
in °C
minutes
150-160
20-30
%
140-150
20-30
›
140-150
25-35
›
140-150
25-35
›
150-170
20-30
%
140-160
25-35
›
150-160
25-30
›
140-150
25-30
›
170-180
30-40
%
165-175
35-45
›