The re
lationship between acry
la
mide and its precursors, na
me
ly, free asparagine and reducing sugars,was studied in cakes
made fro
m potato f
lake, who
le
mea
l wheat, and who
le
mea
l rye, cooked at 180
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mages/entities/deg.gif">C, fro
m 5 to 60
min. Between 5 and 20
min,
major
losses of asparagine, water, and tota
l reducingsugars were acco
mpanied by
large increases in acry
la
mide, which
maxi
mized in a
ll three productsbetween 25 and 30
min, fo
llowed by a s
low
linear reduction. Acry
la
mide for
mation did not occur toa
large degree unti
l the
moisture contents of the cakes fe
ll be
low 5%. Linear re
lationships wereobserved for acry
la
mide for
mation with the residua
l leve
ls of asparagine and reducing sugars for a
llthree food
materia
ls.Keywords: Acry
la
mide; asparagine; reducing sugars; free a
mino acids; rye; wheat; potato