Tips on Cooking and Frying
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Tips on Cooking and Frying
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Information on acrylamides
According to the latest scientific knowledge, intensive browning of food, especially in
products containing starch, can constitute a health risk due to acrylamides. Therefore we
recommend cooking at the lowest possible temperatures and not browning foods too
much.
Cookware for induction cooking zones
Cookware material
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* Cookware for induction cooking zones is labelled as suitable by the manufacturer.
Suitability test
Cookware is suitable for induction cooking, if …
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... a little water on an induction cooking zone set to heat setting 14 is heated very
quickly.
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... a magnet sticks to the bottom of the cookware.
Cookware base
The bottom of the cookware should be as thick and flat as possible.
Pan size
Up to a certain limit, induction cooking zones adapt themselves to the size of the bot-
tom of the cookware automatically. However, depending on the cooking zone size, the-
magnetic part of the bottom of the cookware must have a minimum diameter.
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The cookware must be placed centrally on the cooking zone.
Cookware material
suitable
Cast iron
+
Steel, enamelled steel
+
Stainless steel
+*
Multi-layer pan bottom
+*
Aluminium, copper, brass
-
Glass, ceramic, porcelain
-
Diameter of cooking zone
[mm]
Minimum diameter of dish base [mm]
210
180
180
145
145
120
