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Acrylamide in food
Acrylamide is produced especially in cereal and potato
products prepared at high temperatures, e. g., chips, toast,
rolls, bread and bakery products (biscuits, spicy biscuits,
Christmas biscuits).
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
aluminum pan on the lower level.
Butter cookies:
Trays put in the oven at the same time are not necessarily
ready at the same time.
Covered apple tart on level 1:
Place dark spring moulds with some space between them.
Covered apple tart on 2 levels:
Place dark spring moulds on top of one another.
Corrugated cake spring moulds:
Bake using upper and lower heating
%
on level 1. Use the
enamel tray instead of the wire shelf and place spring moulds.
Tips for preparing food with a low content in acrylamide
General
■
Keep cooking time to a minimum.
■
Brown food without toasting it too much.
■
Large, thick food products contain little acrylamide.
Baking
With top and bottom heat max. 200 °C
With hot air max. 180 °C.
Pastries and biscuits
With top and bottom heat max. 190 °C.
With hot air max. 170 °C.
Egg or egg yolk reduces acrylamide formation.
Oven chips
Spread in a single layer uniformly on the tray. Bake at least 400 g. per tray so that the
potatoes do not dry up
Food
Accessories, advice and
warnings
Level
Type of heating Temperature in
°C
Time in min-
utes
Butter cookies (preheating*)
Flat oven tray
2
%
160-170
20-30
Universal deep tray
3
%
150-160
20-30
Aluminium tray + flat oven
tray
1+3
2
140-160
20-30
Aluminium tray + universal
deep tray
1+3
2
140-160
20-30
20 small cakes
Enamel baking tray
3
%
150-170
20-30
20 small cakes on one tray (preheat-
ing)
Aluminium tray + flat oven
tray
1+3
2
140-150
30-40
Aluminium tray + universal
deep tray
1+3
2
140-150
30-40
Sponge cake (preheating*)
Spring tin
1
%
170-180
30-40
Pastry case
Enamel baking tray
3
%
160-180
30-40
Aluminium tray + flat oven
tray
1+3
2
150-160
30-45
Aluminium tray + universal
deep tray
1+3
2
150-160
30-40
* Do not use rapid heating to preheat the oven.
Shelves and baking trays may be obtained as special accessories from specialist retail outlets.