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. 2021 Aug 26;10(9):2008. doi: 10.3390/foods10092008

Table 2.

Acrylamide concentration (µg/kg) reported by different international studies for the food groups analysed in the present study.

Food Groups Acrylamide (µg/kg) Analytical Methodology Origin Literature Reference
Potato-based food
Chips 63–799 GC-MS/MS Restaurant [27]
152–1023 GC-TOF-MS Restaurant [18]
151–505 GC-TOF-MS Institutional caterers [18]
150–392 GC-TOF-MS Chain fast food service [18]
291–970 LC-ESI-MS/MS Restaurant [28]
1590–2390 LC-ESI-MS/MS Household [28]
201 n.i. Data submitted by food associations [4]
332 n.i. Data submitted by European countries [4]
20–1330 n.i. Household [29]
190–1090 n.i. Restaurant [29]
418 LC-MS/MS Restaurant [15]
206 LC-MS/MS Household [15]
27–4200 LC-ESI-MS/MS Household [12]
20–4000 LC-ESI-MS/MS School canteen [17]
187 LC-ESI-MS Local markets [16]
36–1411 HPLC-DAD Street vendors [30]
Spanish omelette 135 LC-MS/MS n.i. [19]
240 a LC-ESI-MS Supermarkets [22]
128 a LC-ESI-MS Catering [20]
151 HPLC-DAD School canteen [21]
Cereal-based food
Torrijas 16 a LC-ESI-MS Collective catering [20]
Sponge cake <30 LC-MS/MS Supermarkets [31]
Food based on cereal mix with meat, fish or vegetables
Breaded fillet 19 n.i. n.i. [32]
40 LC-ESI-MS/MS Restaurant/school canteen [33]
451 GC-MS Local supplier (market) [34]
Ham and cheese fillet 32 LC-ESI-MS/MS Restaurant/school canteen [33]
Croquettes 285–420 RP-HPLC Supermarkets [35]
36 LC-ESI-MS/MS Restaurant/school canteen [33]

n.i.: not indicated. a Measured in kg of dry matter. GC-TOF-MS: gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry; LC-ESI-MS/MS: liquid chromatography electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry; GC-MS/MS: gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; LC-MS/MS: liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; HPLC-DAD: high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection; RP-HPLC: reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.