Can Air Fryers Cause Cancer? 3 Ways To Reduce This Risk

Do you like your french fries a dark golden brown? It turns out cooking potatoes at high temperatures with an air fryer can produce high levels of acrylamide, a chemical that could potentially cause cancer and commonly found in starchy foods like potatoes and bread.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) noted that generally air fryers produce 30-40% more acrylamide than conventional deep fryers. In February 2021, tests by the Hong Kong Consumer Council found acrylamide in french fries cooked in various models of air fryers. In the case of six models, the acrylamide was above EU benchmark levels, with one particular model exceeding the benchmark by up to 13 times.

How do you air fry potatoes more safely? Three basic rules: Avoid cooking at very high heat, soak your potatoes well, and don’t store potatoes in the fridge because keeping them at a low temperature also increases its acrylamide content.

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[naturewatcher]

Temp: Frozen: 180F, fresh potatoes: 160C/320F for the 1st part, 180C/356F for the second part, golden brown color. Soak before cooking to reduce starch, don't keep potatoes in the fridge.

[robertschlesinger]

Interesting and worthwhile video. There should be tests to determine if the stated precautions actually work to significantly reduce acrylamide and other carcinogens.

[ahmadsafwanahmadlatfi]

Please also do another test to show the acrylamide content after doing the 3 steps. For now there is no proof that these will actually work without any actual numbers

[reylove]

I think the degraded see oils that the starches are cooked in are way more of a concern than the actual Acrylamides.

[MASTEROOOO]

This has inspired me to drop French fries completely from my diet, thank you!

[tigerexo]

Thanks for such interesting and educating video CNA. I really don’t know about this until I watched this video!

[tkyap]

Unlike most of us who eat to live, some live to eat. Health is secondary and a chance to take.

[sidmichael]

There's no such thing as healthy French Fries

[VipinChanders]

Just wash before air dry....make it ..

[Mintliam]

Such a good episode! Thank u CNA. Convinced that I shall not buy an airfryer

[tedlessor]

Can't trust nothing the WHO Recommends...

[chernchunghin]

moderate your consumption, everybody love french fries, it would be fine.

[Ceedub]

Why would you want to reduce…. Instead of get rid of…make it make sense smh

[ygdgxmg]

If we eat a proper human diet of meat, meat and more meat, is there any risk of Acrylamide?

[hvfmgbr]

Got it no more than 180 degrees of cooking 🧑‍🍳

[derrymd]

substandard blatant copy of cbc marketplace

[RudalPL]

FFS! It's not K. G. It's pronounced Kilograms!!

[gaylecheung]

WTF… And you’re gonna make me read this article whatever video you don’t have enough money to put near ration I am too tired to read subtitles on a ridiculous non-medical research fly off the cuff hypothesis

[leehyunsong]

A 2.5 mins video to talk about this subject? Are you serious CNA?