How to Use acrylamide in a Sentence

acrylamide

noun
  • But in high doses, acrylamide has been found to cause cancer in mice.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Coffee is listed as one of the major food sources of acrylamide in humans.
    — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The good news is air fryers appear to produce lower amounts of acrylamide.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • One of them is acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The highest levels of acrylamide were found in medium roasts, followed by light roasts and dark roasts.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
  • When food is cooked at very high heat, an amino acid called asparagine can react with sugars to produce acrylamide.
    — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
  • The chemical acrylamide is used in all kinds of industries to make dyes and plastics.
    — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
  • The coffee makers did not deny that the chemical acrylamide was found in coffee.
    — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
  • Roasting nuts has been shown to produce acrylamide, which is a toxic, cancer-causing compound.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 10 Nov. 2025
  • One of them is acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted, reports Newsweek.
    — Emily Price, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2018
  • One of the arguments against the acrylamide warning is that the health benefits of coffee outweigh the risk.
    — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018
  • But experts say that the carcinogenicity of acrylamide in people is still up for debate.
    — Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
  • At issue is a chemical called acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Acrylamide, especially the acrylamide in coffee, isn’t even close.
    — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Better yet, boil or microwave potatoes more often—those processes do not produce acrylamide.
    — Lauren Manaker, Health, 6 May 2023
  • Like many foods that are cooked, coffee-roasting creates a chemical byproduct called acrylamide that is a carcinogen.
    — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Clean Label’s testing found levels of acrylamide varied with the degree of roasting of coffee beans.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
  • These, in turn, initiated the polymerization of acrylamide and acrylic acid to form the hydrogel.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • The saga began as early as 2002, when researchers found the chemical acrylamide in an array of foods.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 16 June 2018
  • Many coffee shops have already posted warnings that say acrylamide is cancer-causing chemical found in coffee.
    — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Rodent studies have shown acrylamide to increase the risk of several types of cancer, another reason not to store raw potatoes in the fridge.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
  • In Chung's new version, there's a high concentration of acrylamide, which results in a tangled set of long polymer chains with links that slip and slide around.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2020
  • Berle said scientists who testified on behalf of the coffee companies failed to prove that there was an acceptable level of acrylamide.
    — Victoria Kim, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Several experts said links between cancer and acrylamide in humans are weak or need to be replicated in additional studies.
    — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
  • For one thing, rats and humans metabolize acrylamide differently.
    — Jenny Splitter, SELF, 13 June 2018
  • In the first phase of the trial, Berle said the defense failed to present enough credible evidence to show there was no significant risk posed by acrylamide in coffee.
    — Brian Melley, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The problem stems from acrylamide, which is on a California’s list of chemicals that could potentially cause cancer.
    — Emily Price, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
  • After losing an earlier phase of the case, the companies argued at a trial last fall that they should be allowed to come up with an alternative risk level for acrylamide in coffee.
    — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Finally, Schiff said that potatoes should not be stored in the refrigerator because this could lead to producing more acrylamide when the potatoes are later cooked.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 14 June 2017

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