Today's news of coffee causing cancer is on the hot search again, to tell the truth, Uncle Wang saw this news last Friday, and discussed it with his friends around him at that time, is the title of this article a bit powerful?When I read the title, I really thought that drinking coffee caused cancer!
Recently, the Fujian Provincial and Fuzhou Municipal Consumer Rights Protection Commission jointly released a freshly made coffee testing report. According to the report, 59 freshly made and sold coffees sold in 20 coffee sales stores in Fuzhou were detected to contain a small amount of acrylamide, a class 2A carcinogen. This finding has attracted widespread attention because the most common coffee chain brands such as Luckin, Starbucks, and Lucky Coffee are among the most common coffee brands detected.
What is Acrylamide?
Acrylamide is a man-made chemical that is mainly produced during high-temperature heating. It is carcinogenic, and long-term ingestion may pose a potential threat to human health. As a result, the emergence of coffee test results has raised concerns among consumers about the safety of freshly brewed coffee.
However, there are different voices for this test result.
Studies have shown that the carcinogenic dose of "acrylamide" is about 2 per kilogram of body weight per day6 mcg to 16 mcg. In the test, 59 freshly made coffee drinks contained a low proportion of acrylamide, even the highest content of "Luckin Coffee" contained only 10 acrylamide per cup2 micrograms, while the brand with the lowest acrylamide content "KFC" contains only 3 per cup39 micrograms.
After conversion, more than half of the brands have exceeded the safety threshold of 16 micrograms per kilogram of acrylamide per kilogram of coffee drinks. But in fact, no one drinks kilograms of coffee drinks every day, and the normal capacity of a standard coffee drink is generally 250ml and 350ml.
Therefore, many popular science people and netizens ridiculed accordingly:To achieve the risk of cancer, you need to drink it every dayDrinking a cup of coffee normally does not increase the risk of cancer, but the risk of acrylamide ingestion in fried baked goods is higher.
But others believe that even at lower levels, acrylamide is a carcinogen and should be avoided as much as possible.
Uncle Wang feels that it is important for consumers to understand their health risks and make informed consumption choices. When choosing coffee, consumers can consider choosing decaf or decaf coffee, or reducing the amount of coffee they drink. In addition, there is the option to reduce acrylamide production by using a filter or reducing the boiling time.
In conclusion, the detection of acrylamide in freshly brewed coffee has raised consumer concerns about the safety of coffee. Consumers should be aware of their health risks and make informed spending choices. At the same time, the relevant authorities should continue to strengthen the supervision and testing of acrylamide content in food to ensure the health and safety of consumers.