Acrylamide is a synthetic monomer used in several industrial applications, especially in water treatment. In April
2002, Swedish researchers reported not only its presence in food subjected to thermal treatments, but also
its possible neurotoxic and cancerous effects. Since then, its quantities in food, its formation mechanisms, its
metabolic ways, quantification methods and mitigation strategies are being studied by governmental entities and
academics, as it is considered a public health hazard.