The reducing sugar concentration in puffed shrimp chips
fortified with calcium carbonate and calcium acetate showed
no correlation with acrylamide concentration (R2 ¼ 0), probably
because calcium carbonate cannot be easily dissolved in
water. The regression equation for deep-fried shrimp chips
fortified with calcium citrate could possibly serve as a simple
predictive method for determining the mitigation of acrylamide
formation within the tested concentrations. Once the
reducing sugar concentration is established, acrylamide could
be reduced by selecting calcium salts and employing a minimal
amount of reducing sugars or by increasing the concentration
of calcium citrate.