The mean content of acrylamide in crusts was not influenced by the addition of malt (dark
bread) that can represent a potential source of acrylamide. Considering that the separated crust
represented approximately 16 % of the loaf weight in this type of breads, the acrylamide
contents recalculated to a 800 g loaf ranged, as documented in Fig. 1, from 2 to 20 μg.kg-1 of
bread. Unexpectedly, the mean content found for the days 1 – 5 was significantly lower (2 and
4 μg.kg -1 for dark and common breads, respectively) compared to that in the second part of
the survey (5 and 13 μg.kg-1 for dark and common breads, respectively). When tracing back