The acrylamide concentration in overfried shrimp chips
fortified with 0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, and 1.0% calcium lactate was
53.0 ng/g, 0 ng/g, 53.0 ng/g, and 87.07 g/g, respectively,
demonstrating that fortification with 0.1% calcium lactate can
completely mitigate acrylamide formation (p < 0.05) (Fig. 4).
The acrylamide concentration in overfried shrimp chips was
not significantly different when they were fortified with 0.1%
of any of the other calcium salts (p > 0.05). When the concentration
of calcium increases, reaction proceeds mainly
towards the dehydration of glucose, leading to hydroxymethylfurfural
as one of the characteristic end products.
This trend, however, was not observed in our results.