Palm Oil Developments No.57 (Dec 2012) p1-6

Possible Factors that Cause the Formation of 3-Monochloropropane-1, 2-diol (3-MCPD) Esters

Nuzul Amri Ibrahim, Muhamad Roddy Ramli and Siew Wai Lin

The 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) esters have been detected in thermally treated foodstuff such as breadcrumbs and crusts (Doležal et al., 2009), coffee (Doležal et al., 2005), baked cereal products (Hamlet and Sadd 2004) and doughnuts and french-fries (Svejkovska et al., 2004). These esters are part of a larger group of chloropropanediols (CPD). Surprisingly, the compound has also been detected in infant and baby food (Zelinkova et al., 2009) which triggered the demand for investigation by the general public since the compound is suspected to be a non-genotoxic carcinogen (JECFA, 2002).



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