Special Issue of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research: The Maillard Reaction in Food and Medicine

Publication date: 2009
Action: 927

The main topics addressed in this issue are first novel analytical techniques for the evalution of heat-treated dairy foods and for quantification of heterocyclic amines in plasma and urine. The second part is focused on two putatively harmful compounds found in heat-treated foods: furanes and acrylamide (AA). One contribution is focused on the effect of dietary Maillard reaction products on iron bioavailability in male adolescents.