The Food and Drug Administration today announced that it will embark on a thorough scientific assessment of the health significance of very low levels of furan -- a chemical that is produced through ...

Coffee made in espresso makers, above all that made from capsules, contains more furan -- a toxic, carcinogenic compound -- than that made in traditional drip coffee makers, although the levels are ...

Shedding light on how the carcinogen furan forms in foods, scientists have opened up possible solutions to tackle this potential problem for the food industry. Furan, a colourless, volatile liquid ...

Furan fatty acids (FuFAs) are a distinctive group of minor yet biologically active lipids found across a broad spectrum of organisms, including plants, marine species and mammals. Characterised by the ...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) detects ‘no significant change or discernible trends’ across many food categories for process contaminants acrylamide and furan. The report looked at acrylamide and ...

The presence of toxic furans in infant foods such as ready-to-eat jarred or canned foods could pose a health risk, with regulators mentioning long-term liver damage as one possibility. In its latest ...

Exposure to furan, a chemical present in agricultural products, stabilizers, pharmaceuticals, and heat-processed foods, shows a significant positive correlation with the prevalence and respiratory ...

"Preparing a coffee in a drip coffee maker is not the same as making one in an espresso machine or from capsules, because these give rise to differing levels of furan", Javier Santos, a professor at ...