Bread, buns and coffee can be dangerous as they might contain the chemical compound acrylamide, which the Technical University of Denmark’s (DTU) National Food Institute now links to cancer. EU food safety authorities have been asked to investigate.
Acrylamide is a chemical compound that typically forms in starchy food products such as potato crisps, chips, bread, biscuits and coffee, during high-temperature processing (above 120°), including frying, baking and roasting.

“We can with a great probability say that there is a link between food products which contain alcrylamide and cancer,” Jørgen Schlundt, director of DTU’s National Food Institute, told Danish TV.