Savoury Snacks in Europe (Potato Crisps, Nuts, Savoury Biscuits, Extruded Snacks) Overview Savoury Snacks in Europe (Potato Crisps, Nuts, Savoury Biscuits, Extruded Snacks) Food for Thought FFT, February 2011 Summary Savoury Snacks Market in Europe covers 16 countries and puts direct human consumption at Euros 12,4 billion in 2009, or 1.1% of the all food and drink market of Euros 1111 billion.
Britons lead Europe on crisp consumption. Scientific Report of EFSA: Monitoring of acrylamide levels in food. EFSA Journal 2011;9(4):2133 [48 pp.]. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2133 Type: Scientific Report of EFSA On request from: European Commission Question number: EFSA-Q-2010-01458 Approved: 22 March 2011 Published: 20 April 2011 Affiliation: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Parma Italy The current report describes the results from the European acrylamide monitoring in the period from 2007 to 2009.
Twenty three Member States and Norway submitted a total of 10366 acrylamide results for the three-year period. In 2009, mean acrylamide levels ranged from 37 µg/kg for ‘soft bread’ to 1504 µg/kg for ‘substitute coffee’, while the highest 95th percentile and maximum levels were reported for ‘substitute coffee’ at 3976 and ‘potato crisps’ at 4804 µg/kg, respectively.