Imagine the oil in your kitchen, used once or twice, now reused hundreds of times over several days. This is the reality in restaurants, catering services, and food factories worldwide. Most people don’t know that this practice makes the oil carcinogenic and filled with harmful trans fats. Changing the oil after each use would make food prices skyrocket and also dramatically increase its carbon footprint, so it continues.
Recent academic literature, along with studies by regulatory agencies like the U.S. and European health agencies, confirms a direct link between consuming oil absorbed in fried foods and elevated cancer rates.
During frying, oil degradation is accelerated and harmful compounds such as Acrylamide, PAH, free radicals, Free Fatty Acids ("FFA"), Total Polar Materials ("TPM"), Metals, formation of trans fats diverging from safety standards. These compounds affect the oil's quality, leading to foaming, smoking, and a change in color, smell, and taste. The frying oil fumes contains aromatic carcinogenic components causing contributing to mortality and morbidity of customers and kitchen personnel.
People die from cardiovascular diseases every year ,due to dietary factors like trans fats playing a significant role.
Read full reportPeople will develop cancer during their lifetime, due to dietary and environmental exposures, including acrylamide in food and airborne toxins from oil fumes.
Read WHO reportProlonged use of frying oil leads to the accumulation of toxic and carcinogenic compounds such as acrylamide and trans fats. These harmful compounds are absorbed by food and frying fumes during repeated frying cycles.
Read full studiesIncreased exposure to these harmful compounds significantly raises the likelihood of developing cancer and cardiovascular diseases.