Europe bids farewell to artificial smoky flavourings

Foods flavoured with an artificial smoky taste, such as potato chips or ham, could well be a thing of the past in Europe, since the EU has voted to ban the use of eight of these smoke flavourings. — AFP

AS well as being fun social events, barbecues are also a time to enjoy the unique taste of food with a grilled – even smoky flavour – especially when it's cooked directly on the grill.

However, we all know that we shouldn't overdo it, since the combustion of high-protein foods such as meat, leads to the production of aromatic heterocyclic amines (AHAs), recognised as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).