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Text Description: Figure 1. Distribution of acrylamide concentrations in cookies and crackers sold in Canada between 2009 and 2014

A summary of the acrylamide concentrations in a wide variety of brands and types of cookies and crackers, excluding vegetable crackers, sold in Canada are depicted in Figure 1. These data demonstrate that, while some exceptions were noted for specific brands of certain products, in general there is no apparent increasing or decreasing temporal trend in acrylamide concentrations in these food categories over the five years of data presented.

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