Instant coffee does not have a high risk of cancer.

A few days ago, an article entitled "No instant coffee, more carcinogens than smoking" began to spread on major websites across the country, talking about the concentration of acrylamide, a carcinogen detected in instant coffee. it is higher than the four "carcinogenic foods" such as potato chips, French fries, cakes and cigarettes.

Zhang Ying, a professor at the School of Food at Zhejiang University, said that although both instant coffee and cigarettes contain acrylamide, there is no simple analogy between them. Smoking has the greatest risk of causing cancer, which has long been confirmed by World Health Organization (WHO), while acrylamide in instant coffee is at best a "potential carcinogen". Moreover, most people cannot drink instant coffee more frequently than smoking, so the argument that drinking instant coffee is more carcinogenic than smoking is not true. Zhang Ying warned: "whether instant coffee or freshly brewed coffee, the first is the right amount, the daily limit should not exceed 5 bags (cups)."