--- title: Low Salt & Low Acrylamide solutions for potato snack pellets! description: Limagrain Ingredients’ R&D teams developed new healthy recipes for its potato snack pellets to lower the salt level. image: https://blog.limagrain-ingredients.com/hubfs/0102_Atmosphere_pic_pellets_twist_edited.png --- Posted on 19.09.20 # Low Salt & Low Acrylamide solutions for potato snack pellets! To meet the new requirements of acrylamide reduction in snacks established by the Commission Regulation 2017/2158, Limagrain Ingredients’ R&D teams developed new recipes for its potato snack pellets. On top of that, these new recipes were also designed to [lower the salt level of the pellets](https://www.limagrain-ingredients.com/en/healthy-snack-pellets). The European Commission has published EC regulation 2017/2158 “establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food”. It controls acrylamide in baked or fried carbohydrate-rich foods including deep fried potatoes and Snacks. The regulation requires food businesses to establish a program of sampling and analysis of levels of acrylamide in the relevant foodstuffs and prove that the products have lower levels of acrylamide than the benchmark levels and « as low as achievable ». In the European Union, the maximum level of acrylamide is 750 μg/kg. Subsequently, Limagrain Ingredients developed new recipes for its potato pellets: - That effectively **prevents formation of acrylamide**, - With a **low salt content** to meet the **Better For You trend**, - And a great **price/efficiency ratio**. According to Dr. Pascal Tabouillot, R&D extrusion expert at Limagrain Ingredients, "Decreasing the level of acrylamide is a challenge for us and for the snacks manufacturers. 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