/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11487289
They develop in the mold that grows on coffee and sometimes humans get them too.
One more reason to stop drinking coffee.

>>9036990
>mycotoxin
Very deadly toxic mold in coffee that coffee industry is hiding from unaware customers.
Be warned anons.

>>9028058
>bloom
looks like toxic mold to me

>>8735344
I don't drink any coffee any more since I learned on /ck/ that coffee beans quite often get very toxic molds growing on them.

>>8618654
I will contribute to it don't you fucker worry about it

What do you know about toxic molds growing on coffee beans?

>>8578717
make sure your coffee beans don't have toxic molds on them so you don't get cancer

>>8510063
>No mycotoxin shitposting allowed!
I agree, no shit posting on the topic but ONLY the actual scientific facts.

TOP DEFINITION
Shit Posting:
1: The failure to make a constructive post
2: The inability to add useful information to a forum
3: Worthless overly offensive generally racists posts written in a manner which aggravates others.

So ANONS ONLY GOOD QUALITY SCIENTIFIC INFORMATIVE DISCUSSIONS PLEASE, NO SHIT-POSTG, PLEASE. Thank you.

What is Ochratoxin? Where is it a problem?
Ochratoxin is a class of several different chemicals belonging to the fungal toxins known as mycotoxins.
Unlike other fungal toxins, such as mushroom poison, mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by mold, and we unintentionally ingest them in food.
Mycotoxins are documented to cause substantial suffering by disease and death in humans and animals, but the real impact is likely far more than we currently comprehend.

In developed countries, with our plethora of food and the diversity of our appetites, we avoid the acute and disastrous effects mold toxins have today in the developing world.
However, despite our current comforts, mycotoxins are still in our food supply.
Are these toxins affecting your health and your performance?
There are two main forms of contamination of agricultural products by ochratoxin, known as ochratoxin A and ochratoxin B.
In shorthand these are referred to as OTA and OTB in most scientific literature.
Ochratoxin B (OTB) is less common and less toxic than OTA.

OTA is produced most often by two Penicillium species (P. verrucoum and P. norduim) on poorly stored cereals
or by a wide range of Aspergilli in variety of products, including wine and COFFEE.