Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
3-MCPD or (3-monochloropropane-12-diol or 3-chloropropane-12-diol) is an organic chemical compound which is carcinogenic and highly suspected to be genotoxic in humans has male anti-fertility effects and is a chemical byproduct which may be formed in foods the most commonly found member of chemical contaminants known as chloropropanols.It is primarily created in foods by protein hydrolysis by adding hydrochloric acid to speed up the reaction of the (soy) protein with lipids at high temperatures.
