Apparently, as evidenced by the snack we’re now cautiously crunching, potato chips did not. Or is their fame merely mass indoctrination? Basically, after these chips came out in August of 2014, Korean pop stars started posting pics of themselves with the bags. By November of 2014, just three months after their release, sales had reached 10.3 billion KRW (approximately US$9.3 million). Supposedly, Honey Butter Chips are the edible proof that snack food in South Korea can also be sweet. Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, was first enacted in 1986. If it does, why is the State of California the only one to “know” it? Do Healthier Foods With Acrylamide Get an Exemption to Prop 65? These chips are quite tasty! It’s lunchtime here at SurvivorNet. Read More. This isn’t the first time we’ve bought the chips with our (otherwise healthy) lunches. 3. Research in humans is needed for that. But maybe the point isn't the flavor at all—it might just be the decadence of getting your hands on something that everybody wants, even if it's nothing more than a snack. (Coffee beans are roasted at high temperatures, producing acrylamide—similar to the way that frying potato chips produces acrylamide). The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists acrylamide as a “probable human carcinogen” based on the rodent studies (“carcinogen” means something that causes cancer), but again, they don’t have the proof to show it in humans. In rats, they’ve caused thyroid tumors and uterine tumors, and the rat equivalent of breast cancer. K-pop stalkers (also known as Sasaeng fans [사생팬]) so persistently and avidly vote for K-pop acts that their domestic entertainment product recently swept the international YouTube awards. Soon, the Honey Butter Chips became as rare and prized as Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket. We like to think of ourselves as a healthy bunch, but we do indulge in the occasional bag of potato chips (everything in moderation, right?) But there's no evidence that the chemical in the chips, acrylamide, actually causes cancer in humans. Interestingly, these jests signaled a major psychological shift in the pop cultural evolution of the country. I could eat twelve of those loaves. The courts also considered the fact that, in the rodent studies, the amount of acrylamide that caused cancer in rats was “the equivalent of a 150-pound person drinking over 11,000 cups of coffee per day,” a chemist named James Coughlin told Discover Magazine. ), me the first time I tried honey butter chips pic.twitter.com/HN5eh6QW3z — crystal☆ (@tofupillows) March 6, 2015. The Honey Butter Chip rage spread to the internet, disseminating via the constituency of Twitter and Instagram netizens. The World Health Organization has said acrylamide may be responsible for up to one-third of all cancers caused by diet, as demonstrated by laboratory animal studies. “The ability of acrylamide to produce cancer in animals, and the applicability of animal findings to humans is well recognized by scientists in the United States and throughout the world,” the OEHHA’s report says. But in the medical community—especially in oncology research—animal studies are seen as a starting point; seldom are results gleaned from mice and rats viewed as evidence that the same results would happen in humans. In fourth, fifth, and sixth places were Lotte Honey Potato Chips, Haetae Jagabee Honey Mild chips, and Lotte Honey Butter Potato Snack. Potato chips also include acrylamide which is a known carcinogen also found in cigarettes. The insane honey butter chips -- Chefs/co-owners Brian Kim and TK Ku's play on a popular Korean snack food. Whether it be the mass explosion of the selfie stick (which has led to governmental regulations and even penalties for those caught owning or selling unregistered sticks) or the strange Spam gift sets that pervade the nation during the holidays, South Korea's collectivist instinct can be a powerful phenomena when combined with the nation's enthusiastic consumerism.