Nowadays, air fryers are to kitchens as sat-navs are to cars – you wonder how you ever survived without one. But, while these darlings of weeknight dinners wow us with their tasty chips, quick curries and fabulous fried chicken without that fattening oil, there's a rumour going around that they aren't as perfect as they seem. Whisper it quietly, but could even the best air fryers be toxic?
To put our minds and yours at rest, we decided to do some digging. We spoke to experts, including small appliances experts at AO.com, Sunday Times best-selling author and air fryer expert Clare Andrews and Lucia Stansbie, a nutritional therapist.
They'll explain how our air fryers aren't deliberately trying to poison us, and the extra precautions we can take to make sure the food we cook inside them is always safe. We've also identified the perfect non-toxic air fryers for reassuringly safe daily meal prep.
