A comparative study of the characteristics of French Fries produced by deep fat frying and air frying

Teruel, M. d. R., Gordon, M., Linares, M. B., Garrido, M. D., Ahromrit, A. and Niranjan, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6525-1543 (2015) A comparative study of the characteristics of French Fries produced by deep fat frying and air frying. Journal of Food Science, 80 (2). E349-E358. ISSN 0022-1147 doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.12753

Abstract/Summary

Air frying is being projected as an alternative to deep fat frying for producing snacks such as French Fries. In air frying, the raw potato sections are essentially heated in hot air containing fine oil droplets, which dehydrates the potato and attempts to impart the characteristics of traditionally produced French fries, but with a substantially lower level of fat absorbed in the product. The aim of this research is to compare: 1) the process dynamics of air frying with conventional deep fat frying under otherwise similar operating conditions, and 2) the products formed by the two processes in terms of color, texture, microstructure, calorimetric properties and sensory characteristics Although, air frying produced products with a substantially lower fat content but with similar moisture contents and color characteristics, it required much longer processing times, typically 21 minutes in relation to 9 minutes in the case of deep fat frying. The slower evolution of temperature also resulted in lower rates of moisture loss and color development reactions. DSC studies revealed that the extent of starch gelatinization was also lower in the case of air fried product. In addition, the two types of frying also resulted in products having significantly different texture and sensory characteristics.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/43748
Identification Number/DOI	10.1111/1750-3841.12753
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Research Group
Publisher	Wiley
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