Table 2.

Comparison of oil absorption (%) and Acrylamide (µg kg⁻¹) in fried potato strips pretreated with cold plasma and without cold plasma pretreatment after 14 days of storage.

Treatment	SOs	STOs	PSOs	TOs	Acrylamide
Control sample	2.02 ± 0.16 a	19.55 ± 0.32 a	33.05 ± 0.55 a	54.62 ± 0.34a	1807.35 ± 2.10 a
Treatment No 1 (60 kV + 5 min)	2.61 ± 0.12b	15.82 ± 0.34b	29.55 ± 0.45b	47.98 ± 0.28b	1317.15 ± 2.63b
Treatment No 2 (60 kV + 10 min)	2.86 ± 0.08c	15.06 ± 0.3c	31.5 ± 0.45c	49.49 ± 0.45c	772.84 ± 3.14C
Treatment No 3 (60 kV + 15 min)	3.60 ± 0.3d	14.91 ± 0.22 d	35.18 ± 0.55 d	53.69 ± 0.54d	346.86 ± 1.26 d

Values are the means ± standard deviations (n = 3). Different letters on the column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among samples. STO = Structural Oil, SO = Surface Oil, PSO = penetrated surface oil, TO = Total oil.