Table 3.

Hardness (N) of the potato chips in function of frying and pre-drying time

Pre-drying time	Frying time
	60 s	70 s	80 s
0 min (control)	30.72 ± 2.90a,A	27.17 ± 1.63a,A	25.85 ± 0.71a,A
10 min	31.17 ± 3.12a,A	41.66 ± 4.14b,B	28.48 ± 1.10a,A
20 min	42.71 ± 3.72b,A	46.90 ± 2.42b,B	48.67 ± 3.73b,B
30 min	41.52 ± 5.20b,A	76.83 ± 6.24c,C	55.57 ± 1.94c,B

* Lower-case letters indicate significant differences between pre-drying times (p < 0.05)

* Capital letters indicate significant differences between frying times (p < 0.05)