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. 2017 Dec 16;55(1):138–144. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2866-3

Table 4.

Oil and moisture content (%) of fried potato chips

Pre-drying time Frying time
60 s 70 s 80 s
Oil content (%)
 0 min (control) 40.94 ± 1.21a,A 48.33 ± 4.12a,B 57.81 ± 5.80b,C
 10 min 40.47 ± 4.72a,A 45.81 ± 0.90a,B 48.19 ± 4.92a,B
 20 min 39.90 ± 3.10a,A 43.83 ± 3.23a,AB 47.67 ± 4.03a,B
 30 min 39.54 ± 3.84a,A 42.33 ± 2.73a,AB 45.88 ± 1.82a,B
Moisture content (%)
 0 min (control) 18.52 ± 1.21a,A 16.00 ± 0.33a,AB 13.64 ± 1.11a,B
 10 min 14.81 ± 1.10b,A 13.79 ± 2.04b,A 12.50 ± 0.71a,A
 20 min 11.54 ± 0.52b,A 10.70 ± 0.85c,AB 8.33 ± 0.61b,B
 30 min 5.88 ± 0.42c,A 4.76 ± 0.45d,A 4.17 ± 0.63c,A

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

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