Abstract
A controllable food system consisting of a restructured potato product was employed to study the effect of gel‐strength on oil uptake. Water loss and oil uptake were affected markedly by gel‐strength. Oil uptake decreased as gel‐strength increased. The oil uptake ratio, UR′ (weight ratio of the oil uptake to the water evaporated during frying) was utilized to assess the effectiveness of reducing oil absorption during frying. This criterion was useful for comparison of restructured potato products with different initial or final moisture contents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1359-1360 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Food Science |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1992 |
Keywords
- deep‐fat frying
- gel‐strength
- oil‐uptake
- potato