Research Article
Effect of Frying Treatments on Texture and Colour Parameters of Deep Fat Fried Yellow Fleshed Cassava Chips
Table 2
Kinetic parameters for quality attributes at different frying conditions.
| Quality attributes | Frying treatments | Frying temp (°C) | (min−1) | |
| Texture (hardness) | Vacuum | 108 | 0.2655 | 0.95 | 118 | 0.3121 | 0.89 | 128 | 0.2807 | 0.83 | Atmospheric (fresh) | 160 | 0.1062 | 0.18 | 170 | 0.3004 | 0.88 | 180 | 0.2967 | 0.91 | Atmospheric (predried) | 160 | 0.1003 | 0.56 | 170 | 0.0936 | 0.39 | 180 | 0.0972 | 0.35 |
| Lightness | Vacuum | 108 | −0.2526 | 0.67 | 118 | −0.3437 | 0.86 | 128 | −0.2085 | 0.95 | Atmospheric (fresh) | 160 | −0.2520 | 0.81 | 170 | −0.3502 | 0.97 | 180 | −0.3446 | 0.90 | Atmospheric (predried) | 160 | −0.2219 | 0.93 | 170 | −0.3626 | 0.89 | 180 | −0.4945 | 0.67 |
| Redness | Vacuum | 108 | 0.1842 | 0.71 | 118 | 0.3202 | 0.59 | 128 | 0.0957 | 0.79 | Atmospheric (fresh) | 160 | 0.1733 | 0.91 | 170 | 0.1531 | 0.87 | 180 | 0.2795 | 0.87 | Atmospheric (predried) | 160 | 0.1319 | 0.88 | 170 | 0.1997 | 0.84 | 180 | 0.5698 | 0.83 |
| Yellowness | Vacuum | 108 | −0.1744 | 0.67 | 118 | −0.5729 | 0.86 | 128 | −0.2837 | 0.95 | Atmospheric (fresh) | 160 | −0.3428 | 0.85 | 170 | −0.4725 | 0.72 | 180 | −0.2125 | 0.79 | Atmospheric (predried) | 160 | −0.6792 | 0.91 | 170 | −0.4841 | 0.97 | 180 | −0.5099 | 0.92 |
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