Frying Oils

Edible Oil and Fat Products: Products and Applications
Monoj K. Gupta

Monoj K. Gupta

MG Edible Oil Consulting International, Lynnwood, WA, USA

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First published: 17 February 2020
Citations: 1

Abstract

The modern lifestyle requires packaged foods that can be consumed over a period of time, ranging from days to months or even years. This has posed a considerable challenge to the food processing industries making shelf-stable fried foods. This requires sophisticated process equipment, stable raw material; the most significant one is the oil in which the product is fried. Oil plays a great role in determining the storage stability quality of the fried product. Frying oil has been available to man in various parts of the world. Most of the time, a specific oil has been selected for frying because it is locally available. Over the last decades, the world oilseed companies and the palm plant growers have developed more stable oils, both through conventional breeding process as well as through mutagenic and transgenic methods. This development, along with the technical advancement in the frying industry, has allowed the fried food processors to make and deliver shelf-stable fried products to the consumers.

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