Nittaya Nimitpornsuko. Changes in physical and chemical qualities of used frying oils for banana slices. Master's Degree(Nutrition). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2008.
Changes in physical and chemical qualities of used frying oils for banana slices
Abstract:
Different edible oils used for deep frying can induce physical and chemical changes including the
production of harmful compounds. The objective of this research was to investigate the changes in the
physical and chemical qualities of three types of oils (palm olein oil, rice bran oil and soy bean oil) used
in deep frying fresh banana slices.
The results showed that physical properties of the three oils were changed differently. The
photometric color index and viscosity of the oils increased as the number of frying cycles increased. In
terms of chemical properties, the peroxide value of the three frying oils increased noticeably at the 15th
frying cycle number and thereafter. The range of peroxide values was between 4.21-7.36 meq/kg. This
range decreased slightly as the frying cycle number increased. Conjugated dienoic acid and total polar
compounds of the three frying oils ranged between 0.25-0.84% and 6.57-8.83%, respectively after the
20th frying cycle. Though the total polar compounds did not go over the standard value of 25% among
the three samples of frying oils, the prolonged use of thermally deteriorated frying oils would be a risk
for consumers due to the oil degraded compounds. Rice bran oil was the most stable among the three
oils studied. Its physical and chemical properties changed moderately, except for its viscosity. Palm
olein oil showed the highest change in both physical properties and soy bean oil showed the highest
change in chemical properties. However, statistical analysis showed that the change rates of physical
and chemical qualities of these oils were not significantly different (p>0.05).
Interestingly, good linear correlation of conjugated dienoic acid with viscosity and photometric
color index of the oils (r>0.92) were observed in all types of used frying oils. This linear correlation
may suggest that a simple estimation of the physical property of the oil would be sufficient to access its
chemical properties