This study was aimed at knowing about the vegetal oils behavior (sunflower, soybean and corn), using consecutive frying of frozen pre-fried products (chip potato and coated meat product - "snacks"). The frying of the products were carried out in a household frying pan under the following controlled conditions: temperature at around 180°C, 0.3 cm-1 surface/volume ratio and 12 h total heating time. The oil samples were submitted to the analytical determinations: total polar compounds, conjugated dienes, TBA index and oxidative stability. The results obtained from the analytical determinations, in duplicate, were submitted to variance analysis using a factorial scheme on the randomized blocks design, enabling to determine the factors (products, oils and frying time) influence on the oil alteration. The vegetal oils showed lower alteration on the snacks fryings than on the potatoes. The results made evident that the oils studied, despite the difference in the fatty acids composition, did not present at any of the analyses, values over the recommended limits by some countries for oil discard, independently of the fried product type and heating time.
vegetal oils; discontinued frying; frozen pre-fried products; total polar compounds
