Frying period (hr) Tiger nut oil (TNO) Sunflower oil (SO) TNO + SO(v/v) 10: 90   20:80     30: 70  40: 60       50: 50
0 0.96t ±0.20 1.32t ±0.15 1.29t ±0.16 1.23t ±0.05 1.18t ±0.10 1.16t ±0.18 1.15t ±0.10
5 2.35pqr ±0.17 2.33 pqr ±0.21 2.15pqr ±0.16 2.14 pqr ±0.13 0.94 pqr ±0.22 1.88 pqr ±0.17 1.86 pqr ±0.14
10 2.00 pqr ±0.09 2.00 pqr ±0.33 3.86lmn ±0.76 3.75lmn ±0.11 3.52mn ±0.09 1.44st ±0.32 2.67o ±0.30
15 3.45n ±0.44 4.82fgh ±0.22 4.73ghi ±0.33 2.64o ±0.20 4.43hij ±0.22 4.35ijk ±0.30 2.42opq ±0.04
20 2.47op ±0.22 5.21f ±0.41 4.00klm ±0.50 4.86fg ±0.12 4.20jkl ±0.60 4.65ghi ±0.05 4.31ijk ±0.06
25 4.89fg ±0.66 8.46c ±0.18 7.82d ±0.10 7.65d ±0.40 6.81e ±0.15 4.50hij ±0.02 4.64ghi ±0.22
30 6.51e ±0.08 9.64a ±0.13 8.98b ±0.012 8.41c ±0.06 7.63d ±0.11 7.44d ±0.14 6.76e ±0.71
LSD at 0.05 = 0.4668
Data are expressed as mean ± SD Values given represent means of three determinations Values followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p<0.05)
Table 2: Changes in Peroxide values (meq.O2/kg) of sunflower blended with different portions of Tiger nut oil during deep fat frying at (180°C ± 5°C).