Table 6

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	46.10^t ±0.13	45.40 ^t ±0.43	45.45^t ±1.13	45.70 ^t ±0.20	45.90^t ±0.35	46.00^t ±0.19	46.00^t ±0.10
5	48.00 ^t ±0.12	48.70^s ±1.27	48.50^s ±1.10	48.50^s ±0.67	48.50^s ±1.28	48.00^s ±0.76	48.00^s ±0.13
10	50.00^r ±0.22	52.30^nop ±0.46	52.00^opq ±0.28	52.00^opq ±0.36	51.0^oqr ±1.25	51.0^oqr ±0.72	51.10^pqr ±0.12
15	52.00^opq ±0.32	53.50ⁿ ±0.28	53.50ⁿ ±0.25	53.00^no ±0.38	53.00^no ±0.13	52.70^no ±0.80	52.50^no ±0.22
20	56.60^lm ±1.10	57.70^jkl ±0.30	56.20^m ±0.25	57.00^klm ±0.26	57.00^klm ±0.66	58.00^ijk ±0.57	57.00^klm ±0.33
25	58.75^hij ±0.94	65.35^b ±0.18	62.60^d ±0.36	62.00^de ±0.24	61.00^ef ±0.21	59.50^gh ±0.34	59.00^ghi ±1.10
30	59.00^ghi ±1.13	70.50^a ±1.16	65.00^bc ±0.36	64.00^c ±0.23	62.50^d ±1.10	61.00^ef ±1.41	60.10^fg ±0.90
LSD at 0.05 =1.091

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 6: Changes in Viscosity (mPa-s at 30^°C) of sunflower blended with different portions of Tiger nut oil during deep fat frying at (180^°C ± 5^°C).