Table 7

Frying period (hr)	Tiger nut oil (TNO)	Sunflower oil (SO)	TNO + SO(v/v) 10: 90 20:80 30: 70 40: 60 50: 50
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	4.00^q ±0.38	2.50^r ±0.25	2.50^r ±0.50	2.60^r ±0.30	2.80^r ±0.40	2.90^r ±0.35	3.00^r ±0.25
5	7.01^o ±0.42	6.50^op ±0.50	6.50^op ±0.25	6.00^p ±0.35	6.50^op ±0.20	6.50^op ±0.50	6.00^p ±0.00
10	8.50ⁿ ±0.50	10.00^l ±0.80	10.00^l ±0.35	10.52^kl ±0.25	10.00^l ±0.25	9.33^m ±0.40	9.00^mn ±0.25
15	10.50^kl ±0.50	13.00^hi ±0.45	13.00^hi ±0.30	12.50ⁱ ±0.50	11.50^j ±0.50	11.00^jk ±0.00	10.50^kl ±0.50
20	12.50ⁱ ±0.36	16.00^bc ±0.40	14.00^fg ±0.30	13.50^gh ±0.50	14.00^fg ±0.50	13.00^hi ±0.25	12.50ⁱ ±0.40
25	13.00^hi ±0.59	16.50^ab ±0.60	15.50^cd ±0.40	15.50^cd ±0.40	15.00^de ±0.25	14.50^ef ±0.50	14.00^ef ±0.30
30	14.50^ef ±0.40	17.00^a ±0.35	16.50^ab ±0.00	16.00^bc ±0.50	15.50^cd ±0.10	15.00^de ±0.50	14.50^ef ±0.45
LSD at 0.05 = 0.6149

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 7: Changes in colour (Red slide) value of sunflower blended with different portions of Tiger nut oil during deep fat frying at (180^°C ± 5^°C).