The influence of high oleic oils during intermittent frying on the formation of acrylamide in french fries

High oleic oils are often used for industrial frying considering a better nutritional value and stability to thermal oxidation than high polyunsaturated fatty acid oils. This research aimed to investigate the correlation between total polar compound (TPC) and acrylamide content during intermittent frying using high oleic oils such as super palm olein (SPO), high-oleic canola oil (HOCO) and high-oleic sunflower oil (HOSO). All oils were accessed in terms of fatty acid composition and tocopherol quantity prior to intermittent frying. The TPC of frying oil was recorded at every 8th interval of the frying cycle and french fries fried with respective oils were collected, and oil was extracted for acrylamide quantification using HPLC-MS. Pearson correlation showed a positive correlation between the total polar compound of frying oil and the acrylamide content of french fries (p<0.01). SPO contained the highest total tocopherol content, followed by HOCO and HOSO, accordingly. French fries fried with SPO had the lowest acrylamide content, followed by HOCO and HOSO, respectively. By contrast, SPO had the highest TPC content throughout the frying cycles, followed by HOCO and HOSO. The presence of oleic acids might not produce higher TPC, however, it produced higher acrylamide formation in the french fries. Overall, SPO is suitable for intermittent frying uses as it yielded the lowest concentration of acrylamide in french fries.