REDUCED CALORIE POTATO CHIPS OBTAINED BY FRYING RAW POTATO SLICES IN A REDUCED CALORIE FAT COMPOSITION AND REMOVING A PORTION OF SAID FAT COMPOSITION FROM THE CHIPS

摘要

A process for preparing conventional potato chips which contain a reduced calorie fat composition, but which do not impart an undesirable sensation of greasiness or waxiness and which have desirable lubriciousness is disclosed. Raw potato slices are immersed in a reduced calorie fat composition and fried to a moisture content of from about 2 % to about 20 %. The reduced calorie fat composition has a Waxy/Greasy Thixotropic Area Value ranging from about 25 kPa/s to about 150 kPa/s and comprises from about 70 % to 100 % of a nondigestible fat component and from 0 % to about 30 % of a triglyceride fat or oil component. After the potato slices are fried to the desired moisture content, an amount of the reduced calorie fat composition is removed such that the fat content of the finished potato chip ranges from about 23 % to about 32 %. Potato chips prepared according to the process of the invention are also disclosed.