How much healthier is it to prepare French fries by baking than by frying, in terms of fat and calorie intake?
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If you are buying frozen oven fries, a lot healthier. Oven fries typically give a finshed product with only 5% fat, but deep frying gives fries with a typical fat content of 25-30% fat. In addition, an Irish university study recently demonstrated that a particular carcinogenic (cancer-giving) substance was at much lower levels in prepared oven fries, compared to freshly prepared fries. It is a very small risk, but using frozen oven fries avoids it. |
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