# Deep Fat Frying

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fat-frying/405825>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 28, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fat-frying/405825 "2007-05-28T21:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cryptoderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fat-frying/405825/1 "2007-05-28T21:57:49Z")

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Is deep fat frying actually any more unhealthy than shallow frying?

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fat-frying/405825/2 "2007-05-28T22:53:48Z")

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I was under the impression that deep fat frying was actually better in that the food absorbed less oil, so long as the oil is hot (375º F).

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**Author:** ![Myth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myth)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-fat-frying/405825/3 "2007-05-29T00:46:06Z")

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Frying food isn’t necessarily unhealthy.  
If performed properly, deep-frying does not make food excessively greasy because the moisture in the food repels the oil: The hot oil heats the water within the food, steaming it from the inside out, oil cannot go against the direction of this powerful flow. ([reference.com](http://reference.com))

This is a fast run down of the history and science of frying:  
[http://www.dgfett.de/material/hagen2004/stier\_science.pdf](http://www.dgfett.de/material/hagen2004/stier_science.pdf)