Potato tubers have considerable variability in initial moisture
content from potato to potato. To account for this variability, the
initial moisture content of each potato was measured before the
potato slices were fried. The initial moisture content was determined
by drying samples of 5 g of the potato (slices) to a constant
mass for 72 h at 105 °C (AACC 1986). The tests were done in triplicate.
Values were calculated on a wet-weight basis.