Given the successful application of infrared blanching for freshfinish-
fried French fries (Bingol et al., 2012) and due to the widespread
use of water blanching in industry for par-finish-fried
French fries, the main objective of this study was to compare IR
blanching (IRB) with water blanching (WB) for par-finish-fried
French fries in terms of (i) oil uptake, (ii) color formation and (iii)
the cost of blanching.