Frying could be regarded as a harsh cooking method for
c-oryzanol in PGBR and BR because it was reduced to half. This
might be due to the high temperature during frying (100 C) and
the double cooking process. The rice used in frying process was
cooked at 100 C for 15 min and was then fried at 50 C for a further
5 min. This led to a significant loss of c-oryzanol in fried rice.
Oil was used as the heat transfer medium for frying. The heat