DiscussionThe results revealed that frying is a unit operation that greatly changes the nutritional value of the final food. The SAIN and LIM scores allowed an assessment of the diversity by profiling raw products and variations in the fries as function of the fat type and content. Regarding raw products, the nature of the three frying oils was well differentiated in the SAIN/LIM domain (contrary to starchy products) as their compositions varied significantly for at least four nutrients (linolenic acid,