“…The production of fried fruit chips has been studied using vacuum-based processes with lower temperatures than those used in conventional frying (Fan, Zhang, Xiao, Sun, & Tao, 2005;Pérez-Tinoco, Pérez, Salgado-Cervantes, Reynes, & Vaillant, 2008;Da Silva & Moreira, 2008;Nunes & Moreira, 2009;Dueik, Robert, & Bouchon, 2010;Dueik & Bouchon, 2011;Diamante, Savage, & Vanhanen, 2012a., Xu & Kerr, 2012. Some researchers have investigated the effects of vacuum frying on the quality of fruit and vegetable snacks, such as potato chips (Garayo & Moreira, 2002;Granda, Moreira, & Tichy, 2004;Mir-Bel, Oria, & Salvador, 2009;Pandey & Moreira, 2012;Troncoso, Pedreschi, & Zúñiga, 2009;Yagua & Moreira, 2011), carrots (Dueik et al, 2010;Shyu, Hau, & Hwang, 2005), apple slices (Mariscal & Bouchon, 2008;Shyu & Hwang, 2001), sweet potatoes, green beans, blue potatoes (Da Silva & Moreira, 2008), mango chips (Da Silva & Moreira, 2008;Nunes & Moreira, 2009), kiwifruits (Diamante, Durand, Savage, & Vanhanen, 2010;Diamante, Presswood, Savage, & Vanhanen, 2011;Diamante et al, 2012a), apricot slices (Diamante, Savage, Vanhanen, & Ihns, 2012b), banana chips (Sothornvit, 2011;Yamsaengsung, Ariyapuchai, & Prasertsit, 2011); purple yams (Fang, Wu, Yü Ye, Liu, & Chen, 2011) and pineapple chips (Pérez-Tinoco et al, 2008).…”