Is Air Fried Food Really Healthier? | Talking Point | Full Episode
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- Up to 90% less fat. That’s just one of the claims of air fryer manufacturers. We’ve bought so much into this idea of a healthier way of cooking, that we have contributed to a 50% increase in sales for ONE leading air fryer brand in Singapore just between 2019 and 2020. Globally, the air fryer market is expected to reach US$1.2b by 2026.
But how much healthier is air frying, compared to deep frying, really? And are there adverse effects, like increased cancer risk, with the use of this cooking technology? Talking Point host, Sharda Harrison conducts her own tests in search of answers.
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21:26 the answer you're looking for
Thanks!!!!!!
Oh wow, thanks for saving me 20 minutes! ;)
This is why the comments matter. Thanks
Thankyouuuuu
Legendary
Let me sum up this video in few lines.
1) Airfried food is proved to have less fat and cholesterol - Positive Check
2) There is more Acrylamide in the airfried food compared to oil fried because air frying takes a lot longer time to fry and higher temperature - (no evidence that this is very bad so its personal choice.)- - Neutral Check
Good tip is to cut the potatoes fresh and soak them few mins in water before air frying so some starch is lost and less chance for Acrylamide to form.
Note to myself- Learn a bit more about Acrylamide and what it is and what it could potentially do.
You are all welcome:)
Every burnt food is cancer and it's dangerous. grilled, toasted ... everything that turns brown from excessive heat is cancer. if it turns black, super cancer.
Thanks a lot!
Recent study has shown that Acrylamide increases swelling in neuro (brain and spine) which leads to increase in depression and anxiety. I guess air fried food too is bad for us.
@@tanaygupta632a vicious cycle
Thanks
So the simple answer is YES. I saved you 22 minutes.
Comparison info starts at
4:20
Don't miss acrylamide on food info 5:30
Acrylamide test results level comparisons 7:50
Final answer you might be looking for
21:20
Thank You
you saved me SO much time. thank you
@@jusletursoulglobaby The whole video is only 22:04 .Don't be a drama queen.
@@gwaponobby lol you just highlighted how much of a life you DON'T have. cheers to your lame life
❤thanks a lot
Wow, it concluded that cooking something without oil results in a product with less oil in it. 22 minutes well spent.
Thank you for the overall summary.
You just saved 22 minutes of my life.
Don't mind the moron below me. He's probably having a bad day.
Wow a condescending, misrepresenting commenter on UA-cam. Never seen that before. The unintuitive findings and discussion on acrylamide and the cholesterol reduction was interesting and something you didn't know before.
you see, many of our society's products are like this, e.g if you take no sugar drink or so called zero calorie coke or other drink for example, it is confirmed it's worth than regular coke or drinks because of the replica of sugar substance they put in. God has created those item (fat, oil, carb , protein for a reason) as long as you do not go over the limit, it is fine.
@@---zg7ex Your supposed deity also created the plague lol. You know what else is natural? Cyanide.
@@djayjp The idea that God doesn't provide death as well as life is naive. The original concept of God is all powerful. If you suffer or die, it is God's will. God doesn't owe you or any of us to make our lives better. That's our responsibility.
I'm disappointed you did not air fry the french fries according to the settings recommended and then check the acrylamide levels again.
Oh yes... I would absolutely love to know that too...
exactly what i thought too!
They should retest all of those items. I also believe the type of oil should have been mentioned since different types of oil have different smoke points. I wonder if the acrylamide levels in baking or boiling these items would make a difference.
Also, since acrykamide is only problematic for plants, what abt battered chicken? suggest cna do a follow up ep
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Taking away the grease is a huge health move. But if your going to air fry pre-packaged food it won't be too healthy.
Exactly.
Exactly..... Until my folks who are getting and staying way healthier fall down dead in their tracks..our air fryers with years in use march on.
#MicrowaveSTILLgone.
Yep they're already loaded with oils and bs
It's actually still better. Most of the time when you do that a lot of the oils will drip down out of the food. It won't be as good as preparing it from scratch, but it's still a bit better.
@@TalkingHands308 if it’s actual fat from the animal you should be eating that as that’s healthy. The toxic veg/seed oils should be avoided at all costs.
Hey from the US! I love this review and study of just how healthy air fryers are. I love my Cosori, I haven't touched my oven at all since I've gotten it. It's perfect for single or small family use. Since I've cut out typical fried foods in my diet and started air frying them instead, I've lost 40lbs (18.14 kg). I highly recommend them for more people. Cosoris even come with cookbooks for recipes and how to properly use your air fryer, and there is a cosori group you have access to to share new ideas and recipes that work. Thank you for this review! Also love the VW Scirocco you drove! Awesome cars!
Nice comment. The group of cosori you've mentioned, where would i found it? In facebook/tweeter or telegram or which platform please?
This comment swems like a plug for the cosori corporation and its products.
@@annonymous7440 no I just really like mine lol. I'm just giving my side of the story
@optimist529 nope just a regular guy who decided to finally listen to his sister and get one lol. I didn't really see anything to airfryers till I bought one. The way I saw it I had a microwave, stove and an oven and that's all I needed lol. Now that I'm trying different ways to cook, I wanna get a crockpot too. I've heard you can make the best beef stews in those.
@@annonymous7440 Seen a show on eliminating premade foods with high sugars will make ppl lose that type of weight and inches in their waistline
I hope I'm not the only person who noticed the host wears her mask when she's "alone" and takes it off when she's around other people talking to them.... 🙃
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The poor cameraman always forgotten.
@lady datura
I hope you're not actually implying a concern that you or other viewers could get infected just by watching the video? lolss 🤭
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That's exactly what my school principal does, she wears her mask only up to her lips when she finally not talking the chatty cow, but when she does talk she takes her mask off and starts spitting words out, like literally, she spits A LOT.
"Junk food would be easier to Avoid if it tasted like junk"
At least looks like junk
Junk food is delicious and looks presentable.. That's the best example of advertisement.. Reality is far from expectation.. Junk means bad smelling, inedible and ugly looking..
@@romella_karmey l9
Hilarious! You made my day!
wow
I suspect that for most consumers like myself the attraction of an air fryer is more a matter of speed and convenience than any perceived health benefits
For those of you in the cheap seats it’s the difference between things that are solid or liquid at room temperature. Fats are solid until heated. Oils are always liquid and cloudy if refrigerated. (Also more chance for oils to go rancid)
I think some people get sold on the air fryers with the “faster & healthier!” marketing
@@ryko4899
It’s not so much that sugar is better or worse than heavy fats. BOTH are unnatural and bad for us.
Demonizing one over the other is not great. There’s absolutely no doubt that a lovely home grown tomato or beet is much better for you than either a Twinkie or kFC
@@ryko4899 in most countries that's how they cook with fat and oil Thailand is a good example and their thin people. Also Eskimos/Inuits eat zero vegetables they live on a high fat diet and they're also known for having long lifespans. Almost forgot to mention Germans have the healthiest hearts out of any white/Europeans/anglo people they're also on a high fat diet just look at the German breakfast. So you are on the right page but carbs are so delicious 😋🤤
Lol you suspect wrong
The issue is volume in a commercial application. In fact, even at home, air frying imposes a restriction on how much product can be prepared at one time. And I can see space being an issue for vendors as well.
Air fryers are simply small convection oven. If volume is an issue, one would just use an oven. Air fryer helps concentrate and enclose the heat for smaller amount without the need for deep frying.
I doubt restaurants will use them much.
I find air fryers are more convenient for home cooks, especially if you don't cook that often. You would need a few liters of cooking oil just to fry up some chicken wings and french fries, then put it away until the next time you want to cook again, whereas air fryers are just plug and play.
if you're a home cook, I'd assume either way is fine, since you're cooking often. Your frying oil can just be reused for other types of cooking.
Less clean up too
Reusing oil increases the chances of cancer.
@@lethabonkadimeng6148 Vegetable (seed) oil is toxic especially at cooking temperature. Ruminant fats are safe and very stable.
Or you can just buy a portable convection turbo broiler oven from one of the Singapore's shopping online store. Air fryer= smaller convection oven. In order for starch to become crispy, oil is needed. You pat marinated chicken wings in dry seasoned flour, spray a bit of oil on the tray and pop it in on a tray in a convection oven, cook at 180°C for 30mins. Turn over half way. Result: You have a rather crunchy chicken wings skin. If you really want with batter type, still have to deep fry in oil in wok, air fryer also can't work.
Watching this while waiting for my air-fried chicken breast to be done... ah... I hope the answer is yes?
Its yes... under certain conditions
Air-fried foods honestly taste worst than the deep fried ones. Additionally, fat is not the sole culprit for unhealthy diets. It’s all about overconsumption.
@@cchetthaphon Of course air fried will taste worse... There's no oil involved..
I love my air fryer and my using it to "bake " bread too
@@Archurus You can just add some oil, it will just be less than for other types of cooking. I got mine specifically because I had a hard time getting fishfingers crispy in the oven and they get too oily in a frying pan, the airfryer does them perfectly with no more added oil than is already included in the packet. Chickenuggets too. I've also done potatoes in the peel with zero oil. It's very convenient.
On fries, people try to fry them in one go, that gives a terrible result even if you deepfry. You have to fry them twice. I doubt that's any different in the airfryer. For raw potatoes not frozen ones.
Weel, I think that many of us figured out early on that an AIr fryer is just a compact fan assisted convection oven and because of that you can get away with using far less oil and the results are pretty good although deep fried will always win on the taste scale its a decent compact and fast working alternative and once they dropped the models that used to move the food around as they worked they became far more useful as you can now cook anything in them that you would cook in an oven as well, just drop the temp a bit lower than usual if you do that ........... I use mine a lot
Why drop the temperature?
@@greveeen because due to it`s efficiency 160 - 170 degrees in the `air fryer` can be more like 200 in a regular oven and so larger items don`t get a chance to cook through properly before the outside gets burnt
The samples should have been labeled anonymously so the lab doesn't know which are air or deep fried. This would have reduced bias. In any case, the "experiment" results are no brainer.
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Yes, but if she gave the lab with the cooked food without tampering the visual of the food, just by looking at the food itself will already know which is oil fried and air fried.
@@AliensKillDevils. How many animals are executed for producing crops? Most farmers have no access to an animal free land that destroy crops. They exterminate all those animals and if some survive, they go ahead and poison the remaining population.
the number of upvotes on this comment shows that these people don't understand research at all. lmao this isn't testing a pill on a person, you just analyze the food for objective results. knowing which is which doesn't change the results at all. its not like they made up the 50% number off the top of their head based on knowing which is which.
You’re really selective about your research, aren’t you? Every talking point episode is full of unanswered questions, fallacies, and conflicts of interest, masquerading as methodical, empirical analysis.
yep my main problem was that we learned that the amount of acrylamides can be decreased if you fry at the right temp for the right amount of time but were never shown the difference
even if it goes down from 1000 to 500, that's still a lot compared to less than 10
That felt like an airfryer commercial, with the only negative point that came up recently talked down, but not tested again.
It feels like someone is trying to sell me one of these.
👍 Refreshing to read one of the few comments from people who see what's going on.
And you summed it up so concisely.
You deserve high-quality enlightenment regarding diet health. Please consult the channel "Dr. Eric Berg DC" for all kinds of topics regarding health. He reveals many of the diet myths peddled by the same corrupt system as often the opposite of what is true.
Then spread the message so that more people have their minds freed.
It was an air fryer documentary and explained at the beginning how hugely popular they already are and so an investigation into the health benefits and dangers was worth looking in to. It was a very thorough investigation and tested by an independent laboratory. The danger of acrylamide was well discussed and mitigated by advice to cook for less time at lower temperatures. In Asia where deep frying and wok cooking is the norm it was a very insightful and informative documentary and I am very glad I watched it and I will be buying an air fryer as I would like to occasionally eat healthy chips!
I already have one, not a Philips, maybe that's why I never felt like I was being pitched.
She did challenge that people won't like the idea of paying out to upgrade and I was pleased that the Rep explained an effective alternative to that in temperature and duration. I've been doing the opposite, longer and hotter. I come away feeling like I learned something important.
and did she say what kind of oil they were frying in?
The "healthier" air fried options in this restaurant seem negligible as they are still breaded foods which have also been processed with oils (chicken wings, onion rings)....how much healthier really?
Lol so true, Almost like choosing lesser of the evils.🍷
Yup. I deep fat fried my taters....last night....in LARD. that I rendered, from a cow I had butchered.
You guys use all that chemically processed veggie oil in your "air baker"
If you grease em going in....lol
True, rather just go for good old deep fried potato. It's basically unprocessed food.
It would have been nice to use the method he described to avoid acrylamide and have it tested to see if it really works in reducing it.
Remember asbestos and radium were healthy until they were not?
I like how they discovered a huge increase in acrylamide and quickly dismiss it with an gut affiliated with air fryers brand and claiming that a more expensive one is better
No conflict of interest, nothing to look here
Another test. Sugar seems to be the problem.
If only CNA would discuss how much electricity and other costs related to using air frier instead of frying with oil. Would love to hear the cost analysis as well.
i was waiting for the cost analysis as well
I’m interested in those costs vis a vis using a (standard size) convection oven! I don’t deep fry at home, so the air fryer actually replaces my oven. I want to know if it’s more cost/power efficient to use an air fryer or an oven.
@@tubefae3924 Same Situation here, it uses much less energy i suppose bcs the heat Radiator is much smaller but at the same Temperature as the one in the oven.
If i google it average air fryer is about 1.7 kwh. Its a lot i guess.. also it has a limited space and longer time to cook.. so i guess its not the best choice for doing business with. Unless you have a very specific market. Imo.
I'm betting all my money that the air fryer is more energy effective and cost effective.
Ovens
1. Ovens are hundreds of dollars, plus installation
2. Gas or electric utilities
3. To cook, you must preheat the oven, cook, plus factor in time to cool down
4. Heating the oven raises the temperature in your home, which causes your Air Conditioning to increase (if you have central air)
5. Cost of baking pans needed to cook in the oven plus cost of water to clean them
Air Fryer:
1. Electricity
Not all use an air fryer for the healthy benefits, most uses it for convenience.😁
I cannot cooK where i live and with this i cake brake. No Stinky room and oily one.
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Well said
@Papa F Jose Food is already 'dead' before you cook it.
Health reasons... Fat doesn't make you fat, its the sugar/ carbs.
Before I would take this mans word that there are actually less acrylamides in air fried foods, I would actually test the food again to verify that what he's saying is accurate using his cooking time and temperature recommendations. I have a feeling that there wouldn't be that big of a difference. Not to say that this man can't be trusted, because he might be the most trustworthy person in the world, but he might also not be accurate. The responsibile thing to do in this situation is to test the fries again using his recommendations to get to the truth.
If you are buying an air fryer maker sure its stainless steel or ceramic. Google research: It's best to choose an air fryer made without non-stick chemicals, such as ceramic or stainless steel.May 13, 2023.
I used to eat outside everyday and due to pandemic, I bought air fryer to cook my own food. After airfrying experiments, I found the sweet spot of airfrying is 160. You just need to cook the food a bit longer though. Cooking result is way much better and caramelization looks evenly distributed similar to roasting/frying at the perfect temperature.
Most of the Air Fryers inner containers are made out of Aluminium with PFOA for non stick
Aluminium leaching into food with added PFOA is bound to hurt you.
With Chinese brands you get cheap micro plastics
That's why don't buy cheap Chinese brand.
@@bernadettejuridico5526 BTW almost every Chinese brand is promoted on Amazon.
And almost every brand is manufactured in China.
American or other countries are least promoted because all of Amazon basics and Amazon mobiles and products are made in China.
@@paritybit3526 what are the Chinese products so I can avoid
I thought of buying philips
@@paritybit3526 what abt usha food proved?
Hey CNA, could you do a series on the elderly working in fast food chains? Would really appreciate it. I think many of us are curious of their lives and how we can help to create jobs for them.
u can send them an email, they accept requests
Oh man i love this channel. Really shows you how different people think. The norm in my area would be how can we provide for them not really how to create jobs.
Good suggestion but CNA must cover every type of job handled by elderly and not only those in the fast food industry.
Yes!! I'm curious too. Not sure but is SG the only one in SEA at least that employs the elderly in fast food chains and similar jobs?
Yes please. I'm 61 & cannot retire until I'm 67....thanks
The acrylimide portion was interesting. I never knew that temperature mattered. Especially when the food is not burnt or charred. It has me curious about outdoor grilling results.
Agreed, yet they didn't even try it again after finding that out. They 100% knew before the tests, but were either lazy or didnt test it again on purpose
air fryer is better for street foods as it lessens food cost, also fries and breaded soggy foods are better reheated with air fryer than deep fryer to give back it's crisp
Just to let everyone know a air fryer is a oven with a fan. YOUR WELCOME
Yeah, and eating processed food isn't that healthy
an oven, also has a fan. an air fryer's fan is nearly as big as the top surface area of the air fryer. but not so for an oven.
basically a turbo broiler?
Did you watch the show? They showed the difference between air fryers and convection ovens. The fan in a normal oven doesn’t blow the heated air as fast or as hard as an air fryer does, plus the hot air circulates around the food in an AF, so the food is crisp and dry 360 degrees all around with no soggy spots. It’s....like having a hair dryer in that small space lol
@@amangcaya4468 not really, because turbo broilers don’t blow the heated air underneath and all around the food like an air fryer
I haven’t used my oven since last Christmas, air fryer best thing I’ve purchased. Thanks from UK 👍🏻🇬🇧😊
Most of the Air Fryers inner containers are made out of Aluminium with PFOA for non stick
Aluminium leaching into food with added PFOA is bound to hurt you.
With Chinese brands you get cheap micro plastics
Thank you for this video! I just lost a friend to cancer a few days ago, and made me research more on the subject. I'm glad it led me to your channel. Great work!
I'm sorry for your loss. I still question the safety of food cooked in the air fryer. Just because it's lower calorie doesn't mean safe. I heard that very high temperatures can make oils into damaging transfats. I wish they had talked about that. Still, I may buy one because my family doesn't enjoy the occasional fried snack or dinner item, which at present enters the menu only maybe once every 2-3 months. And yet... do I really want one more gadget to have to find storage space for? We eat fried foods so very rarely.
@@qcfsbo5188 Thank you. Yes that's also something I'm concerned about and what kind of foods are considered "safe" from that high temperature issue. Oh yeah it kinda looks bulky. And good job on avoiding fried foods. It's still a struggle for me but I'm working on it.
It's an excellent informative video presentation on food cooking options. Thanks to Sharda Harrison for facilitating easy understanding of the research and process of air frying vs deep/ oil frying.
3:00 One of the finer points of fans is that it's not just the length and width, but also the depth and the design of the fan blades that determine the overall power of the fan. So the air-fryer fans could be deeper and end up being more powerful than the conventional oven's fan...Or not.
A friend of mine who’s a chef gave me one for Christmas three years ago. It was one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. If you ever get one make sure to test the temperature with a small amount of food first until you get the hang of it. I cook my steaks 🥩 in a lower temperature, it takes a little longer but they come out juicy and not dry and stiff like cardboard, which will happen if I go by the recommended temperature on the fryer. For fries I spray some oil on them and they come out great, provided they are not cooked for too long and the temperature is not too high, just like the video says.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A HEALTHIER OPTION YOU MIGHT
okay but what doesn't make sense is they say don't cook high temp.. Okay i'll lower temp.. But then it will still cook too long lol
I bought an air fryer two years ago as I was diagnosed as diabetic, and after awhile of testing temps and cooking times, I am eating real, good, wholesome, nutritious foods cooked in my air fryer, of many different varieties, and I am able to keep my glucose at a normal level.
Love mine. They make the best wedges.
@@gtxoiltastebad the bad combination is high temperature and longer cooking time. it shouldn't be a problem if you cook longer time with low temperature.
*Bro is right. Unit tested: COSORI Lite Hot Air Fryer 3.8 L Recommend:First of all boil those potatoes 4 minutes the time that fryer preheat to cut the lvl of acrylamide and then to switch them back in normal water 4 minutes with some salt and cook them at 165°C first time and 180°C second time for 20 and shake them 5-6 **times.At** the end salt and garlic powder.Bon appetite(:*
They say that, but they don't mention how much it reduces acrylamide. Was kind of lazy on their end to not go and see how big of a decrease we're talking about. Cause we're going from below 10 to 1400. If using it correctly results in going down to 700, then that would still be worrisome.
Why are you putting salt in the water and why do you think parboiling decreases Acrylamide level?
Are you air frying for 20 mins at 165 and another 20 mins at 180 or 20 mins total?
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Its really informative, i really need these video to see if i’ve do the right thing
in conclusion, food you eat outside is convenient and fast but will reduce your life span quickly
I'm eating instant noodles inside right now.
even if I eat inside, there is no guarantee that I will end up living longer.
don't forget quality of life, sometimes you just need some greasy deep fried food to crunch on, as long as you don't make it a habit. Everything in moderation is a good rule. If all you ate was filtered water and bean sprouts you may be healthier, but your life would lack a lot of quality - would you rather crunch a french fry or a piece of celery?
@@kfl611 "If all you ate was filtered water and bean sprouts" you would be dead before you knew what death was.
@@kfl611 the quality of life is also living healthy and nobody said/thinks filtered water & sprouted beans is the healthy diet this’s sick lol
An air fryer is just a convection oven, been around since the 1950s at least, but the problem is that most frozen foods have been pre-cooked in oil before frozen to speed cooking for us.
yep. When he said ovens don't move the air...I guess he never heard of a convection oven
What if you just cut some fresh potatoes. Less oil right?
@@danailmarinov7299 Yes and I would blanch them first then dry them for the best crisp.
Yeah, kind of funny people think an air fryer is a new technology. It's all marketing, basically, an air fryer is a smaller compact version of a convection oven.
Not only speed cooking - lamination coat is preservation + cosmetic.
I truly enjoyed the presentation of this video!!
amazing research.. subscribed this channel..
As someone who worked at a kitchen gadget store, I often would compare Air fryers with convection ovens. The reason was to explain HOW the thing cooked. Now that air-fryers are more common I doubt it would be as much of an issue, but when I worked there they weren't very popular yet, so it was a great way of explaining things to them.
Owns an air fryer for 6 years. I mainly just use it as a small oven. It's quite convenient and energy-saving.
@@maxguo1162 that's how I use mine. It's fast and saves on energy, doesn't heat up the kitchen. I don't cook fat free, but it needs far less fat anyway. It does a good job.
Air fryer, convection oven, toaster oven, hair dryer. It uses fans to move around heat. The food that fries in a air fryer has internals oils that heat up, causing the food to fry evenly and super fast due to the air fryer not being like a LARGE traditional convection oven and instead a SMALL or even MINI convection oven.
Does cook food with air fryer can decrease cholesterol @Anime Huntress
"...I often would compare Air fryers with convection ovens." Isn't it the exact same bloody thing?
Tl;dr, yes there is less oil with air-fried stuff.
Also worth taking note, most of the frozen meal were already pre-cooked in oil before being frozen so you might wanna remember that (even though i doubt you'll care since you're buying frozen fried chicken from supermarket)
Thank you for doing this presentation for options for our health!
Very interesting research! Thank you so much 😊
the art of temperature and pressure in cooking always interests me...
Air fry is a misnomer. They are simply _smaller_ convection ovens that usually utilize a basket and fan to circulate heat. They already have industrial-size "air fryers." Circulating air is a feature already available in many industrial ovens and nothing is stopping anyone from using a basket in one.
My thoughts same.
People just love making unnecessary stuff.
Add on. of u have a convection oven. Just but a try mesh that suit the oven tray. Results is the same.
Only advantage for air fryer is if u have no oven. and not willing to clean. airfrryer can jsut use for a feew years and throw away.
EXACTLY! I couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about, so I investigated them and they are not fryers at all! But most people believe the hype.
Yes frying uses oil or fat and it is a misnomer for these machines, but I’d rather spend $30 on a small countertop air cooker that I can push to the side and it takes little room
Great video. Very educational
Keep up the good work CNA
Great research! Weldone! Can u recommend the best airfryer to buy?
Absolutely not safe! As a PHD spent a life time doing oxidative reaction of fats and oils, vapor phase oxidation ( dry fry in air) is so much faster than liquid state oxidation ( deep fry in liquid oil). So you get more oxidized oil which is not good for your health !
Thanks! I’m not going to pretend that I understood all of that, but I get that a) you have credible expertise and b) you think it’s unsafe. I appreciate an expert opinion :)
The much larger danger are the polyunsaturated fats (highly unstable) that the world was converted to using starting about a century ago. Soon after the diseases of cheap, oxidized seed oils went from almost unheard of to the norm. *Healthy* *saturated* fats like coconut, lard or ghee are very resistant to rapid oxidation and completely debunk the modern saturated fat and cholesterol *myths*.
"It's the oil stupid." This fun-fact, pseudo science, fluff piece totally misses the mark.
So if you factor saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol being lowered, it does not outweigh the increased in oxidized fat?
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What's your take on avocado oil or olive oil for cooking?
@@moniryousefian8782 The lower the polyunsaturated fat the better so those are much better choices than the typical oils. For olive I would use a refined (not virgin) oil for cooking temps. Rule of thumb for cooking oils: maximize saturated fat and prioritize monounsaturated over polyunsaturated fats.
i think we miss the point when we say you can control temperature and time to reduce the acrylamide why not repeat the test and show the result compared with the previous one.
You never tested the levels of acrylamide of potatoes rinsed beforehand and air-fried with lower temperature and less time. Is it significantly less or not?
House birds die when in the same room as an air fryer. I doubt acrylamide is the biggest concern!
@Peggy Gilespie
I didn’t know that they were sensitive to it.
they are journalists/entertainers not legitimate scientists/staticians/researchers..
@@OverlandTT It's not the air fryer that's the problem.
Its the Teflon / PTFE coating that is.
If you have birds, you should not use an air fryer with Teflon/PTFE coating, but the same is true for other cooking utensils like non-stick pans with Teflon/PTFE and such. They can cause the exact same problem for house birds.
It's not even limited to cooking, other things (like hair dryers) can also cause the death of house birds for the same reason.
This documentary feels more like a commercial from a air frier company than some investigative journalism.
If you feel like this looks more like a commercial, it's probably because it is a paid commercial.
I doubt a random journalist would suddenly just pick this topic out of the blue unless they're approached by the one air fryer manufacturers that's just happens to be so prominently featured in this segment.
@@yvrelna Yeah, this was cringy-obvious. Nice to see that at least some people see that.
Now we need to keep communicating to wake more people up.
But beware, as long as they are still a part of that system, ... well, you know the rest. 😎
Geez she's so cringy and annoying and just leave me alone 🙄 lol
Great episode -- but it would have been nice if you also sent baked (or even steamed) food as part of testing to get a frame of reference. Those numbers don't mean a whole lot without that.
Thank you for this experiment. I always wanted to know the answer to this question. I've learned something today. 🙏
You can air fry in a oven If you use pans with racks to let air circulate around food. Keeping the pieces separated will give good results .
"Air frying" is just a convection oven. Many already have a convection setting on their oven and so they are just buying another, smaller oven. I think it should be illegal to use the term "frying" when it is just baking. Frying requires oil. But people will fall for anything. Here is another tip, salted caramel is just butterscotch that they renamed to get more people to buy it. LOL
You’d not be surprised how many people think a convection oven that also has a microwave and grilling component like mine is not really an oven. The number of times I’ve been asked where my oven is and I’ve explained it’s over
there (pointing to my combo bench-top unit) and they respond ‘no I mean your ‘real’ oven ... If only I had a dollar for every time!
True,
Yes,its convection,not frying
i think you missed the part when they explained why is it different from an oven and that is because for such a small space the air circulation is just waaaay faster thus somehow "recreating" the sensation of oil frying. But i get your point tho. Renaming common things just to sound fancier and be more appealing to the consumers' eyes.
I'm ignorant on the topic, but I do like the food on my air frier better than in the oven, much more cripier :) Specially the "tortillas de maíz". Whatever small difference there is, does make it that much better.
This was an excellent video, people complaining that she cooked the fries at too high a temperature aren't appreciating the fact that we LEARNED something from this. Thank you for doing this entire report the way they you did, CNA!
Mr Mediocracy overhere.. Just because you learned something, doesnt mean there arent some mayor points of criticism. We all learn everyday all day Benjamin, please wise up.
@@OohzyJohnDow martin up!
Learning something doesn't mean it's an excellent video.
I didn't know that cooking it at high temps was doing anything to the food outside of cooking it faster. I imagine most people will cook at the recommended tempts or higher to speed up cooking and be unaware of this phenomenon. Bringing awareness to what higher/lower temps due to your food are helpful. In terms of the video, I am neutral. Not my style but I would say it was informative. the fact we know she cooked it at higher temps allows the viewers to learn and modify it.
education should never be shunned
the only thing that matters is if you're telling the truth to someone you want to believe you
you have to be honest to a fault to survive in heaven, but until we get there just trusting god will get you through everything.
Just be picky who you trust and if you can't be sure use the brible...err, that's bible.
oh yeah, don't use money to corrupt pplz, that was trump's mistake
Just purchased the Ninja Counter Top/Space Saver version. I cooked 2 marinated ribeyes on Air Broil. Omg my steaks were the best...ever in 20 years of oven broiling . It took 20 minutes vs 1 hour...I like my steaks well done. No pink... SAVES ELECTRICITY...
I also have a Ninja and i love it.❤️
So all the natural fat from the meat drained away? That’s terrible!
You lost me at well done. 😅
@@OverlandTT yeah you also naturally fat :D that's terrible
@@mantaschmeliauskas5693
What you see was bad eating right after my father died and my mom spent 9 months in intensive care!
What you are forgetting is that often many of the parts the food is sitting on are "non-stick", or Teflon like material, and that can add dangerous chemicals to your food.
Why didnt you test the Acyrlamide test after taking the suggestions from the Philips guy about lower temperature and less time cooking ?
would kill the narrative and still have dried out food
My grandma was eating all fatty food and certainly never used air fried. She was more than 100 years when she died.
For every one like her there are like 100 that die miserably in poor health due to the ravages of fried foods.
Wrong, but nice try.
But in her times the food was diffrent and more harsh not the same times.
Thank you!
And, what kind of fat did she cook it in?
Thanks for the information....
Thanks for the information
We always have a choice what to eat. For us, we just avoid deep fried food for good except for that few special occasions each year. But even then, we eat such food in moderation.
High fat, moderate protein, low carb, minimal sugar. That's the solution to so many health problems.
Air frying is just a way of heating up the food, but if the processed food you’re air frying is made up of junk it’s still unhealthy. Smh
Oh no! Not a process! That's terrifying!
@@mikicerise6250 You're dumb. I pretty sure they were referring to the process of stripping out the nutrients and adding chemicals to make the food taste better but also unhealthy. "An idiot trying to be funny! Oh no!"
I love my air fryer. I was baking everything anyway, burgers, chicken, fish, fries, pizza, casseroles etc. So the air fryer was an easy choice. Get a food thermometer to make sure your meats have the appropriate internal temperature. Everything does not have to be fried. Between my air fryer and my instant pot I eat healthy enough. P.S. you don’t need to douse oil on fries in the air fryer. You can spray a little olive oil on them, I don’t use oil on frozen fries they already have it.
There's Teflon in your airfryer pot. Good luck justifying your lifestyle choices
Very useful information 😊
I have been using Philips Air Fryers for about 6 years, and here are a couple of tips,
1. We Egg and Bread Crumb Fish (NO OIL) Salmon and Hoki at 180 o for 7 minutes on the Philips Rack.
2 If you want to use Oil in the Air Fryer the Use Coconut Oil
The problem is the products cooked in an air fryer...many are already soaked in oil from the factory (like chips, battered chicken, crumbed foods)...the only way it's more healthy is if you cook fresh foods inside with little added oil.
Seed oils. Use butter, coconut oil or ghee and that's healthy.
Even 1% healthier is still healthier
air fryer is a scam for idiots... it's just a smaller version of a fan assisted oven and all modern ovens are fan assisted anyway.....
Hi , this programme is really interesting and was able to answer or satisfy some of my curiosity about fried food have you research or do any findings about microwave thanks
Just in case anybody was wondering, I dd the reasearch for you (or rather chatGPT did :D)
Acrylamide is a chemical compound that can form in certain foods, particularly starchy foods, during cooking at high temperatures. It is a potential health concern as studies have shown that high levels of acrylamide in food have been associated with an increased risk of cancer in laboratory animals.
Air fryers are a type of kitchen appliance that uses hot air circulation to cook food, often with minimal or no oil, and can produce crispy results similar to deep frying. While air frying is generally considered to be a healthier alternative to deep frying because it uses less oil, the issue of acrylamide formation can still be a concern.
When certain foods, such as potatoes and other starchy vegetables, are cooked in an air fryer at high temperatures for a prolonged period of time, they can potentially form acrylamide. This is because acrylamide forms through a chemical reaction known as the Maillard reaction, which occurs when certain amino acids and sugars in food are exposed to high heat.
To minimize acrylamide formation when using an air fryer, it is recommended to:
Avoid overcooking, Use low-acrylamide foods: (For example, sweet potatoes generally contain less acrylamide than regular potatoes), Avoid excessive browning, Practice a balanced diet
A study published in the Journal of Food Science in 2019 compared the acrylamide levels in French fries cooked in an air fryer, deep fryer, and oven. The study found that air-fried French fries had lower acrylamide levels compared to deep-fried French fries, but higher acrylamide levels compared to oven-baked fries (Muttucumaru et al., 2019).
Another study published in the journal Food Control in 2018 also compared acrylamide levels in potato chips cooked in an air fryer, deep fryer, and oven. The study found that air-fried potato chips had similar levels of acrylamide compared to deep-fried chips, but higher levels compared to oven-baked chips (Pedreschi et al., 2018).
My heart dropped when she just pulled that metal tray with the bread out the ‘hot’ oven 😂
ARGHHHH!!! MY HANDS ARE BURNING!!!!! lol.
It cooled down
You can cook chips without added oil but they are a little dry so require something else on them so they go down easier. A light spray of pressure can oil before cooking them is all they need. They don't need to swim in it. Best thing about these units is the timer and casual ease to use without preheating. I would recommend the cup type for meats etc. because they tend to be far easier to clean than the ones with conventional doors. Pastries would be cleaner because they don't tend to spatter.
don't use spray oils.
they can contain butane gas as a propellant.
i just rub oil around my pans with my fingers
Pressurized oil is POISON, highly processed canola oil, bad,bad, bad.
Some foods require a little bit of oil
Great info...thank you!
Thank you for great information
I always soak or sometimes boil cut potatoes until they're soft before I fry them. And with that, it's usually a flash fry to get that golden brown coating quickly. Seems to work out pretty well.
The blanching process gradually cooks the outer layer of of starch.
Getting an oil spray bottle is really practical for airfryer and reducing oil usage when cooking in general
If you look into oil spray ingredients, other than oil there is a lot of other stuff in it.
@@openbrain9543 wow! I did not know that. Lucky i only use glass spray bottle and refill it myself.
Don't eat lah, if you are do scare and worry of your health and death. This is getting rediculous. It is more like an advertisment then any things else.
With the present living situation
Just use a small amount.
Excelente program thanks you and the best
I air fry my potatoes at a much lower temperature. For white potatoes, I do 300 degrees F, or 149 degrees C. For sweet potatoes I do 290 degrees F or 143 degrees C. It takes much longer, but comes out much better. I cut the potatoes into larger wedge shapes, not small French fry shape. The inside of the potatoes come out so soft, while the outside is crispy but not burned like it can if I cooked at a higher temperature. I turn the potatoes about every ten minutes. It takes about an hour to cook.
would be good to do a follow up to air fry those fries according to lee's instructions, and lab test the acrylamide levels again
It can also pick up impurities being put into those containers Very hot
I don't think Philips would have allowed them to do that without sanctions. 😂
Will be less high buts still high
probably because it doesn't change much. CNA hiding the truth in favour of keeping itself out of Philips lawsuits???
@@Dowlphin Most of the Air Fryers including Philips inner containers are made out of Aluminium with PFOA for non stick
Aluminium leaching into food with added PFOA is bound to hurt you.
With Chinese brands you get cheap micro plastics
I wish they had also included the comparison of the cookware used : cast iron vs whatever is used in an air fryer!
Air Fryers are great, I love mine...however it'll never replace deep frying. It's nowhere close to the speed/quality/cost-savings of using a deep fryer
True, air fryer takes way longer to fry foods.
So things you pay for in other way in time and money. Diabetes and Blood fats to name a few. 💰🦉
I have been using one of these for potatoes. It comes out like it's baked. I cooked chicken on top of the potatoes and it came out pretty good. I covered the potatoes with cooking oil and spices and I covered the chicken with buffalo sauce.
It comes out like it's baked because it is baked. You were surprised that baking it in an air fryer made it taste like it was baked?
I microwave my tot for five minutes then smear it in butter and finish it in the air fryer. I've never heard of Acrylamides and I'm too old to care, now.
there is industrial size air fryer, its the oven with air convection, I use one when i was working at coffee bean, some of my friend even fry omellete in it lol
Good job done mam...
Awesome !!! Really pleasing to get all these facts. I'm going to make some efforts to get more people enlightened about this. Cheers 🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍
A good episode from CNA. However, it's a bit disappointing there's no lab result after adjusting the temperature and frying time. Does it really reduce the acrylamide while at the same give us the same crunchiness? Hopefully, it'd be covered someday.
that's basically the only question they should be addressing, not conducting market research for Phillips and believing every word coming out of the Philips guy's mouth.
I was also disappointed that we didn’t get to find out how much the acrylamide levels were reduced by soaking the fresh potatoes in water and cooking at the recommended lower temperatures. I’m sure there is a reduction but how significant is it? If people just blast them at too high heats for too long of times, then they are trading a slightly reduced waistline for cancer instead.
This was a Phillips commercial
it's actually say's clearly how you can decrease level of acrylamide from 11:27
I have a sense that this is a paid commercial
I would have loved to see the test re-done with the lower recommended temperatures
I'd love to see the test of an air fryer vs conventional fat assisted oven since they are exactly the same and idiots are being mislead into buying something they already own due to a marketing term....
A very great and helpful video. Thank you.
I live in Texas, and the cost of air-conditioning is my main concern in the hot months (March-November here). The air fryer does not heat up the house, although it's an energy hog.
I live in Northeast Ohio and we have Speedway gas stations that have "cafes" in them. They recently remodeled and changed a lot of their recipes, also. They are air frying various food items, and I tried their tater tots. I have a limited diet and that is the only item I have tried, but they were excellent! I have been a big fan of air frying since the 90s, and love all the new equipment that is available, now.
I recently got a ninja and I love it.
I actually calculated the costs of Airfyer VS oven..i have a big oven that can fit a turkey and found that if you only use the airfryer once for a meal then it's more economical than an oven. However since it's so small i tend to have to use it at least 2 to 3 rounds which made it more expensive than an oven electricity wise. as for cleaning up oven's are easier since i just use baking paper....while air fryer with baking paper it doesn't fry as well.
That was very informative. Thank you madam.
Lets be real, none of the foods in the video can be called healthy except maybe the kuning fish (small extent only), regardless of the debate between air vs deep frying. It's maybe just "which one is less healthier"? So many processed foods in there/sodium etc So much carbohydrates and with high GI esp....does it matter seriously? Trust me, this can only be appreciated when you are old and down with co-morbidities and wished you had taken notice earlier when you were young.
Just stick to whole foods, steaming/boiling or even light frying in a simple wok if you want, you'd be just fine. Heck even cheap canned sardines rinsed with water is like at least 10X healthier? And our hawker foods, most of it are unhealthy stuff containing way insufficient marco/micro nutrients and portion to begin with. So don't worry about air vs deep frying choices in our hawker centres, it doesn't matter much in the long run, still run a heightened risk of getting the top 5 lifestyle diseases/top killers in SG.
Want to do something really significant to your diet? Eat whole foods/superfoods/fruits n veg, cut out all the crap shown in the video. Perhaps take some good supplements in low dosages if you want eg stuff like magnesium (glycinate form is good), D3, K2 which people are usually deficient in due to our typical diets, engage in good and suitable exercises esp enjoying outdoors with your family.
Great comment and so true👏
Just have to note that if industrial or commercial sized air fryers using a larger volume of space to heat the food are used, they will require a larger fan or multiple same size fans to circulate the heated air which are used in the kitchen size oven in order to heat the food safely in a lesser time with the 180 degree or lower heat to minimize the amount of acrylamide.
Here in Brazil, is very common to find restaurants and bars that offer air fried options (at least in my region)
Thank you, that was VERY interesting!
It is not just about acrylamide. The air fryer is blowing heated air at high speed onto oily food within the small confined space/ unit. Oil vapor will be created and will keep on circulating/ splashing within the small unit (compared to a normal oven that has larger space). Since there is no way to remove the fan and heating coil for thorough cleaning, some oil droplets will probably find a permanent home on the fan blades and heating coil. So everytime you are using it, it will be re-heating the same old oil residues over and over again. These oil residues may get blown onto any new food you cook. Consuming oil that is heated many times over, may increase the risk of cancer.
Very true
Somehow I get this nagging feeling that it's actually a disguised Air Fryer advertisement 😂
Truee
YES!
I'm not alone thinking this.
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS
what do you expect? money is the root for a booming industry.
The reporter dropped the ball on acrylamide and let the air fryer engineer bullshit his way out of it. Air is the least efficient heat transfer media so no one is going to cook at lower temperature per the engineer's suggestion of reducing acrylamide. @10:23, the acrylamide from air fryer is at least 140 times higher than cooking with oil. The nutritionist is parroting a 60 years lie that saturated fat causes heart disease. This was started by Ancel Keys using the fraudulent 7-country study which was all a lie. Animal saturated fat from ruminants (cows not pigs) is good for you.
It is easy for kids to use. They can cook their snacks themselves and the food turned out perfectly delicious. A little step to be independent.
Welp, I guess it beats just micro-waving everything?🤔 But Most snacks are Unhealthy heavily processed, breaded products to begin with!!#UGH.😝