en پژوهشي Orginal research papers <span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of breading materials and two different frying oils on the fat up-take in the fish fillets during frying process. Breaded and non-breaded </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" FONT-SIZE: 12pt mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' mso-bidi-language: AR-SA mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi mso-ansi-language: EN-US mso-fareast-language: EN-US">black pomfret (<i>Parastromateus niger</i>) fillets were fried in sunflower oil and palm olein. Fat content by Soxhelet method and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">was studied. Results from Soxhelet method showed that fat content in the non-breaded fried fillets was significantly (P<0.05) higher than breaded fillets. This was confirmed by the SEM. Observations from the SEM micrographs showed that some gas cell can be seen in the non-breaded fried fillets. Presence of these cells in the non-breaded fillets resulted in the higher fat uptake than that of fish muscle fillets. Observation by the SEM also showed that the surfaces of the non-breaded fried fillets highly deformed. However, this deformation in the breaded fried fillets was significantly lower. </font></span></span> SEM, Fish fat content, Black pomfret, Breaded fish 327 336 http://jifro.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-12&slc_lang=en&sid=1 J. Bakar jamilah@putra.upm.edu.my 1003194753284600763 1003194753284600763 Yes Y. Moradi 1003194753284600781 1003194753284600781 No Y. Che. Man 1003194753284600782 1003194753284600782 No S. kharidah 1003194753284600783 1003194753284600783 No