The Philips AirFryer uses hot air to crisp up chips
No matter how much you might kid yourself, fried food is not a healthy option.
But now Philips has invented a frying machine that it claims gives you that same satisfying fatty taste - but without the oil.
The AirFryer uses Rapid Air Technology, hot air in other words, to cook the kind of meals that would traditionally be dunked in a deep fat fryer.
By circulating air up to 200C around foods like chips, chicken, fish or pastries, Philips claims to be able to brown them off nicely with up to 80 per cent less fat.
The AirFryer looks like a large rice cooker and has a chunky tray which can be removed, filled with food and put back inside.
Twelve minutes later the meal emerges hot and crisp and, according to Philips, far healthier for you.
The device will be perfect for those nervous to use traditional chip pans, which are notorious for being the cause of fires. More than 50 people die in the UK due to chip pan fires.
Ron Dobson, Commissioner of London Fire Brigade, which has just launched its Cooksafe campaign about the danger of chip pans, said: 'Any gadget that reduces the number of people cooking with lots of hot oil is a good thing.
'Each year hundreds of people suffer damage to their homes, are injured and sadly lose their lives as a result of chip pan fires.'
How it tastes is another question - the £200 cooking machine will only be available to pre-order at Philips’ website in a few weeks time, so for now there are only the company’s claims that it has a 70 per cent approval rating with consumers.
Crucially, whether it tastes as satisfying as the real thing remains to be seen.
Cracks are also emerging in Philips claim the AirFryer it is oil free.
On its website the electronics firm admits that fresh French fries need ‘half a table spoon of oil for extra taste’ when put through the machine.
French fries prepared in the Philips AirFryer are served up at the Philips stand at the 2010 IFA technology and consumer electronics trade fair at Berlin last week
Then there is the issue of keeping it clean. As any owner of a George Foreman grill will tell you, that grease has to go somewhere and getting it off is not a pleasant business.
To their credit, Philips have built the AirFryer with a Food Separator accessory so several foods can be fried at once without, say, making your chicken nuggets smell like a fish.
It also has an air filter so, no matter how much like fried food it tastes like, your house won’t smell like a chip shop.
The AirFryer was launched at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin where Philips also showcased an espresso machine that remembers your preferences and Europe’s greenest LED TV.
‘At Philips, we develop advanced solutions that help contribute to people’s health and well-being,’ Philips Consumer Lifestyle CEO Pieter Nota said.
‘The products we’ve unveiled live up to that promise by helping people live a healthy, active and more sustainable life.’
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