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How much oil does an air fryer really save? Pick your food and see

Air fryer boxes promise cooking with little or no oil. Pick a food, your portion and how heavy-handed you are with oil, and see the oil in teaspoons and calories for deep-frying, pan-frying, the oven and an air fryer.

Estimates based on research and NHS guidance. The air fryer mainly saves oil against deep frying. General information, not medical advice.

Four horizontal bars comparing oil used when deep-frying, pan-frying, oven cooking and air frying, with the air fryer bar shortest

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