Use food machinery to turn fruits and vegetables into snacks

For a long time in the past, the impression of dehydrated vegetables was basically vegetable packets in instant noodles. Although its application to the "black technology" used in aerospace food - freezing and dehydrating vegetables technology ensures the flavor and nutrition of vegetables, after all, the supply of fresh vegetables in China is relatively sufficient, and people rarely choose dehydrated vegetables in their daily life. food. However, over the years, this situation has changed. Fruit and vegetable (dry) crisps made with vacuum freeze-drying technology and low-temperature baking technology are dressed as casual snacks, and they have entered the field of consumers and are favored.

Proper consumption of vegetables is an important part of maintaining a nutritionally balanced diet. However, some children and adults always feel that green vegetables have a strange taste like grass, so they do not like to eat them. At this time, hard-hearted persuasion or coercion and inducement will all go into battle, but it is not a good way to solve the problem in the long run, but if you turn vegetables into convenient, ready-to-eat, delicious snack food, will it bring some help? ? There may be positive parts to the answer.

In recent years, with the rapid development of production and processing technology in the food industry, the application of new technologies has brought new solutions to fruit and vegetable food processing. For example, the fruit and vegetable crisps that everyone has become familiar with, the traditional frying process is changed during processing, and the moisture of the material is frozen into ice in a low temperature environment by vacuum freeze-drying equipment, and then sublimated and condensed under vacuum conditions. Thereby, a finished product of dried fruit and vegetable chips is obtained.

In this way, fruit and vegetable chips have a crispy and delicious flavor and texture, and are not as healthful as fried. Moreover, whether it is at home, office, or travel, the ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable chips are also very convenient. In addition, now fruit and vegetable chips have a strong compatibility with yogurt, cereals, etc., it can be said to restart the new world of fruit and vegetable chips in the consumer market.

At the same time, in addition to the fruit and vegetable crisps for general consumer groups, the author noticed that there are fruit and vegetable crisps that meet the needs of children using low-temperature baking technology. This type of food is mainly made of fresh vegetables such as purple potatoes, pumpkins, etc. after pretreatment, crushed into mud, mixed with starch and other ingredients, and formed, the fruit and vegetable chips baked at low temperature have a good color and luster. It is nutritious, crisp and palatable, and fits the tastes and basic needs of children.

For the above two types of deep-processed fruits and vegetables, the main point is that, through the extension of the industrial chain and the application of new technologies, after turning ordinary fruit and vegetable raw materials into healthy, nutritious, delicious and convenient snacks, all ages , People with various consumption needs have greatly improved its acceptance. Based on this, it has also stimulated the leisure snacks represented by fruit and vegetable chips and fruit and vegetable chips to set off a new trend in the consumer market in recent years, which also provides a new path for meeting consumers' demand for fruits and vegetables, and may be able to serve the future of the fruit and vegetable industry. The development injects more fresh impetus.