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Shanghai Food Expo|Tips on consumption of dried fruit and vegetable products

2024.10.22

Fresh fruits and vegetables are an important part of people's balanced diet. Dried fruits and vegetables retain the active ingredients in fruits and vegetables, extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, and are widely loved by consumers as leisure food. At the Shanghai Food Expo, experts introduced the relevant knowledge of dried fruit and vegetable products in detail to help consumers eat scientifically.

 

What are dried fruit and vegetable products?

 

Dried fruit and vegetable products are made of fruits and vegetables as the main raw materials, after different pretreatment, including cutting (or not cutting), beating (or not beating), blanching (or not blanching) and other processes, and then through the drying process to make flavored (or not seasoning) food. The main processing method of dried fruit and vegetable products is dry dehydration, including natural air drying, hot air/heat pump drying, vacuum freeze drying, differential pressure flash and vacuum low temperature oil bath drying, microwave drying and other ways, among which hot air/heat pump drying is the most widely used drying method in industrial production.

 

Dried fruit and vegetable products include dried fruit, dried vegetables and fruit and vegetable chips. Dried fruits such as dried apples, dried peaches, raisins, dried dates and so on; Dried vegetables such as chili, tomato, carrot, etc. Fruit and vegetable chips such as vacuum frozen fruit and vegetable chips, vacuum low temperature oil bath fruit and vegetable chips.

 

 

Sulfur dioxide is a permitted food additive in dried fruit and vegetable products

 

Sulfur dioxide is a common food additive in dried fruit and vegetable products, which is usually added in the form of potassium metabisulfite, sodium metabisulfite, sulfite with low sodium sulfite, etc., or through sulfur fumigation of food. Sulfur dioxide can help dry fruit and vegetable products to maintain the appearance and prolong the quality.

 

How to buy and eat dried fruit and vegetable products?

 

It is suggested that consumers buy dried fruit and vegetable products sold by regular merchants.

 

1. Look at the label: According to the provisions of the National Food Safety Standard General Rules for Pre-packaged Food Labeling (GB 7718-2011), if sulfur dioxide is added to the food, the manufacturer should identify it on the food label.

 

2. Smell: dried fruit and vegetable products should be natural and fragrant. Don't buy dried fruit and vegetable products with pungent odors.

 

3. Color inspection: try to choose primary color food, avoid buying dry fruit and vegetable products with obvious white color or too bright color.

 

 

When consuming dried fruit and vegetable products:

 

1. Moderate consumption: Excessive consumption of dried fruit and vegetable products may lead to excessive caloric intake, especially the dried fruit and vegetable products processed by vacuum frying technology.

 

2. Scientific collocation: avoid using dried fruit and vegetable products as staple food or replacing fresh fruits and vegetables. Dried fruit and vegetable products will have certain nutritional loss compared with fresh vegetables and vegetables.

 

3. Moderate cleaning: sulfur dioxide is soluble in water. If consumers are worried about the potential risk of excessive sulfur dioxide, some dried fruit and vegetable products can be treated by washing, soaking and other means before consumption, and excess water can be removed after treatment to prevent mold growth.

 

If you want to know more about the food industry, please visit the SIAL Shanghai website for more information.

 

Source:SHISHUOXINYU (wechat official account)

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