Fruit and vegetable industry is one of the promising industries in China's agricultural industry, which has high industrial and competitive advantages. With the adjustment of China's agricultural industrial structure, China's fruit and vegetable industry has entered a new period of rapid development. However, it is worth noting that the development of domestic fruit and vegetable processing industry is relatively backward, which seriously restricts the further development and upgrading of China's fruit and vegetable industry. At present, the technical level of domestic fruit and vegetable juice processing equipment is still relatively backward compared with foreign countries.
Experts in the food industry pointed out that China's fruit and vegetable industry has made remarkable achievements after years of development. At present, the domestic fruit and vegetable processing industry also has a certain level of technology and a large scale of production, and the layout of export-oriented fruit and vegetable processing industry has basically formed. Nowadays, the fruit and vegetable processing industry plays an important role in the export trade of domestic agricultural products.
At present, the domestic fruit and vegetable processing industry is still in the primary stage of development, and has not been able to develop to a deeper level. The main reason is the backward technology and equipment. At present, food biotechnology, vacuum drying technology, membrane separation technology, supercritical extraction technology and other high and new technologies are in use in developed countries, but these technologies in China are just in the beginning, the gap is very large, the processing scale is small, the technical level is low, the comprehensive utilization is poor, the energy consumption is high, the processing and production of finished products is relatively small, and the quality is low. In terms of fruit processing, some technical problems have not been fundamentally solved. However, these technical problems have not been solved due to the introduction of foreign juice processing production lines; in terms of fruit processing, at present, there are relatively few processing means in China, such as pot storage, quick freezing, drying, etc., with low scientific and technological content, most of which still follow the traditional practice, basically without any processing.
Experts pointed out that it is imperative to establish a special raw material production base for fruit and vegetable processing to ensure the variety, quality and output of raw materials. In the production of fruit and vegetable raw materials, hazard analysis and key control point management are implemented to realize large-scale and safe production. From using the traditional processing technology to produce the traditional fruits and vegetables processing products to using the modern high and new technology to develop and produce new products, the rapid development of fruits and vegetables processing industry is realized.
In the field of fruit and vegetable juice processing, high-efficiency juicing technology, high-temperature short-time sterilization technology, aseptic packaging technology, enzyme liquefaction and clarification technology, membrane technology have been widely used in production. The processing equipment of fruits and vegetables, such as apple juice concentrate and tomato sauce, is basically the advanced equipment imported from abroad. In the processing of direct drinking fruit and vegetable juice, China's large enterprises have integrated the international advanced technology and equipment, such as famous equipment manufacturers from Switzerland, Germany, Italy, etc., and introduced production lines such as Tetra Pak, Kangmei bag, PET bottle aseptic filling, etc., which have reached the international advanced level.
In the field of fruits and vegetables logistics: the research and application of storage, preservation and circulation technologies of main fruits and vegetables, such as apples, pears, oranges, grapes, tomatoes, lychees, dates, and traditional Chinese medicine, are basically mature. Map technology and CA technology have been widely used in the storage, transportation and preservation of main fruits and vegetables in China.
With the increasing demand for fruit and vegetable juice beverage in the domestic and foreign markets, it brings a rare opportunity to the production of fruit and vegetable juice. Grasping this opportunity and carrying out in-depth research on key technology and equipment for fruit and vegetable processing, the prospect of its popularization and application is very broad, and the development space is very huge.