The variety of dehydrated vegetables is becoming more and more abundant, and high-end positioning products such as fruit and vegetable chips are favored Dehydrated vegetables, also known as rehydrated vegetables, are dried vegetables made by washing and drying fresh vegetables to remove most of the water in the vegetables. Compared with other fresh vegetables, dehydrated vegetables have the characteristics of small size, light weight, recovery after entering water, convenient transportation and consumption, etc., and can effectively adjust the season of vegetable production. When eaten, it is not only delicious and fresh, but also maintains the original nutritional value.
There are two types of dehydration methods: natural drying and artificial dehydration. Natural drying is the use of natural conditions to dehydrate vegetables. In ancient times, people have begun to apply this method. Artificial dehydration includes hot air drying, microwave drying, puffing drying, infrared and far-infrared drying, and vacuum drying. At present, the most common applications of vegetable dehydration and drying are hot air drying and dehydration and freeze-vacuum drying and dehydration.
Quantuo data shows that in recent years, the overall output of dehydrated vegetables in my country has shown an upward trend, with a growth rate of 10% per year. With a relatively stable annual growth rate of 10%, the output of dehydrated vegetables in my country will reach 302,300 tons in 2020 and 623,700 tons by 2025.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the world's food industry, dehydrated vegetables were once in short supply, and the market gap was large. Due to the increased production cost of vegetables in some developed countries, many countries and regions are willing to import cheap commodity vegetables from my country. The annual output value of China's dehydrated vegetable industry was 6 billion yuan in 2017, 6.6 billion yuan in 2018, and 7.4 billion yuan in 2020, showing a steady upward trend, turning vegetable resource advantages into product advantages and economic advantages.
The output and varieties of dehydrated vegetables in China are constantly increasing, mainly carrots, edible fungi, cabbage, cabbage, beans, cucumbers, celery, green peppers, garlic sprouts, ginger, potatoes, garlic, onions, bamboo shoots, day lilies, and edible fungi The dehydrated vegetables are exported to Japan, South Korea, the European Union and many other countries and regions. Of course, not only foreign consumers prefer dehydrated vegetables, but there are also many domestic consumers who are fans of dehydrated vegetables. There is also a huge demand for dehydrated vegetables in supermarkets, instant noodle manufacturers and some remote areas in some large and medium-sized cities.
In addition, snack-like dehydrated vegetables, small plastic jars containing dried lettuce, dried eggplant, dried purple potato and other dehydrated vegetable products have also won the love of urban white-collar workers. The demand in this field is also gradually increasing every year. Quantuo data shows that Asia is an active region for fruit and vegetable snack innovation. Among the new fruit and vegetable snack products released last year, Asia accounted for the highest proportion, reaching 29%, while North America and Europe combined accounted for only 23%. Among them, compared with the past six months, 32% of Chinese consumers bought more dried fruits and vegetables as snacks.
Quantuo data believes that with the advancement of science and the acceleration of social development, many people are increasingly pursuing convenience and speed in life, so dehydrated vegetables also came into being. Dehydrated vegetables can be applied to almost all fields of food processing, which can be used to improve the nutritional content of products, improve the color and flavor of products, and also enrich the variety of products, which greatly improves the food structure of consumers. With the improvement of people's health awareness and consumption upgrade, high-end products will also be favored. Therefore, freeze-dried foods, including fruit and vegetable crisp snacks, will also have opportunities to become a good partner for consumers' healthy life.
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