As a kind of cruciferous cabbage vegetable, broccoli was imported from abroad. The finished product produced today is not only used by domestic consumers but also used for export. As a widely recognized species, it is extremely rich in nutrients. Vegetables, the initial processing of broccoli, and the deep-processing industry are all continuing to develop. This process can not be separated from the help of various food machinery and equipment.
Broccoli Primary Processing: Extend Shelf Life to Increase Value
Broccoli needs to be shipped to the whole country or even around the world for sale. In order for the product to be sold at a higher price, broccoli needs to be first processed. In general, the broccoli needs to be sorted and dried. This is done by manual labor. If food machinery is used, machine vision or sensors must be installed on the sorter, vegetable cutter to distinguish the inedible parts of broccoli.
The broccoli after the initial arrangement is facing the problem of preservation. At present, the prevailing methods of preservation are drying and freezing. The drying can make broccoli complete the gaps that cannot be listed in certain seasons. For this reason, companies have introduced hot air dehydration. “Vegetable processing” project. Broccoli was dried by purchasing hot air drying equipment. The finished dehydrated broccoli product preserved the original color, fragrance and taste, and realized the supply of broccoli in the wrong season. It greatly derived the variety of broccoli origin. Richness.
In the broccoli producing areas, many areas have started to build cold storage for broccoli storage to extend the sales period. It is understood that only one area on the plateau has a storage area of 20,000 cubic meters. In addition, Taizhou, Zhejiang and cooperatives have introduced a Set of vegetable deep-freezing deep-processing automatic assembly line production equipment. This equipment can be used to clean, freeze, dry, freeze, and vacuum packaging broccoli. After processing, broccoli can be put on the market with a higher-end face, and there is a long time in the market. Was greatly extended.
Deep processing of broccoli: Full utilization from flower bulbs to leaf stems
Broccoli is extremely rich in nutrients. Modern scientific research has found that the nutrients contained in broccoli have a curative effect on cancer, type 2 diabetes and other diseases, but these substances gradually disappear with cooking. How to make more nutrients in broccoli Substances have become a problem for people to use. The Australian researchers used pretreatment of broccoli, drying equipment, and crushing equipment to process broccoli into broccoli powder. The color of orchids, nutrition, etc. Currently this broccoli powder is used to produce puffed foods, baked goods, and even cafes to use it to make broccoli latte.
In our country, there are also companies that have joined major universities in the extraction of sulforaphane from broccoli. The anti-cancer effects of this substance have been verified by laboratory tests. It is reported that to obtain sulforaphane requires the edible squid of fresh broccoli to undergo Dehydration, drying, crushing, enzymolysis, ultrasonic vibration extraction, filtration and miscellaneous, concentrated extraction and other multi-steps. Each step requires a high level of detail, such as dehydration drying the first temperature to 75-85 °C, time Between 0.5-1.5 h, the second temperature needs to be controlled at 55-65 °C until the broccoli flower no longer changes. This precise control of temperature and time requires intelligent drying equipment for drying.
From everyday life, it is not difficult to know that the edible parts of broccoli are limited, the top buds and the small part of the stems that extend downwards taste very good, and the lower stems are covered with thick skins, and they are not well-baked. So people are In the process of consuming broccoli, it is usually chosen to abandon this part. It is reported that in China, a certain broccoli cultivation ground, more than 300,000 tons of waste stems and leaves are rotted in the fields each year, which increases the difficulty of land management. In this phenomenon, a joint research institute in China has developed the 'Technology for extraction and application of broccoli leaf protein'. The extracted material can be used as feed for animal husbandry. In addition, the company also developed a multi-group separation of broccoli active substances. Technology, extraction of broccoli leaf actives.
As a foreign species, broccoli can be seen. In recent years, localization has been the main source of supply, and many companies have even specialized in the export of broccoli. In this case, the intensive processing of broccoli products using food machinery equipment is realized. To further enhance the competitiveness of China's broccoli, in this process, China's food companies and related food machinery and equipment manufacturing companies need to target market pain points, in-depth research and development to accelerate the development of broccoli industry.