The varieties of dehydrated vegetables are more and more abundant, and high-end positioning products such as fruit and vegetable chips are favored

2022-10-21

Dehydrated vegetable, also known as rehydrated vegetable, is a kind of dried vegetable made by washing and drying fresh vegetables and removing 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 eating, and can effectively adjust the vegetable production in the lean and prosperous seasons. When eaten, it is not only delicious and fresh, but also can maintain the original nutritional value. There are two methods for dehydrating vegetables: natural drying and artificial dehydration. Natural sun drying is the use of natural conditions to dehydrate vegetables. In ancient times, people began to use this method. Manual dehydration includes hot air drying, microwave drying, puffing drying, infrared and far infrared drying, vacuum drying, etc. At present, hot air drying and freezing vacuum drying are widely used in vegetable dehydration.

According to the total expansion data, the overall output of dehydrated vegetables in China has shown an upward trend in recent years, with an annual growth rate of 10%. With a relatively stable annual growth rate of 10%, the output of dehydrated vegetables in China will reach 302300 tons in 2020 and 623700 tons in 2025.

In recent years, with the rapid development of the world food industry, the supply of dehydrated vegetables once exceeded the demand, resulting in a large market gap. Due to the increasing production cost of vegetables in some developed countries, many countries and regions are willing to import cheap commodity vegetables from China. 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, transforming the advantages of vegetable resources into product advantages and economic advantages.

In addition, snack dehydrated vegetables, small plastic cans containing dehydrated vegetable products such as dried lettuce, dried eggplant and dried purple potatoes, have also won the favor of urban white-collar workers. The demand in this field is also gradually increasing every year. According to Quantuo data, Asia is an active region for fruit and vegetable snack innovation. In the launch of new fruit and vegetable snacks last year, Asia accounted for the highest proportion, reaching 29%, while North America and Europe combined accounted for only 23%. Among them, 32% of Chinese consumers bought more dried fruits and vegetables as snacks compared with the past six months.

Quantuo Data believes that, with the progress of science and the acceleration of social development, many people are increasingly seeking for convenience in life, so dehydrated vegetables have emerged as the times require. Dehydrated vegetables can be applied to almost every field of food processing, which can be used to improve the nutrition of products, improve the color and flavor of products, enrich the variety of products, and greatly improve the food structure of consumers. With the improvement of people's health awareness and consumption upgrading, high-end oriented products will also be favored. Therefore, opportunities for freeze-dried foods, including fruit and vegetable chips and snacks, will follow, becoming a good partner for consumers to live a healthy life.

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