How to Dehydrate Fruit

Dehydrated fruit has always been very popular, it not only retains the nutrition of the fruit itself, but also prolongs the storage time of the fruit, and effectively avoids the loss caused by the rot and deterioration of the fruit. Today let us discuss how to dehydrate fruit together.

How to dehydrate fruit at home

First of all, how to dehydrate fruit at home, the first method we can think of must be sun dehydrate. This method is very simple, just cut the cleaned fruit into slices of 3mm-5mm, then spread a layer on the tray, put it under the sun, turn over every five hours and leave in the sun for about three to five days to make dehydrated fruit.

In fact, we can also use the oven to dehydrate the fruit at home. The process is also very simple, that is, put the sliced fruit on the baking tray, the oven temperature is 80℃-100℃, it takes about five hours to bake, and more observations should be made during the baking period, flip in time until the moisture is dehydrate.

However, we can easily find that the quality of dehydrated fruit made at home is not always as good as those sold in the market, and both methods have disadvantages, the first is limited by weather conditions, and the second requires constant attention. Generally speaking, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the output is still small. It is only suitable for making at home. So if you want to do dehydrated fruit business, how to produce dehydrated fruit? Next, let's take a look at the dehydrated fruit manufacturers how to dehydrate fruit. 

How does the manufacturer dehydrate the fruit

Dehydrated fruit manufacturers generally use professional fruit dehydrate machines, which not only saves manpower, but also can produce high-quality dehydrated fruit in large quantities. The following are three common fruit dehydrate machines produced by our Baixin Machinery: heat pump fruit dehydrate room, continuous mesh belt fruit dehydrate machine, and all in one fruit dehydrate machine. Next, I will introduce these three fruit dehydrate machines in turn.

1. Heat Pump Fruit Dehydrate Room

According to our sales experience, the heat pump fruit dehydrate room is the choice of most dehydrated fruit manufacturers, its output is 100-5000kg/batch, and the heat source can be electricity, coal, wood chips, natural gas, diesel oil, and propane, etc.

Working Principle of Heat Pump Fruit Dehydrate Room

It adopts the principle of reverse Carnot cycle. It absorbs low-temperature heat energy in the air, and becomes high-temperature heat energy after efficient heat collection and integration of the heat pump system, which is transported to the dehydrate room to circulate heating and dehydrate the fruit, and the hot and humid air in the dehydrate room is directly discharged to the outside of the dehydrate room through the dehumidifier.

Components of Heat Pump Fruit Dehydrate Room

The components of this heat pump fruit dehydrate room include: Heat Pump, Trolley Tray, Fan Frame with Fan(Axial Compressor Fan), Dehydrate Room Parts.

Advantages of Heat Pump Fruit Dehydrate Room

The advantage of this heat pump fruit dehydrate room is that it can quickly remove the water in the fruit without affecting the original color, shape and nutrient content of the fruit. The fruit heat pump dehydrate room is equipped with a computer control system, which can realize automatic temperature control. The dehydrate temperature range of the heat pump dehydrator is 20-80°C. It has the advantages of strong dehydrate capacity, better dehydrate effect, simple operation, and 70% energy saving by adopting a heat pump system.

2. Continuous Mesh Belt Fruit Dehydrate Machine

If the output of the dehydrate room cannot meet your requirements, you can consider choosing this continuous mesh belt fruit dehydrate machine. It can achieve continuous production, and the output can reach 300-2000kg/h. The main heating methods are electric heating, steam heating, hot air heating, the heat source can be coal, wood chips, natural gas, diesel, propane, electricity, etc.

Working Principle of Continuous Mesh Belt Fruit Dehydrate Machine

Its main working principle is to spread the material evenly in the network. The material is moved in the dehydrator by the operation of the machine, and the hot air draws out the water vapor of the food. so as to achieve the purpose of dehydrate. The operation temperature is 40-120 degree centigrade. And the dehydrate cycle is 1-5 hours.

Components of Continuous Mesh Belt Fruit Dehydrate Machine

The components of this continuous mesh belt fruit dehydrate machine include: Homogenizer, Feeder Conveyor, Mesh belt fruit dehydrator host, Heat source,Air Intake System, Control panel, Observation door, Output conveyor.

Advantages of Continuous Mesh Belt Fruit Dehydrate Machine

Its advantage is that the speed of dehydrate fruit is relatively fast, and it can work continuously and uninterruptedly, so as to achieve large-scale production. Other than that, it's very flexible, it's easy or without installation, so you don't have to worry about installation.

3. All-in-one Fruit Dehydrate Machine

This all-in-one fruit dehydrate machine has a smaller output among the three fruit dehydrators. Its output is 100-1500kg/batch. The heat source is mainly electricity, and it can also be coal, wood chips, natural gas, etc.

Working Principle of All-in-one Fruit Dehydrate Machine

Dehydrate is take moisture away. But takes away the moisture temperature is not the most critical factor. The key for dehydrate is depending on relative humidity within certain space, Baixin company took advantage of the dehydrate essence, originality developed a“Closed Cycle" dehydrator, changed the traditional heat pump dehydrator "bake" to “dehumidifier”.

Components of All-in-one Fruit Dehydrate Machine

The components of this all-in-one fruit dehydrate machine include:Power jack, Water outlet, Exhaust air outlet, Supporting wheels, Controller(PLC control panel), Door lock, Observation window, Circulating Air Inlet, Outlet for hot and dehydrate air, PP tray, Stainless steel tray, Supporting racks for trays.

Advantages of All-in-one Fruit Dehydrate Machine

1. The new dehydrate machine All-in-One fruit dehydrate machine has a compact structure, great energy-saving, wide application, high dehydrate quality, easy operation, simple installation, and movable.
2. It is the best dehydrate equipment for small firms, dehydrate experiments, and scientific research. The uses only connect the power to use, is the easiest operation heat pump fruit dehydrate machine.
3. Hot air only circulates inside and no energy is lost. The energy-saving is incomparable to traditional dehydrate machines.
4. Gentle dehydrate at middle and low temperature, Aroma, appearance, and bioactivity are largely retained.

The above are the methods of how to dehydrate fruit, and the fruit dehydrator you need if you want to start a fruit dehydrate business. If you want to know more, please feel free to contact us.

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