How to dry/dehydrate garlic:

  Garlic is rich in allicin. Under the action of alliinase, it forms a volatile sulfide, namely allicin, which has a special pungent taste and can increase appetite, inhibit and kill bacteria. Processing garlic into dry products through modern technology can not only retain the original flavor and nutrients, but also make the unique aroma of garlic soften before eating, and the storage time is greatly extended.
  People usually use two methods to dry garlic, one is air-dried garlic, the other is to use a dryer to dry garlic. Air-dried garlic is suitable for drying garlic in small batches. If it is not well preserved, garlic may sprout, but the cost of air-dried garlic is low. The other is to use a dryer to dry garlic. This method is effective when drying garlic in large quantities, but the cost is relatively high.

Air-dried garlic:

  Select garlic carefully, and then spread it out on the ground to dry until the stems and leaves become soft and yellow, and the outer skin of the garlic is dry. After a week, transfer the garlic to a ventilated place indoors or hang it under a ventilated and rain-proof roof, and check it frequently.

How to store dried garlic at home:

• 1. If it is stored for a short time, it can be stored in a cool and well-ventilated place to avoid water, so that it is not easy to rot.
• 2. Take the method of hanging to save, string 8-10 heads of garlic together, and hang in a well-ventilated place.
• 3. The garlic can also be stored in the cold storage area of the refrigerator, and it can also be stored for a long time.
• 4. Prepare a dry jar, pick out the rotten garlic, and put it in for storage.

How to dry/dehydrate garlic in large quantities:

1. Choose garlic:
Choose whole, full-grained garlic.
2. Peel the garlic:
Use a garlic peeling machine to peel, and then manually re-select the peeled garlic cloves, remove moldy or spoiled garlic cloves, and clean them.
3. Slice:
Use a slicer to slice the garlic.
4. Rinsing:
When cutting garlic slices, the cross-section of the garlic slices will have gummy sticky juice. At this time, you should keep adding water and rinsing until the garlic slices are cleaned. Then drain the water.
5. Drying:
Spread the garlic slices evenly on the stainless steel material tray, control the temperature at about 55-60°C, and bake for 6-8 hours. During the drying process, pay attention to the steady flow of hot air and moisture exhaust in the drying room. The garlic slices are dried until the moisture content is within 4-6%. During the drying period, the time and temperature must be strictly controlled to prevent the drying time from being too long and the temperature being too high, which will damage the color, appearance, and nutritional value of the garlic slices, and affect the quality of the garlic slices.

The advantages of using a dryer to dry garlic:

1. The dryer adopts a unique heat pump device to ensure enough heat to supply the drying room
2. The material drying cycle is short, the cost is low, the drying is uniform, and the effect is good.
3. Low operating cost, low maintenance cost, and good drying effect.
4. The dryer adopts digital control and detection, so that air circulation, humidification, and heating can be effectively controlled to ensure the drying quality.
 
  If you need to dry a lot of garlic, Baixin Machinery’s drying equipment is a good choice. Baixin Machinery is a manufacturer specializing in the production of dryers. It has 20 years of rich experience. For garlic drying, it has professional drying equipment and mature drying technology to ensure the perfect drying effect.

 Baixin Machinery’s most popular garlic dryers are heat pump dryers and continuous mesh belt dryers.I would be happy to introduce these two dryers in detail for you:

1:The first method: garlic heat pump dryer

Commercial 100-3000kg/h large amount of dehydration wide application and easy operation
  Heat pump drying machine use the principle of inverse Carnot cycle. It absorbs low-temperature heat energy in the air, which becomes high-temperature heat energy after efficient heat collection and integration by the heat pump system, and is transported to the drying room for cyclic heating and drying of materials.It refers to exhausting the hot and humid air in the drying room directly to the outside of the drying room through dehumidification device, and then replenishing natural fresh air.

  Hot air circle drying machine belongs to high temperature heat pump unit. Its working principle is: the working fluid of the heat pump is compressed by the compressor, becomes high temperature and high pressure gas, enters the condenser, condenses and liquefies the heat, and is used for air heating in the drying room. The moisture in the material is vaporized and evaporated by the form of hot air, and the evaporated water vapor is discharged by the moisture discharge system, thereby achieving the purpose of drying the drying material.

2:The second method: garlic continuous mesh belt drying machine

Large amount of dehydration 200-5000kg/h garlic drying machine continuous automatic work easy operation
  Garlic dryer machine is a kind of continuous production drying equipment, the main heating way has electric heating, steam heating, hot air heating. Its main working principle is to spread the material evenly in the network. The material is moved in the dryer by the operation of the machine, and the hot air draws out the water vapor of the material. so as to achieve the purpose of drying.
The operation temperature is 40-120 degree centigrade. And the dry cycle is 1-5 hours.

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