How to Dry Cherry Tomatoes/Dehydrate Cherry Tomatoes in a Dehydrator

Jul 19, 2021

Introduction to cherry tomatoes：

Cherry tomatoes can be used as both vegetables and fruits. The vitamin content is 1.7 times that of ordinary tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes have strong adaptability, good resistance, like potash fertilizer and light, and require more water. The relative humidity of the air should be 45-50%. It can be cultivated all year round in our country.

Cherry tomatoes processing steps：

Holes need to be pierced before drying the cherry tomatoes, because there is a layer of skin on the surface of the fresh fruit. If the holes are not pierced, the water will hardly come out. The internal water will evaporate under high temperature and eventually break through the skin. Before drying, use a pin to pierce the cherry tomatoes. A fresh fruit will be pierced about a dozen times. Put the pierced cherry fruit on a plate and put it in the drying room, and accordingly reduce the drying temperature, and divide it into six different temperature sections for drying.
After piercing the hole, the cherry fruit is pickled in 70% syrup. After pickling, remove the moisture on the surface of the dried cherry, and put it in the drying room.

Cherry tomatoes drying process：

Heat pump drying of cherry tomatoes is usually divided into four stages. The drying time is about 32 hours, and the temperature is between 50℃-65℃. The specific reference process is as follows: 1. Low temperature drying stage, temperature is 50℃, humidity It is 30%, and the time is about 6 hours. The temperature at this stage should not be too high, otherwise the sugar will be easily coked and the finished product will turn black. 2. In the drying and dehumidifying stage, the temperature is set to about 55℃, the humidity is 25%, and the time is about 12 hours. 3. In the setting and color setting stage, the temperature is 60℃, the humidity is 20%, and the time is about 10 hours. 4. During the saccharification and shelling stage, the temperature is set higher at this stage, generally around 65°C, the humidity is 15%, and the time is 4 hours.

Recommendation of cherry tomatoes dryer/drying machine

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.