The production process of delicious dried papaya

Dried papaya is one of the nutritious snacks that many people choose. In papaya fruit contains a lot of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Not only a snack, dried papaya can also support weight loss, regulate blood sugar and have many good effects on the user’s health.

It is not difficult to make delicious slices of dried papaya yourself, but if you want to produce a large amount of dried papaya, you need to know the techniques and production process of dried papaya. In this article, SUNSAY freeze dryer will share with you the process of producing delicious dried papaya by freeze drying keeping its color, nutritional value, and bringing high economic efficiency.

Nutritional value of dried papaya

Papaya fruit contains many antioxidants that are good for the body. Moreover, papaya also provides many vitamins and minerals such as beta carotene, vitamins A, C, vitamin E, magnesium, copper, pantothenic acid, folate, riboflavin, thiamin and essential fiber.

Great use of dried papaya

Dried papaya is not only a daily snack but also a nutritious food with many health benefits such as:

• Strengthening the immune system: the amount of vitamin C in papaya helps the body to promote the production of white blood cells and antibodies, strengthen resistance, fight pathogens.
• Good for the cardiovascular system: The antioxidants present in papaya can help prevent cholesterol oxidation, avoiding heart attacks and strokes.
• Reduce the risk of cancer: The nutrients and flavonoids in papaya help remove free radicals from the body and prevent cell oxidation.
• Has anti-inflammatory and swelling effects: papaya contains papain, chymopapain and other protein-digesting enzymes that are beneficial for people with rheumatism, arthritis, gout and asthma.
• Helps with good digestion: Papaya contains a lot of fiber to help improve the digestive system, balance gastric juice …
• Anti-aging: vitamin C and vitamin E along with beta-carotene antioxidants in papaya help protect the skin from free radical damage, keeping wrinkles and skin damage from appearing.

Production process of freeze-dried papaya by SUNSAY

Dried papaya is produced according to the following basic steps:

Step 1: Select and classify papaya ingredients to ensure drying

To ensure the quality of dried papaya is delicious and attractive, the step of choosing raw materials is very important. It is necessary to choose papayas that are about to ripen. Do not choose, buy crushed and damaged papaya.

Note when choosing papaya for drying, it is necessary to choose beautiful round fruits, the same size, fresh color, no defects or pests. Do not choose ripe papaya because ripe papaya has a soft structure that cannot be dried.

Step 2: Wash and peel off the skin

After being carefully selected, papaya will continue to be treated by using water to clean up impurities such as soil, sand, residues of pesticides and microorganisms attached to papaya to help produce papaya products. Dried papaya products are guaranteed the best food hygiene and safety.

The papaya is peeled off the outer skin and the seeds inside are removed, the papaya flesh is kept to prepare for the shaping process.

Step 3: Cut and shape papaya

Proceed to cut to the desired size. When cut, papaya will be cut into bite-sized and beautiful pieces. Depending on the purpose and production technology of dried papaya, you can cut the papaya into circular or longitudinal slices as you like with a slice thickness of about 3-5 mm.

Note: the size of the papaya slice to be shaped will affect the exposure of the material to the drying agent and the drying time.

Step 4: Taste for dried papaya products

• After slicing and shaping, the papaya will be soaked in a sugar solution in the right ratio to help the taste of the dried papaya have a moderate sweetness, making the product more delicious.
• In addition, the taste also helps to increase the shelf life of dried papaya products.
• The process of adjusting the flavor of dried papaya products is done by soaking the papaya in 3-5% sugar solution, slug the mixture until it thickens and is stored in cold storage waiting for drying. At this step, it is possible to soak papaya with different flavors and natural colors to increase the sensory value of dried papaya products: for example, passion fruit juice, butterfly pea flower color, marmalade color, etc.
• After the adjustment time, the papaya is picked out and about to be placed on a tray to dry before being dried.

Step 5: Dry papaya with SUNSAY cold dryer

After drying, the papaya will be placed in the drying tray and put into the SUNSAY refrigeration dryer. It is important to pay attention to how to arrange the dried papaya not to overlap, which hinders the process of heat exchange and dehumidification, and also circulates the air so that the papaya is dried as quickly as possible.

The drying temperature of papaya on the SUNSAY freeze dryer is customized from 20 to 65 degrees Celsius, the drying time depends on the technical requirements of processing dried flexible papaya. The drying time and moisture loss are well controlled by the intelligent control process on the SUNSAY refrigerated dryer to ensure that the dried papaya products are delicious and retain their flavor and color.

When the product is dried to a certain degree of dryness, the dried papaya is cooled and packaged.

Step 6: Pack and label the dried flexible papaya

Dried papaya is usually sized and packaged in bags from 100 to 500 g or at the request of the supplier for distribution to the market. Exported products are usually packed with larger sizes and weights that can be from 10 to 20 kg per unit.

The packaging stage can use a specialized packaging machine for dried papaya. Products before being released to the market are stamped with the brand label that you are building or as required by the partner.

For production technology of dried papaya by SUNSAY freeze dryer, you can use the phrase “cold-dried papaya ” to distinguish it from other traditional hot drying methods to help customers easily identify the quality. products and enhance the sales value of your brand.

Advantages of SUNSAY’s freeze-dried papaya products

The SUNSAY freeze-dried papaya has the following outstanding advantages:

• The product after drying retains its natural beautiful color, delicious taste, moderate toughness, especially the nutritional content is almost unchanged or changes very little.
• Product moisture is low, helping to extend the shelf life.
• There is no need to turn the papaya during the drying process.
• Ensure hygienic quality because it is dried in a closed chamber.

SUNSAY freeze dryer produces dried flexible papaya

In the production process of dried papaya, in addition to raw materials and processing technology, the freeze dryer is a very important drying device to contribute to the product meeting the quality requirements and export standards.

SUNSAY Refrigeration Dryer is the leading supplier of equipment and process for producing dried flexible papaya in Vietnam. We are committed to being ready to accompany you from the preparation stage to the operation and the long time when the factory goes into production.

To ensure the quality of dried papaya, it retains its characteristic delicious flavor, beautiful color and good nutritional composition, meeting export requirements. Please contact SUNSAY Cooling Dryer for the best advice and support.

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With reasonable prices, SUNSAY Vietnam believes that SUNSAY refrigeration dryers are completely worthy for you to invest and use for a long time, bringing the best efficiency.

SUNSAY refrigeration dryer brings a completely new and time-saving solution, reducing investment costs for users, bringing high economic efficiency.

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