The freeze dried strawberry is good color with orignal taste of strawberry, so it’s popular in the market, specially it perfect go with the cereals, yogourt, ice cream and more.
So How to make the freeze dried strawberry?
You can follow below steps:
1. Rinse with water to remove the dirt and sand on the surface of the strawberry
2. The stepped chute slowly pours the strawberries into the production line to ensure they are not bumped
3. Remove the strawberry stem
At present, there are two kinds of fruit stalk removal, manual stalk removal and machine stalk removal.
4. Pour strawberries into running water and rinse repeatedly
5. Soak in light salt water for 15 minutes
6. Divide the strawberries into 2 halves to facilitate subsequent freeze-drying
Strawberries that are too large will affect drying. It is better to divide them in half. There are 2ways to do so. One is cutted by hand, the other way is by strawberry half cutting machine made by Bway.
7. Spread strawberries on a large plate
8. Send to cold storage for storage
9. Using vacuum freeze-drying technology, cool down to -20°C in a freezer for 4 hours. Let solid moisture directly into gaseous sublimation. Vacuum quick-drying can maintain the color and aroma of strawberries.
10. Workers pour trays of strawberries into plastic bags
11. Workers perform final screening at the feeding port to screen the fruits damaged by quick freezing.
12. Final entry into filling or packaging
