Una variedad de caramelos liofilizados, incluidos caramelos arcoíris liofilizados, malvaviscos liofilizados, gomitas liofilizadas, etc.

      Freeze-dried fruits have been recognized as high-grade dehydrated fruits. In recent years, the consumption of freeze-dried fruits in Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries and regions has increased rapidly and shown broad prospects in the domestic market. Lyophilized and dehydrated fruits have been widely used in restaurants and households, except in aerospace, munitions, mountaineering, tourism, exploration, mining and other industries. At present, the price of freeze-dried fruit in the international market is 4-6 times that of hot-air dried and dehydrated fruit, which is becoming a major fruit in international trade.

Our country’s total fruit area and total output ranks first in the world

     Freeze-dried fruit is made of fresh fruit raw materials which are pre-treated and frozen quickly and sent to vacuum container for dehydration. Under vacuum conditions, water rises from solid ice to air, so as to dehydrate and dry the materials. Dehydrated fruit products made by freeze-drying process do not need refrigeration equipment and can be kept at room temperature for a long time without deterioration. Frozen fruits not only have good color, fragrance, taste and appearance, but also preserve vitamins, proteins and other nutrients in fruits to the greatest extent.

     China’s total fruit area and total output has been firmly ranked first in the world. Fruit quality and industrialization level is also developing and improving.

At present, the fruit industry has become the third largest agricultural planting industry after grain and vegetables. It is an advantageous agricultural industry with broad market prospects and strong international competitiveness at home and abroad. It is also the highlight of economic development in many places and one of the pillar industries for farmers to get rich.

       According to the national bureau of statistics, China’s orchards covered about 13.154 million hectares in 2017. Among them, the banana plantation area is 3.1%, the apple orchard area is 17.9%, the citrus orchard area is 19.7%, the pear orchard area is 8.6% and the vineyard area is 6.2%. In 2017, China’s fruit output was about 292.95 million tons, including 187.5 million tons of garden fruits and 105.45 million tons of melons.

   Policy advantages support local processing and transformation of agricultural products in major production areas

    The “2018-2024 China freeze-dried fruit industry market operation situation and development prospects forecast report” released by intelligent research consulting shows that the freeze-dried fruit industry in China has excellent development prospects and great market potential, as well as central policies and local financial support. At the same time, abundant raw material advantages, as well as each characteristic fruit production area, is conducive to the enterprise to form its own characteristic products in the segmentation field.

       On the whole, China’s freeze-dried fruit industry has policy advantages, mainly including supporting the value-added policies of local processing and transformation of agricultural products in main production areas and subsidies for the primary processing of agricultural products in production areas. At the same time, it also has the support of modern cold chain storage and logistics system for agricultural products, building a public service platform for agricultural products sales and other ways. In the field of freeze-dried fruits, the industry can help enterprises operate at a lower cost in the initial stage, and significantly reduce the cost of marketing and brand building.

      In the future, China’s freeze-dried fruit industry will show four major trends:

One is from single products to complex products. Dried fruit can be packaged with other products for a variety of casual snacks. Second, cross-category cooperation. The dried fruit industry can be combined with baking and other hot products to launch more new products for the market with the concept of “fruit +”. Third, channel innovation. In the future, the channel from source to terminal will be shortened, which will help upgrade the whole dried fruit industry. Fourth, the younger generation in marketing. From packaging, display, advertising, terminal promotion and other aspects, more young, diversified, even childlike fun, can better market promotion and consumer education. Freeze-dried fruits will also develop in a more finely differentiated, diversified and younger direction.