Fruit powder is made of fruit juice, pulp and fruit after dehydration into powder or crushed grains. All or part of the retention of fruit taste, fiber, color, nutrition and other components, it becomes the production of food taste and flavor of the healthy ingredients. Its nutritional value is very high, containing a variety of minerals, trace elements, dietary fiber. Moderate consumption can play a bowel, reduce blood pressure, beauty and beauty effect.

Classification of fruit powder production process

Spray dried fruit powder: It is mainly made of fruit juice, concentrated juice and slurry through instantaneous high temperature spray drying. The advantages of the product are fine powder, uniform color and taste, good rehydration, stable properties, easy to control the production process, moderate production energy consumption and other advantages. The disadvantages are the product needs to use excipient as the carrier, the juice content should not be too high, the color and flavor are partially lost in the process, the heat-sensitive material is easy to oxidation, and the hygroscopicity is strong. Spray dried fruit powder is still the mainstream product, more and more recognized by the market.

Freeze- dried fruit powder: It is mainly the use of frozen fruit under low temperature vacuum conditions, sublimate the water in the fruit, so as to get dry fruit, which can be made into whole, sliced, diced, and ground into powder.The advantages are: it can retain most of the flavor and color of the fruit, maintain no loss of nutrients, retain the solid substance of the fruit, high fiber content, and good rehydration. The disadvantage is that the process consumes relatively high power, is easy to change color, is not resistant to high temperature, and the solubility is poor. Due to the cost and solubility, the application of the product also has certain limitations.

Roller drying fruit powder: Mainly for varieties with high starch content, it is dried by roller after beating and made into flake and powder products.The advantages are low energy consumption and stable product properties. The disadvantage is that the product has strong limitations, only a few products are suitable for this drying method, and can not be popularized.

Hot air drying fruit powder: It is mainly for fruits and other stems and leaves after blanching, drying with hot air dryer, and then making powder or crushed grains.The product has stable properties, general rehydration, low energy consumption, difficult to control health indicators, and can be used after sterilization. Generally, vegetable products are used in this way. With the improvement of pretreatment technology, the applicability of hot air dried fruit powder is more and more extensive.

Fruit powder applications

1. Protein solid drink: used to enrich the taste of the product, or correct the fishy taste of fish collagen. Popular flavors include: strawberry, banana, blueberry, sweet orange, papaya, etc.

2. Sports solid drinks: used to increase the taste of the product, cover up or correct the odor of vitamins or minerals. Common flavors are: grapefruit, lime, orange, peach, etc.

3. Meal replacement powder: including fruit and vegetable meal replacement powder, cereal meal replacement powder, milkshake meal replacement powder and other categories. Common flavors are: banana, pineapple, mulberry, kiwi, longan, lychee and so on.

4. Probiotic powder: Used to adjust the taste of the product. Popular flavors include: Apple, pineapple, kiwi, red cherry, blueberry, cranberry, etc.

5. Enzyme powder: Most enzymes come from fruits and vegetables. It is used to enrich the taste of the product and increase the fruit flavor characteristics. Common flavors are: pineapple, papaya, kiwi, dragon fruit, blueberry and so on.

6. Baby rice noodles: mainly with sweet and clear taste, adjust the taste of rice noodles. Common flavors: orange, apple, banana, blueberry, carrot, spinach, honey, loquat and so on.

7. Tablet candy: contains chewable tablets, effervescent tablets, milk tablets, etc., to enhance the taste of juice. Commonly used flavors are orange, lemon powder, peach powder, strawberry, mango, tropical fruits.

8. Puffed food: contains potato chips, popcorn, roll core crisp, used for seasoning powder taste base. Popular flavors are: mango, cucumber, lemon, blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, etc.

9. Chocolate food: including sandwich cookies, coated cookies, chocolate coated raw materials, white chocolate, etc. Add fruit powder for added color and texture. Commonly used flavors are: strawberry powder, mango, blueberry, kiwi, lemon, durian, etc.

Kingherbs Limited is the manufacturer for kinds of fruit powder. Welcome to send enquiry to us if you have the demands.