Wendan processing is more convenient! The flower changes the market to develop the peeler, the green skin and white bag pulp, easy three points in the world.

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Wendan peeling can be more convenient! Hualien Agricultural improvement Farm (referred to as "Hualien Agricultural Reform Farm") was originally used in pineapple peeling machines and used in the processing of raw materials such as Wendan peeling, white sac cutting, and leaving pulp, hoping to reduce farmers' burden and improve operation efficiency. Wendan peel quality tends to be stable, more conducive to the back-end processing process.

Pomelo farmers generally cut off pomelo peel by hand (photo source / Hualien Agricultural Reform Farm)

Huadong Farmer: the peeling machine can be assisted by processing and must be connected with the whole industrial chain.

What is your willingness to buy mechanical peelers? The person in charge of "Dongfeng ear picking Farm" once used the national flag to produce organic rice and Wendan, and the average proportion of Wendan used in processing is about 20% to 30% every year. He points out that Wendan peel can be processed into essential oils, detergents, handmade soaps, mosquito incense, and honey-stained grapefruit peel sugar snacks, but peeling and separating white sacs and flesh require manual work, which is time-consuming and laborious. Therefore, I hand in more "whole fruit" (that is, the whole Wendan) to the processing plant for unified treatment.

As for the research and development of automatic peeling machine, it was thought that it could really help pomelo farmers to deal with the peel. But he stressed that tutoring the processing of agricultural products "can't solve all the problems with one machine." It is considered that the research and development of all technologies should be connected with the back-end of the back-end industry, such as how the pulp processing part is mechanized, the willingness of the processing plant to use mechanical peelers, and what other Wendan processed products can be developed.

Peng Yurong, who founded the "Huadong vegetable Market", returned to his hometown to start a business many years ago, hoping to assist in the production and marketing of Wendan in Hualien by means of processing. At present, the main raw material used in the production of grapefruit peel is the peel, in addition to using normal fruit. Last year, he also purchased some big fruits or extra Wendan whose skins were partially damaged.

He described that in the production of pomelo peel sugar, it is necessary to first use a steel brush to destroy the oil cells on the surface of the peel and reduce the bitter ingredients, then "remove the head" and cut several gaps with a knife, then peel the peel by hand, remove the peel together with some white sac and green peel, cut it into pomelo strips with a shredder, scald and kill the green, and finally add sugar to pickle.

In the past, he has pointed out that there is a lack of easy-to-use peelers on the market. "I haven't used it yet, but it seems to solve the problem of peel treatment," he said of the new version of peeler launched by Hualien Agricultural Reform Farm. " However, he also pointed out that the length of the peel for making grapefruit peel is not too long, and the machine peels the whole Wen Dan as a unit, and the blade will peel off a long strip of peel, and it has to go through sectional steps in use, so it may not be convenient for the processing of grapefruit peel to be used directly.

As for Wendan's flesh, how to deal with it? Peng explained that at present, the utilization rate of the peel is higher than that of the pulp, and the peel can be made into cleaning, makeup, baking and tea-related products with a wide range of uses. While the pulp treatment is more labor-intensive, the fruit should first "remove the head and tail", and then peel off the pulp by hand and remove the bitter petal fiber. If the petal is not treated completely, it will affect the taste of the pulp into juice or jam, which will affect the willingness of processors to use it.

Farmers in Tainan: it is more helpful to peel processors.

Tainan sesame bean fruit grower Xie Yujie says that Madou Wendan is mainly in the fresh fruit market, and there is little demand for processing. In addition, most pomelo farmers in Tainan are small farmers, and the average area of the orchard is less than five percent of the land. "when I want to peel, I will peel one by one, anyway, the number will not be too large." It is considered that the peeler is more suitable for dealing with orchards with high processing demand.

Zhang Wenzhao, an associate researcher at Tainan Agricultural Reform Farm, also pointed out that the processing of Wendan still needs to consider the part of the flesh, but at present, the machine can only solve the problem of peeling and cannot assist fruit growers in dealing with the separation of peel fiber and pulp. It is considered that the peeler may be more helpful to the peel processor.

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