Deep processing of Zhejiang Jinhua bergamot seeks to solve the problem

Jinhua Daily reported: on May 22, 2009, the reporter saw cans of well-packaged "Yipingkang" bergamot juice flowing out of the production line in the workshop of Zhejiang Golden bergamot Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. the workers are busy packing and packing. "although it has not officially been put on the market for sale, many dealers have come to the door and placed a lot of orders." Zhu Baojun, the general manager of the company, spoke of the only bergamot health drink on the domestic market, looking very confident. According to reports, this production line adopts advanced biological wall-breaking technology to carry out high-pressure crushing and sterilization in a sealed state, so that more than 20 bioactive components such as bergamot lactone, limonin, vanillin, hesperidin, coumarin, flavonoids and amino acids in fresh bergamot fruits are not lost, and can be kept fresh for more than two years in canned liquid. This technology has not only solved the problem that "bergamot is difficult to eat" for thousands of years, but also found a breakthrough for the deep processing of bergamot. Like Jinhua ham, bergamot is also a "golden business card" of Jinhua's characteristic products. Because bergamot is difficult to eat fresh, for a long time, most bergamot with medicinal value have been made into bonsai, or dried bergamot is made by traditional Chinese medicine drying method, which is used to make tea or wine, but its edible and medicinal value can not be brought into full play. In this extensive business model, in the years when bergamot is rich, it is often difficult to sell fruit, which greatly damages the interests of farmers. As early as 2004, the municipal government listed the deep processing of Jinhua bergamot as a key scientific and technological project, which is open to public bidding. At that time, Cao Jun, a native of Jinhua who was originally in the auto parts business, joined hands with China Agricultural University to win the subject and began a four-year technical research. Last year, trial production of bergamot juice, which is part of the project, began. Since then, production has been suspended due to accidents. In order to ensure the healthy growth of the fledgling bergamot industry, Zhu Baojun, who has been engaged in the pharmaceutical industry for many years, took over the project under the matchmaking of the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau. "as a characteristic agricultural product of Jinhua, if bergamot can be combined with modern science and technology and make efforts in deep processing and industrialization, it will certainly have economic and social benefits." Zhu Baojun said confidently. In addition to the soon-to-be-sold bergamot juice beverage, Zhu Baojun and his team have made a breakthrough in the extraction technology of bergamot oil and the development of protein feed using bergamot dregs, and are engaged in deeper research and development of bergamot medicinal products. Bergamot oil is the most widely used ingredient in bergamot, and its aroma is extremely rich. Modern research has proved that bergamot oil can refresh the mind, relieve fear, tension, disappointment, sadness, anger and other bad emotions, smell it can make people feel happy and restore self-confidence, therefore, bergamot oil is widely used in aromatherapy abroad. Most of the foreign bergamot oil is extracted from the peel of fragrant lemon, and the yield is only about 0.5%. The content of bergamot oil extracted from bergamot in our city is relatively high, and the output rate can reach 1.6%; and bergamot leaves and bergamot flowers can also be used to extract bergamot oil, which can further reduce costs and enhance market competitiveness.