| 摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE:To obtain a dried food having improved flavor, quality, etc., inexpensively, by putting a food such as fruit, vegetable, etc., and a proper amount of zeolite granules in a hermetically sealable drying chamber equipped with an air-drying device and drying the food at normal pressure at normal temperature. CONSTITUTION:Foods fO such as fruits, vegetables, etc., and zeolite mats ZM within which a proper amount of zeolite granules Z are sealed up are stored on plural shelves SH in a hermetically sealable air-drying device D equipped with a fan F driven by a motor M. The fan F is operated, air is sent as shown by the arrow so the foods FO are dried at normal temperature at normal pressure. Consequently, energy required for drying is extremely lessened and the foods are dried by normal-temperature drying, so the foods have extremely small loss of fragrance. The foods can be subjected to physical, chemical treatment such as blanching, smoking with sulfur, treatment with sulfurous acid, etc., before drying.</p> |
