the whole process of strawberry from picking to quick-frozen processing is as follows:
picking: farm workers pick fully ripe strawberries and trim off the sepals on the spot.
transportation: fresh strawberries are transported to a nearby processing plant within 90 minutes.
cleaning and decontamination: the strawberries are poured into the clean pool. first, they are gently pressed into the pool by the machine roller, then rinsed with clean water, and finally sprayed with high-concentration chlorine water spray for sterilization and disinfection.
manual selection: the washed strawberries are manually selected once, and damaged and immature fruits are discarded.
rinsing: strawberries are rinsed after selection.
freezing: the strawberries enter the freezing tunnel at minus 36 degrees celsius, using liquid ammonia as the cooling tube plate. the fresh strawberries are completely frozen within 20 minutes.
sorting: the frozen strawberries are sorted by size through a sorting machine. the small ones will fall on the conveyor belt under the roller, and the large ones will fall on the rear conveyor belt.
weighing and packaging: the sorted strawberries are immediately weighed and packaged.
equipment used in the process includes:
refrigerated truck: used to transport fresh strawberries.
cleaning and decontamination equipment: including machine drums, water rinsing equipment and chlorine spray equipment.
manual picking table: used for manual picking of strawberries.
rinse equipment: used to rinse strawberries.
freezing equipment: including liquid ammonia cooling tube coils and freezing tunnels for freezing strawberries.
sorting machine: used to sort strawberries of different sizes.
weighing and packaging equipment: used to weigh and package strawberries.
the above information is for reference only. if necessary, it is recommended to consult relevant staff.