The Processing Status, Existing Problems and Development Countermeasures of the Pumpkin Processing Industry in China

Abstract

China is rich in pumpkin production, and the output ranks first in the world. As a kind of melon and fruit vegetable with nutrition and health care functions, pumpkin is rich in polysaccharides, proteins, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and microelements and other nutrients and functional ingredients, with antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anti-tumor, enhance immunity and other functions, has a high value of edible and deep processing and development. This paper reviews the current situation of pumpkin research and processing in China, analyzes the main problems such as low processing and utilization, low added value of products, and further puts forward development countermeasures such as effectively solving the problem of raw material preservation, improving the scale of production and processing, and the future product development direction of developing high value-added pumpkin products, in order to provide corresponding references for pumpkin deep processing and industrial development.

Keywords

• pumpkin
• processing
• status
• problem
• development countermeasures