Actual directions of processing fruits and vegetables into dietary foods

Abstract

Ensuring public health is a task of national importance. One of the most significant factors that determine a person’s health and performance is nutrition. Dietary foods containing less sugar and carbohydrates, but more vitamins and natural substances, can significantly improve the health of the population, make agricultural technologies progressive and popular. The fruit and vegetable sector of the agro-industrial complex (AIC) is considered one of the most labor-intensive and energy-intensive sectors of the economy, since it plays a significant role in the process of providing the population with nutritious food. Preservation of vitamins and minerals, achievement of high consumer properties of food products obtained from vegetables and fruits, is possible with the help of new original processing technologies. Improving the processing industry, processing lines and the methods of preparing fruit and vegetable products themselves is becoming an important part of the development of the agricultural industry. The beneficial properties of pumpkin and the possibility of obtaining new products from it with high consumer and pharmacological properties are considered. The high content of pectin in the pumpkin fruits makes it stand out among gourds. It should be noted that pumpkin pectin does not have gelling properties, but has a beneficial effect on human metabolism. As a food additive that changes the consistency and taste, pectin allows you to solve the traditional problem of improving the consumer properties of products, as well as affect the range of low-calorie foods of high biological value.