The invention relates to a color protection and a combined
drying method of apple chips, which comprises the following steps of: peeling, denucleating and
slicing apples; immediately placing the sliced apples into
sulfur-free color protection liquid; cleaning the apple slices after being subject to the color protection fixing by
clean water; paving and placing the apple slices into a disc to be sent into a hot
air drying box for being dried; carrying out vacuum low-temperature
drying after the hot
air drying is completed; and encapsulating the dried and checked apple chips to complete the production of the apple chips. The invention belongs to the combined
drying process of the apple chips, which prepares the
sulfur-free color protection liquid of the apple chips according to the
browning prevention mechanism of the apple chips and the characteristics of the water losing process of the apple slices, and combines the hot
air drying with the vacuum low-temperature drying technology. The
sulfur-free color protection liquid of the invention effectively prevents the
browning of the apple slices and the
shrinkage strain in the drying process, greatly reserves the original color and original taste of the apples, and realizes the sulfur-free color protection. The invention combines the hot air drying and the vacuum low-temperature drying, reduces the drying
energy consumption and improves the drying efficiency, the produced apple chips have low
nutrient loss, and the invention has the advantages of health and environment protection.