What’s Freeze Drying?

What’s Freeze Drying?
The freeze-drying process begins with freezing the item. Next, the product is placed under vacuum pressure to evaporate the ice in a process known as sublimation. This allows the ice to directly transform from a solid to a gas, bypassing the liquid phase.
Heat is then applied to aid in the sublimation process. Finally, low temperature condenser plates remove the vaporized solvent to complete the freeze-drying process.
For most items, the finished product that can be brought back to its original state by just adding water, while other items are transformed into a more effective end product in the dry form.

Advantages of Freeze-Dried Foods
Freeze-dried foods retain most of their nutritional value, this is helpful for the health of people.
Freeze-dried foods keep their natural color, this will increase appetite of people.
Freeze-dried foods keep their fresh taste, people can enjoy happiness from good taste.
Freeze-dried foods don’t require refrigeration.
Freeze-dried foods can last for months or years, this will helpful for many families all of the world at any time.
Freeze-dried foods can also be rehydrated very quickly, unlike dehydrated foods.
It doesn’t contain bacteria because there’s no water
Water is removed from freeze dried foods, they become very light. It’s easier and cheaper to transport and delivery a large amounts of freeze-dried food.

Using Freeze-Dried Fruit
Fresh produce is always preferable when it’s in season but more often than not, the best-quality fruit can be very expensive. Freeze-dried is an affordable way to get the nutrition and taste you’re looking for at any time of the year.
Powdered freeze-dried fruits can help you save even more. One tablespoon of powdered freeze-dried fruit is the equivalent of 7 to 8 tablespoons of real fruit, making it the perfect replacement for recipes such as breakfast, desserts, and baked goods.

Enhance Your Breakfast
Get your daily dose of fruit by adding freeze-dried berries to your pancake mix! You can also opt for muffins, just make sure to rehydrate them first with a little water. The key is to use much less water than you think you need and stir them slowly in a bowl until they’re fully rehydrated. If you use too much water, the fruit can end up too mushy.
Plus, you can also jazz up your favorite cereal with a tablespoon or two of freeze-dried fruit! Freeze-dried bananas can go really well with oats too.

Perfect Dessert
Freeze-dried fruit can be baked into your favorite desserts or re-hydrated for straight-up snacking! Kids would love them and you’re helping them eat healthy.
Re-hydrated fruits can also be used as toppings to brighten up the look of cakes and pastries.If you’re a fan of oatmeal cookies, replace raisins with freeze-dried berries and other fruit.

Add to Soups
Freeze-dried vegetables store for longer without sacrificing taste, nutrition, and texture. You can add them to soups straight away without hydrating them first with water. Just make sure to adjust the amount of water or stock you’ll add to your soups!
It’s a great way to create a big batch you can use for different meals throughout the week.

Improved Beverages
Fruit-infused water is always in. It’s a great way to add a bit of taste and nutrition to your ordinary water and you can munch on the fruit after.
Freeze-dried fruit is also perfect for creating healthy smoothies. The water content in fresh fruit often throws off the taste or volume, so it’s helpful for preparing just the right amount.

Storing Freeze-Dried Products
Freeze-dried fruits and vegetables are amazing to stock up on in bulk and could last you a long time. It’s great to have in your pantry in case of emergencies and can help you save on groceries in the long run!