
Fresh or cooked food can be freeze dried in the quantities that suit you and your needs for storage.īuy your food when on special, from your local market or if you have a special diet you can control what is in your food! Preserve your left overs, vegetables and fruits, or make whole meals and freeze dry. 100 + Foods Can Be Freeze Driedįruit, vegetables, whole meals, herbs, meats, eggs, dairy, snacks, desserts, pet food can all easily be freeze dried. Then there is the food wasted from the vegetable garden, fruit trees that are all ripe at the same time and foods not eaten fast enough before they go off! With a freeze dryer you can easily preserve foods that are normally thrown away. It is estimated that approximately 12% or over $1 billion of household food purchased is wasted each year and the cost of food is steadily rising. The total amount of food wasted in New Zealand is not really known. Some commercially freeze dried foods may contain preservatives and can be expensive to buy.įreeze dried foods can be re hydrated quickly just by adding water and taste and look the same as when it was fresh! Less Food Waste Saving You Money Freeze drying does not change the nutrition, flavour, colour, shape, or aroma and does not cause shrinking or toughen the food. Bottling, canning and dehydrating use higher temperatures that can destroy up to 50% of food value loosing flavour, colour and texture.

Be prepared for when food is unavailable or not in seasonįreeze dried food is preserved at a low temperature (freezing to -40 F) causing no damage to the nutrition of the food.Eat healthier and avoid processed foods or preservatives.Preserve food perfectly for up to 25 years.Retain food nutrients, taste and texture.Now you can freeze dry your food at home easily! Why Freeze Dry Food It is very easy to re hydrate in minutes and has a long keeping time. Food retains 97% of its nutrients, it does not shrink, change colour, or taste different. Harvest Right home freeze dryers keep your food better than dehydrating, freezing, bottling and canning food. Back Country Cuisine Freeze Dried Meals.
