When a food manufacturer weighs freeze dried vs air dried fruit, the first number on the comparison is usually price. Air-dried fruit costs less, and for some applications that settles the argument. But the two products are not interchangeable. They are made by different processes, they behave differently in a recipe, and the cheaper option […]
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Raspberries do not survive freezing or canning as well as most fruit. The cells burst, the colour bleeds, and by the time they reach a production line the flavour is a memory. Freeze drying changes that picture. A whole raspberry keeps its shape, its red colour and most of its vitamin C, and it stays
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Bakery R&D teams ask us the same question in different ways: which freeze-dried fruit holds up when it hits a hot oven, a cold dough, or a cereal coating line? The honest answer is that the cut matters more than the fruit. Slices, dices and powders behave so differently in a bake that choosing the
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What Is Freeze-Drying and Why Does It Matter? Freeze-drying, or lyophilisation, removes moisture from fruit by freezing it and then sublimating the ice directly into vapour under vacuum. Industrial lines typically run at around -32°C for 20 to 25 hours per cycle. Because the fruit never passes through a liquid phase, its cellular structure, natural
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