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Freeze drying is a food preservation method that removes moisture from food while it is frozen. Instead of using heat to evaporate water, a freeze dryer uses freezing, a vacuum, and a process called sublimation to remove the water as vapor.
Methods for Storing Preserved Food
When storing food long term, it is critical to not allow bacteria to destroy your food. Bacteria need moisture, oxygen, light, and warmth to grow. Freeze drying food is great at eliminating moisture, but it still needs to be stored...
One of the most common topics amongst freeze dryer owners is whether or not the machine is “noisy”. While every person has a different tolerance for noise, it is safe to say that we live in noise saturation in today’s...
MERGING FOOD PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES: FERMENTATION AND FREEZE DRYING
In the world of food preservation, there are many methods that are satisfactory. Freezing, drying, and canning have been around for many generations in some form or another, and have improved as new equipment has come available. Freezing is known...
Our grandparents were preppers. Have you ever thought about that? All the buzz in the last generation over people who see a need to be ready for what life throws at them has culminated in an attitude that this is...
We received a nice note from one of our customers, Sharon W., in Texas. We bought the medium dryer about 7 months ago. Since then we have been running our dryer practically non-stop. We have found it keeps the flavor,...
Celebrate ‘Stop Food Waste’ Day by Learning the Best Way to Store Fruits and Vegetables This year April 27 is “Stop Food Waste” day. Studies show that 43% of wasted food in the United States comes from households. By making...
This story was taken from Facebook (with permission) from one of our customers, Carol A., in Utah. I've had a very busy summer spent mostly dry camping (no hookups) ... I got our freeze dryer at Christmas (2016) and ran...
Building an Emergency Food Plan
The start of 2018 has been as interesting as the whole of last year. We haven't talked about emergency food plans much these days, but reflecting on 2017 now seems like a good time to start. Just a quick run...