Originally Posted By Paulo
freeze drying is supposed to be healthier than dehydrated. I looked into making/buying one.

We bought freeze dried fruit (apple, pairs, etc) for my daughter to snack on on a long flight. It actually tastes quite good. Much better than dehydrated. Just very expensive.


The reason behind it being "healthier" is that freeze-dried fruit isn't concentrated like dried fruit. Consider this....it is very, very easy for a person to eat half a bag of dried apricots and have consumed 6-8 WHOLE apricots. That is a TON of sugar and calories. Where as with freeze-dried fruit you give up long before that point (consider that you have to add a lot of saliva for the consumption of it).

Outside of that benefit the differences are not huge. When hiking/backpacking dried fruit can be good for its calories. With vegetables the nutritional stats when rehydrated are the same overall. Same with meat.

On cost though? Buy the freeze-dried fruit at Trader Joe's or Costco to save a LOT of $$!
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